Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation
Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India
Government department under the Ministry of Jal Shakti driving Jal Jeevan Mission and Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen for universal rural water and sanitation coverage.
Programs by Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation
1 past program
DDWS Innovation Challenge 2025–26
- - Open to startups, MSMEs, individual innovators, manufacturers, and corporate entities
- - Applicants must propose solutions aligned with either the water quality or sanitation track
- - Solutions can be at idea, prototype, or early MVP stage
About Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation
The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) operates under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India. Originally formed in 1999 under the Ministry of Rural Development, it became the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation in 2011 before being merged into the newly created Ministry of Jal Shakti in May 2019.
The department drives two flagship national missions: Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), which aims to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections to all rural households in India, and Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G), which works to maintain universal sanitation coverage across rural India. These programs represent some of the largest infrastructure development initiatives in the country.
The department is headquartered at Pandit Deendayal Antyodaya Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
Who Benefits
Water technology startups, sanitation innovators, rural infrastructure companies, and social enterprises working on drinking water purification, distribution, sanitation solutions, and waste management seeking government partnership and procurement opportunities.
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