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News: Bidar district from Karnataka won the Centre’s Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari Award under Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain, for exemplary water conservation and community participation.
About Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari Initiative
| About | It is a national-level, community-driven campaign to conserve water and recharge groundwater. It builds on Gujarat’s Jal Sanchay experience and scales it through Centre–State collaboration. |
| Aim | Its aims is to promote community-driven water conservation and groundwater recharge efforts across India. |
| Launched by | The initiative was launched by Prime Minister on September 6, 2024, in Surat, Gujarat. |
| Ministry involved | Ministry of Jal Shakti ( led by the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation) |
| Approach Taken | It is driven by a whole-of-society and a whole-of-government approach |
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| “Catch the Rain” | It is a convergence of various Central Government schemes and funds like MGNREGS, AMRUT, Per Drop More Crop, Repair, PMKSY, CAMPA etc. |
