<span style="color: #222222;">The Union Minister of State for food processing industries and Jal Shakti, Prahalad Singh Patel said that during the current year, a target of providing tap water to 3.8 crore households has been set and an allocation of 60 thousand crore rupees has been made this year budget for Jal Jeevan Mission to provide every household with tap water.<br />'' <br />'' The Central Minister Prahalad Singh who is on a visit to Puducherry said this while addressing the media.<br />'' <br />'' He said the Ken- Betwa project will cost a total of 44.605 crore rupees which will irrigate 9.08 lakh hectares of irrigation land. Minister Patel further added that the budget of Pradhan Mantri Sampada Yojana has also been increased by 28.6 times. Under this scheme, a budget with increase of Rupees 200 crore will be given in the financial year of 2022-2023.<br />'' <br />''<br />''The Minister also had discussions on Union Budget 2022-23 &nbsp;with Puducherry Ministers , state BJP president and eminent personalities here in Puducherry.</span>
News On AIR | February 9, 2022 2:14 PM
Target of providing tap water to 3.8 cr households has been set, Rs 60,000 cr allocated to provide every household with tap water says Govt