Lok Sabha Question No. 5164 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-27
Subject: Construction of Toilets
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAM KUMAR SHARMA KUSHWAHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5164

TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 27, 2018

## CONSTRUCTION OF TOILETS

No. 5164 SHRI RAM KUMAR SHARMA:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of new toilets constructed in urban areas of the country till the end of December, 2017;
- (b)  whether  any  financial  assistance  has  been  provided  by  the Government for construction of these toilets and if so, the details thereof during each of the last three years; and
- (c)  the  financial  assistance  provided  by  the  Government  for  the construction of each toilet?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a):  As  on  28.02.2018,  a  total  of  46.36  lakhs  Individual  Household Toilets  (IHHTs)  and  3.06  lakhs  Community/Public  Toilets  (CT/PTs) have been constructed in urban areas of the country under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U).

- (b): Funds provided for construction of toilets during the last three years are as under:-

|        | Funds provided during the last three years (Rs. in Crores)   | Funds provided during the last three years (Rs. in Crores)   | Funds provided during the last three years (Rs. in Crores)   |
|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|        | 2015-16                                                      | 2016-17                                                      | 2017-18                                                      |
| IHHT   | 694.68                                                       | 699.11                                                       | 518.84                                                       |
| CT/PT  | 35.04                                                        | 157.60                                                       | 210.01                                                       |
| Total= | 730.72                                                       | 856.71                                                       | 728.85                                                       |

Contd....

(c):  Financial  assistance  provided  for  construction  of  toilets  is  as under:-

|        | Amount of financial assistance provided   | Amount of financial assistance provided   | Amount of financial assistance provided   | Amount of financial assistance provided   |
|--------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|        | By Central Government                     | By Central Government                     | By State Government                       | By State Government                       |
|        | North-East and Himalayan States           | Other states                              | North-East and Himalayan States           | Other states                              |
| IHHT   | Rs. 10,800/- per unit                     | Rs. 4,000/- per unit                      | Rs.1,200/- per unit                       | Rs. 2,667/- per unit                      |
| CT/ PT | Rs. 39,200/- per unit                     | Rs. 39,200/- per unit                     | Rs.4,356/- per unit                       | Rs.26,134/- per unit                      |

Some of the states, however, contribute more than the mandatory minimum state share stated above.

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