Rural households have benefited the most

At an all-India level the annual average increase in water connections was 6.7% in 2014-2018 compared to 4% in 2011-14 and 0.6% in 2001-11.

The pace of annual average growth in rural water connections jumped from 3.5% during 2011-14 to 7% in 2014-18

Annual average increase in households’ access to tap water

Source: Census (2001 & 2011) and ICE 360⁰ Surveys (2014 & 2016); PRICE estimates (2018)