Lok Sabha Question No. 3768 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: Piped Drinking Water Projects
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: RAGHAV LAKHANPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK   SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3768 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09/08/2018

## Piped Drinking Water Projects

## 3768.   SHRI RAGHAV LAKHANPAL:

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

(a) whether piped drinking water projects have been started for providing clean drinking water in rural areas in the country and if so, the norms laid down for implementation of the said projects in the rural areas;

(b) whether the Government has started the said projects keeping in view the presence of high levels of hazardous toxic substances in the ground water in the country, particularly in Uttar Pradesh; and

(c) if so, the details of the said projects started in the rural areas of the country including Uttar Pradesh till date?

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

(a)  to  (c)  For  improving  the  coverage  of  adequate  and  safe  drinking  water  to  rural population,  this  Ministry  supplements  the  efforts  of  the  states  by  providing  them  with technical and financial assistance through the centrally sponsored National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP). The focus under NRDWP is mainly on piped water supply schemes.

Under NRDWP, the norm adopted for providing safe drinking water supply in rural areas is 40 litres per capita per day (lpcd) which is required to meet the needs of drinking, cooking, bathing,  washing  utensils  and  ablution,  based  on  basic  minimum  need.  Since  water  is  a state subject, State Governments have been given the flexibility to adopt their own higher service delivery norms based on water availability, demand and capital cost involved and funding.

The overall allocation to the states under NRDWP is decided based on preapproved criteria of  (i)  Rural  Population in the State as per the Census of India, (ii) Rural Scheduled Caste (SC) & Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population as per the Census of India, (iii) States under Desert Development  Programme  (DDP),  Drought  Prone  Areas  Programme  (DPAP),  Hill  Areas

Development Programme (HADP) and special category Hill States in terms of rural areas and (iv) Population (as on 31st March of preceding year) residing in habitations affected by all chemical contaminants including heavy metals.

Release of fund to states under NRDWP under various components is as under:

- 50 % of allocation is released as first instalment.
- 25% Sustainability (Functionality) component of allocation is released on the basis of a third party evaluation study of completed piped water supply schemes in States / UTs as part of second instalment.
-  25  % of allocation will be released in reimbursement cum competition mode as part of second instalment.

Within  NRDWP,  National  Water  Quality  Sub-Mission  (NWQSM)  had  been  launched  on 22.03.17 to provide safe drinking water to 27,544 rural habitations by March 2021 which includes those habitations affected by Arsenic which is toxic in nature and found in ground water.  The  total  proposed  outlay  of  NWQSM  is  Rs.  25,000  Cr.  (Central  share  Rs.  12,500 Crore).  The  cumulative  fund  release  status  under  NRDWP  and  NWQSM  till  date  is  as follows:

| Year                       | NRDWP releases)   | (including NWQSM   | NWQSM     | NWQSM         |
|----------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-----------|---------------|
| Amount in Rs. Cr.          | All India         | Uttar Pradesh      | All India | Uttar Pradesh |
| 2016-17                    | 5931.90           | 621.95             | 814.13    | 26.31         |
| 2017-18                    | 6989.66           | 472.42             | 2011.55   | 8.47          |
| 2018-19 (as on 30.07.2018) | 1969.38           | 311.89             | 55.67     | 00.00         |
| Total                      | 14890.94          | 1406.26            | 2881.35   | 34.78         |

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