India's Jal Jeevan Mission passes three-quarters of rural households connected

India's Jal Jeevan Mission crossed the three-quarters mark for rural household tap-water coverage in 2024, up from roughly 17% when the program launched in 2019 — well over 100 million new household connections in five years.

The build-out has pulled through enormous demand for pipes, pumps, meters, treatment units and, increasingly, operations capability at village scale. Indian suppliers and EPCs — from Ion Exchange to Thermax and VA Tech Wabag — sit at the center of a market that global manufacturers are also serving through local production.