INDIA AGENDA / SOURCE-BACKED BRIEF
ProgressSafer water for more people.
The estimated share using safely managed drinking water has grown since 2015. The conversation should recognise that progress and ask how to make dependable service reach everyone.
EVIDENCE, WITH ITS LIMITS
What does the number tell us?
76.4%
of people used safely managed drinking-water services
2024 data / India
An improved drinking-water source accessible on premises, available when needed and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination. Rounded to one decimal place.
SOURCE CONTEXT / COMPARABLE OBSERVATIONS
What improved?
- 2015
- 61.2%
- 2024
- 76.4%
15.2 percentage points higher
The WHO-UNICEF JMP series distributed by the World Bank rose from 61.2% in 2015 to 76.4% in 2024, a 15.2 percentage-point gain using unrounded values.
What this does not prove
This is estimated service coverage, not an inspection of every home or a count of new taps. It does not establish which programme caused the increase or guarantee safe, reliable water in any particular neighbourhood.
Baseline source record (2015, JSON)What it does not tell us
Not the percentage of households with a tap connection. A national estimate cannot establish water safety or reliability in a particular neighbourhood, and the remainder is not necessarily without any water service.
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Learn from expanding access
Improved coverage deserves attention. Documented local examples could help explain how access, quality monitoring and maintenance can work together, rather than crediting a single cause from a national trend.
Make progress dependable and fair
A national improvement can coexist with unreliable service or unequal access. Source protection, timely repairs and public quality information matter for sustaining the gains.
- Which documented water-service improvement could another community learn from?
- What evidence would show that the improvement is reliable across seasons?
- Who still lacks dependable service, and how could expansion avoid leaving them behind?
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