Lok Sabha Question No. 4964 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-26
Subject: Drinking Water for Tribal Forest Villages
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN, LAXMAN GILUWA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. †4964

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.03.2018

## DRINKING WATER FOR TRIBAL FOREST VILLAGES

## †4964.   SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:

SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the tribals inhabiting forest land have to walk for many kilometers to fetch drinking water;
- (b) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto; and
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to ensure that drinking water is available for the tribals in their forest villages?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI JASWANTSINH BHABHOR)

(a) to (c): Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) has informed that as per Census 2011, the main source of drinking water from their houses for tribal population in the country as a whole is as below:

| Total Rural Households of ST population   | No. of rural household of ST population having main drinking water source away from their house   | Percentage   |
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
| 2,01,87,856                               | 73,44,686                                                                                         | 36.38%       |

Under the Scheme 'National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), 10% of the total allocation of funds is earmarked to be used for the supply of drinking water to Scheduled Tribe (ST) dominated habitations. States have been directed to take special care for implementation of its scheme / programme in  tribal  areas  and  progress  thereof  is  monitored  through  online  integrated  management  information system(IMIS) of MDWS.

The status  of  availability  of  drinking  water  to  tribal  habitations  is  available  in  public  domain  at www.indiawater.gov.in/IMISReports/. As on 21.03.2018, there are 365050 Scheduled Tribe (ST) dominated habitations in the country, out of which 301858 (82.69%) habitations are fully covered with provision of safe drinking water supply and 53090 (14.54%) habitations are partially covered. State wise details is at Annexure.

In the year 2012-13 and 20 l 3-14, with the assistance of National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF) from the Ministry of Finance and NRDWP, I 1,000 Nos. of solar power based dual pump schemes have been installed in Left Wing Extremist / Naxal Affected States with a view to make available safe drinking  water  to  small  rural  tribal  habitations  in  these  areas  through  taps.  In  the  year  2015-16, another 5004 Nos. of solar power based dual pump schemes have been installed across the country with funding from NRDWP and assistance from Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). As per the re-structured NRDWP guidelines, the focus is mainly on providing piped water supply to rural  population  eventually  by  2030  to  honour  the  commitment  made  by  the  country  in  the international forum while agreeing for United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), 2030 in respect of all rural areas of the country including tribal habitations.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4964 to be answered on 26.03.2018:

## Status of ST dominated habitations with respect to Drinking Water supply as on date

| S.No.      | State               | Total No of Habitations   | No of Fully Covered Habitations   | No of Partially Covered Habitations   |
|------------|---------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| S.No.      | State               | Total                     | Total                             | Total                                 |
| 1          | ANDAMAN and NICOBAR | 91                        | 41                                | 50                                    |
| 2          | ANDHRA PRADESH      | 9553                      | 5854                              | 3675                                  |
| 3          | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | 7158                      | 2759                              | 4377                                  |
| 4          | ASSAM               | 17440                     | 9123                              | 5907                                  |
| 5          | BIHAR               | 1835                      | 975                               | 788                                   |
| 6          | CHATTISGARH         | 50743                     | 47901                             | 1984                                  |
| 7          | GOA                 | 50                        | 50                                | 0                                     |
| 8          | GUJARAT             | 15400                     | 15400                             | 0                                     |
| 9          | HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 3242                      | 2755                              | 487                                   |
| 10         | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   | 2976                      | 1579                              | 1397                                  |
| 11         | JHARKHAND           | 55533                     | 53476                             | 328                                   |
| 12         | KARNATAKA           | 2547                      | 1278                              | 1207                                  |
| 13         | KERALA              | 86                        | 2                                 | 83                                    |
| 14         | MADHYA PRADESH      | 55949                     | 55770                             | 19                                    |
| 15         | MAHARASHTRA         | 17310                     | 15346                             | 1945                                  |
| 16         | MANIPUR             | 3160                      | 1813                              | 1347                                  |
| 17         | MEGHALAYA           | 10117                     | 1741                              | 8351                                  |
| 18         | MIZORAM             | 730                       | 466                               | 264                                   |
| 19         | NAGALAND            | 1428                      | 663                               | 736                                   |
| 20         | ODISHA              | 57952                     | 52427                             | 4989                                  |
| 21         | RAJASTHAN           | 21824                     | 13665                             | 6758                                  |
| 22         | SIKKIM              | 816                       | 395                               | 421                                   |
| 23         | TAMILNADU           | 2707                      | 2684                              | 22                                    |
| 24         | TELANGANA           | 9737                      | 5649                              | 3828                                  |
| 25         | TRIPURA             | 5076                      | 2477                              | 995                                   |
| 26         | UTTAR PRADESH       | 821                       | 779                               | 16                                    |
| 2          | UTTARAKHAND         | 1244                      | 508                               | 736                                   |
| 28         | WEST BENGAL         | 9525                      | 6282                              | 2380                                  |
| Total      | Total               | 365050                    | 301858                            | 53090                                 |
| Percentage | Percentage          | Percentage                | 82.69 %                           | 14.54 %                               |