Lok Sabha Question No. 1952 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-27
Subject: Construction of Toilets
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: BANSHILAL MAHTO

## Government of India

## Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1952 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27-07-2017

## Construction of Toilets

## †1952. DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO:

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

- (a) whether the assurance of construction of toilets under Swachh Bharat Mission was given by public sector undertakings and private sectors/corporate houses;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, and the investment made by the private sector in this regard;
- (c)  the  State/Union  Territory-wise  details  of  number  of  toilets  constructed  by  the  Public Sector Undertakings and private sector/corporate houses during each of the last three years and the current year including Chhattisgarh;
- (d)  the  details  of  Public  Sector  Undertakings  and  private  sector/corporate  houses  not complying with their commitment of the construction of toilets; and
- (e)  the  reaction  of  the  Government  thereto  and  the  directions  given  by  the  Government  to them in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

(a) and (b)  No. Madam.  The Swachh Bharat Kosh has been set up to attract Corporate Social Responsibility  (CSR)  funds  from  Corporate  Sector  and  contributions  from  individuals  and philanthropists under Ministry of Finance and was started in October, 2014. The contributions are covered under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) under the Companies Act.The year-wise details of amount of donations received in Swachh Bharat Kosh so far by Corporates are as under:-

| Year                    |   Corporates Donations(Rs. In crore) |
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 2014-15                 |                               159.59 |
| 2015-16                 |                               253.19 |
| 2016-17                 |                               244.74 |
| 2017-18(Upto 13.7.2017) |                                 3.74 |

(c) The State/UT-wise number of Individual household latrines (IHHLs) constructed through Corporates is at annexure-1.

(d) and (e) Under Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin){SBM (G)}, Guidelines have been issued to facilitate the utilization of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds in rural sanitation activities. The  States  can  use  these  guidelines  as a base  to develop  their  own  procedure to attract/receive and utilize CSR funds. Several rounds of meeting have been held with various corporate groups, both in public and private sector, to harness their skills and  resources  in implementing Swachh Bharat Mission.

Annexure-1.

## Statement referred in part (c) of the reply to Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.1952 due for reply on 27-07-2017

## IHHLs constructed under CSR

| S.N.   | State            |   No. of IHHLs constructed under CSR |
|--------|------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh   |                                  150 |
| 2      | Assam            |                                    1 |
| 3      | Bihar            |                                  298 |
| 4      | Chhattisgarh     |                                 2498 |
| 5      | Gujarat          |                                14635 |
| 6      | Haryana          |                                  910 |
| 7      | Himachal Pradesh |                                   38 |
| 8      | Jammu &Kashmir   |                                  122 |
| 9      | Jharkhand        |                                  200 |
| 10     | Karnataka        |                                 1920 |
| 11     | Kerala           |                                    3 |
| 12     | Madhya Pradesh   |                                  317 |
| 13     | Maharashtra      |                                 2181 |
| 14     | Meghalaya        |                                  460 |
| 15     | Odisha           |                                  108 |
| 16     | Punjab           |                                17145 |
| 17     | Rajasthan        |                                 4710 |
| 18     | Tamil Nadu       |                                   90 |
| 19     | Telangana        |                                  207 |
| 20     | Uttar Pradesh    |                                  373 |
| 21     | Uttarakhand      |                                    8 |
| 22     | West Bengal      |                                 1423 |
|        |                  |                                47797 |