The JMP (Joint Monitoring Programme) for Water Supply and Sanitation serves as the official mechanism of the United Nations for monitoring access to drinking-water and sanitation, and for reporting globally on the status of Drinking-Water and Sanitation coverage. One can’t be sure, whether enough probing or questions are incorporated to elicit detailed information about drinking water and sanitation. This is one of the important limitations of NFHS or DHS data, which, at present is being used under JMP to show progress of a country on MDG target 7c.
