Lok Sabha Question No. 418 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-30
Subject: Safe Drinking Water
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION NO. 418 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03.2017

## Safe Drinking Water

## †*418. SHRI  GOPAL SHETTY:

Will the Minister of DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there  are a  number of  households  in  the  country  without any  source of drinking water within one kilometre even today;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor, State-wise; and
- (c) the  steps  taken  or  proposed  to  be  taken  to  provide  safe  drinking  water  to  each household?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the table of the house.

## Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 418 due for answer on 30.03.2017.

(a) & (b) As per the Census 2011, 22.10 % of the rural households have to fetch drinking water  from  a  distance  of  more  than  500  meters  in  rural  areas.  State-wise  details  of households where inhabitants are covering a distance of more than 500 metres to fetch drinking water as per Census 2011 are at Annexure .

The reason for rural households covering more distance to fetch drinking water may be attributed to non-availability of drinking water scheme nearby, drinking water scheme in the vicinity getting affected or becoming defunct due to adverse natural factors such as lack  of  rainfall,  depletion  of  groundwater  level,  non-availability  of  sustained  water sources near the  premises, desert areas etc.

(c)  Rural  drinking  water  supply  is  a  state  subject.  Under  NRDWP,  this  Ministry  has prepared a  Strategic Plan  for  the  rural drinking  water  sector  for  the period  2011-2022, which stresses on extending the piped water supply to more households in the rural areas of  the  country.  The  interim  goal till 2017  is to  cover 50% of all  rural households  with piped  water  supply. By 2022 the goal is  to  cover 90% of  rural households with piped water supply subject to availability of funds. Moreover, this Ministry has taken following steps to assist State Govts. to ensure the availability of safe drinking water to all in rural areas:

- i. All  states  can  utilize  up  to  67%  of  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme (NRDWP) fund to provide safe drinking water in rural areas.
- ii. 5% of NRDWP fund has been earmarked for water quality to ensure the availability of safe drinking water.
- iii. In  2016-17, Rs. 814.13 crore has been released under National Water Quality Submission programme for various ongoing schemes covering Arsenic / Fluoride affected habitations.
- iv. In  March  2016,  NITI  Aayog  has  provided  Rs.  1000  crore  to  various  states  for providing immediate solutions in Arsenic and Fluoride affected habitations.
- v. States have been allowed to take up new scheme in arsenic / fluoride affected areas.

| Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Q. No- 418 to be answered on 30.03.2017 Distance of availability of Drinking Water from households   | Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Q. No- 418 to be answered on 30.03.2017 Distance of availability of Drinking Water from households   | Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Q. No- 418 to be answered on 30.03.2017 Distance of availability of Drinking Water from households   |
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| Sr.no                                                                                                                                                               | State                                                                                                                                                               | State-wise details of households in which population is covering distance of more than 500 metres to fetch drinking water (percentage)                              |
| 1.                                                                                                                                                                  | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                                                                     | 29.4                                                                                                                                                                |
| 2.                                                                                                                                                                  | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                    | 10.2                                                                                                                                                                |
| 3.                                                                                                                                                                  | Punjab                                                                                                                                                              | 5.7                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 4.                                                                                                                                                                  | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                          | 1.6                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 5.                                                                                                                                                                  | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                                         | 20.1                                                                                                                                                                |
| 6.                                                                                                                                                                  | Haryana                                                                                                                                                             | 16.2                                                                                                                                                                |
| 7.                                                                                                                                                                  | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                           | 31.9                                                                                                                                                                |
| 8.                                                                                                                                                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                       | 14.1                                                                                                                                                                |
| 9.                                                                                                                                                                  | Bihar                                                                                                                                                               | 12.6                                                                                                                                                                |
| 10.                                                                                                                                                                 | Sikkim                                                                                                                                                              | 22.8                                                                                                                                                                |
| 11.                                                                                                                                                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                   | 26.4                                                                                                                                                                |
| 12.                                                                                                                                                                 | Nagaland                                                                                                                                                            | 31.4                                                                                                                                                                |
| 13.                                                                                                                                                                 | Manipur                                                                                                                                                             | 40.7                                                                                                                                                                |
| 14.                                                                                                                                                                 | Mizoram                                                                                                                                                             | 32.1                                                                                                                                                                |
| 15.                                                                                                                                                                 | Tripura                                                                                                                                                             | 39.6                                                                                                                                                                |
| 16.                                                                                                                                                                 | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                           | 37.9                                                                                                                                                                |
| 17.                                                                                                                                                                 | Assam                                                                                                                                                               | 20.4                                                                                                                                                                |
| 18.                                                                                                                                                                 | West Bengal                                                                                                                                                         | 31.5                                                                                                                                                                |
| 19.                                                                                                                                                                 | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                           | 36.4                                                                                                                                                                |
| 20.                                                                                                                                                                 | Odisha                                                                                                                                                              | 38.5                                                                                                                                                                |
| 21.                                                                                                                                                                 | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                        | 30.3                                                                                                                                                                |
| 22.                                                                                                                                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                      | 36.1                                                                                                                                                                |
| 23.                                                                                                                                                                 | Gujarat                                                                                                                                                             | 18.5                                                                                                                                                                |
| 24.                                                                                                                                                                 | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                         | 19.6                                                                                                                                                                |
| 25.                                                                                                                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                      | 23.9                                                                                                                                                                |
| 26.                                                                                                                                                                 | Karnataka                                                                                                                                                           | 24.8                                                                                                                                                                |
| 27.                                                                                                                                                                 | Goa                                                                                                                                                                 | 8.2                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 28.                                                                                                                                                                 | Kerala                                                                                                                                                              | 10.8                                                                                                                                                                |
| 29.                                                                                                                                                                 | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                          | 8.2                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 30.                                                                                                                                                                 | Puducherry                                                                                                                                                          | 2.1                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 31.                                                                                                                                                                 | A&N Islands                                                                                                                                                         | 17.6                                                                                                                                                                |

(source: census 2011 data)