Chandrakant Raghunath Patil (C.R. Patil)

Built World

As of May 2026: Serving as Minister since June 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Jal Jeevan Mission from the Red Fort on Independence Day 2019. At launch, 16.7% of rural Indian households had tap water; six years later, it's 81.6% (157.9 million homes) and roughly 12.5 crore (125 million) new connections, one of history's fastest and largest infrastructure expansions.

Updated May 27