The District Collectors' Peyjal Samvad is organised by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, which works under which Union ministry?
- A.Ministry of Rural Development
- B.Ministry of Jal Shakti
- C.Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
- D.Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is the Ministry of Jal Shakti. The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, written short as DDWS, is a department of that ministry, and it ran the thirteenth edition of the District Collectors' Peyjal Samvad over video conferencing, with Secretary Ashok K.K. Meena in the chair. The department also runs the National Jal Jeevan Mission, whose Mission Director, Kamal Kishore Soan, spoke at the same dialogue. Option A, the Ministry of Rural Development, runs livelihood and rural road programmes and was not the organiser here, though districts were asked to converge drinking water work with rural development schemes. Option C, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, looks after towns and cities, while this Samvad was about rural drinking water supply and village institutions. Option D, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, supports Gram Panchayats, which operate and maintain the schemes, but the Samvad itself was convened by DDWS.
Read the full article: Peyjal Samvad 13th Edition Reviews Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0
Practice Questions
At the 13th Peyjal Samvad, which district reported round-the-clock piped water supply to IIM Sambalpur?
- A.Palamu, Jharkhand
- B.Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
- C.Bargarh, Odisha
- D.West Tripura, Tripura
Show answer
Its District Magistrate and Collector, Aditya Goyal, described a three-stage approach of execution, commissioning and then operation and maintenance, and said large multi-village schemes had carried round-the-clock piped water to IIM Sambalpur.
Read the full explanation →Which district told the Peyjal Samvad about village-level water budgeting to assess present and future water demand?
- A.Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
- B.Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
- C.Bargarh, Odisha
- D.Palamu, Jharkhand
Show answer
Gram Panchayats, Village Water and Sanitation Committees and local stakeholders were part of the exercise, and the Secretary praised the work and asked the district to study whether continuous rural water supply is feasible in suitable areas.
Read the full explanation →Under Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0, the Decision Support System (DSS) brings together which kinds of data?
- A.Census, land records and crop insurance data
- B.Groundwater, rainfall, hydrological and mission data
- C.Electricity billing and tax collection data
- D.School enrolment and health survey data
Show answer
The Secretary of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation urged districts to make real use of the Decision Support System, which stitches these datasets together so that planning rests on evidence rather than guesswork: water-stressed areas can be identified, source sustainability can be planned and the most urgent works…
Read the full explanation →Where was the regional orientation and review workshop on NMMSS held?
- A.Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
- B.Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
- C.Jaipur, Rajasthan
- D.New Delhi
Show answer
It was led by the Economic Adviser of the department, Ms A. Srija, and attended by the Joint Director of the Rashtriya Shiksha Kendra, who also serves as the State Nodal Officer for the scheme in that state, along with roughly forty District Nodal Officers and five Institute Nodal Officers…
Read the full explanation →What is the last date for registration of NMMSS applications for the academic year 2026-27?
- A.15 October 2026
- B.31 October 2026
- C.15 November 2026
- D.30 November 2026
Show answer
The correct answer is 31 October 2026, the closing date for registering applications for that academic year.
Read the full explanation →