Jal Jeevan Mission launched Innovation challenge for portable water testing devices

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Daily Current Affairs Article 27th December 2020: The Jal Jeevan Mission and the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade have launched an innovation challenge to develop portable devices for water testing.

Water quality testing is one of the priority areas under Jal Jeevan Mission, the flagship programme of Union Government.

The aim of the innovation challenge is to ensure that water sources are tested at various locations, at different levels; thereby, helping the policy framers to design programs which address the water contamination issues.

Jal Jeevan Mission is under implementation in partnership with the States to enable every rural home to have tap water connection by 2024.

The Uniform Drinking Water Quality Protocol, 2019 has specified some important parameters to be monitored for assuring portability of drinking water as per BIS IS 10500:2012 and subsequent amendments.