Lok Sabha Question No. 2768 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-20
Subject: Drinking Water Facilities in Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2768 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH  MARCH, 2017

## Drinking Water Facilities in Schools

## †2768.     SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the policy of the Government to provide drinking water facility in rural Schools;
- (b) whether any targets have been fixed to provide drinking water in the schools during the last five years plan;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  achievement  made  in  this  regard  during  the  said  period, State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether fixed targets have not been achieved in several States and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the steps taken/proposed to be taken to achieve targets?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

(a) The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 stipulates that the appropriate Government and the local authority shall provide infrastructure including safe and adequate  drinking  water  facility  to  all  children,  in  the  recognised  schools  under  their  respective control  across  all  States  and  Union  Territories.    The  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)  programme, supports creation and augmentation of infrastructural facilities including drinking water facility in all  school  buildings  through  direct  programme  funding  or  in  convergence  with  the  schemes  of Ministry  of  Rural  Development  and  Ministry  of  Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation  and  also  in convergence  with  schemes/programmes  of  other  Ministries/Departments  in  Central  Government/ State  Government.    Under  the  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RMSA),  financial assistance is provided to States and UTs for various activities including drinking water facilities for new/upgradation and existing secondary schools. The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation provides  technical  and  financial  assistance  to  States  under  National  Rural  Drinking  Water Programme  for  supplementing  their  efforts  in  providing  drinking  water  supply  in  rural  areas including schools.

(b) and (c) The requirement of infrastructural facilities in schools are worked out every year by the respective State and Union Territory on incremental basis depending on their need and priority and this is reflected in their Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP&B) of SSA and RMSA.

Sanctions  and  achievement  regarding  provision  of  drinking  water  facilities  in  schools under SSA and RMSA programmes during the last five years are at Annexure.

(d) and (e) Since  the  inception  of  SSA  in  2001  till  30.09.2016,  2.42  lakh  drinking  water facilities have been sanctioned to States and UTs. Out of these 2.31 lakh (95.45%) drinking water facilities have been provided.

Under RMSA, against sanction of 8888 drinking water facilities in secondary schools of 30 States and UTs, 7071 (79.56%) drinking water facilities have been completed.

Ministry of Human Resource Development monitors the construction works by States and UTs  online  and  also  in  various  meetings  i.e.  State  Education  Secretaries  Conference,  Project Approval  Board  meeting,  Joint  Review  Missions,  meeting  of  State  Project  Directors  etc.,  the progress is reviewed.

All  States  and  UTs  have  been  directed  to  ensure  that  all  the  schools  in  their  respective State/UT including those under the non-Government sector (private schools etc.) comply with the provision of the RTE Act, 2009 which inter alia states that every school building should have safe and adequate drinking water facility to all children.

Ministry of Panchayati Raj has also advised the Panchayati Raj Departments of all States in March,  2016  to  include  inter  alia  the  provision  for  drinking  water  systems  and  regular  repair  of drinking water systems in schools, while preparing Gram Panchayat Development Plans.  States and UTs have also been advised that Parent Teacher Associations may be asked to approach the Gram Panchayats and indicate the need for proper water supply and sanitation systems as per their priority and also raise this in Gram Sabhas.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2768  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  20 TH MARCH, 2017  ASKED  BY  SHRI  GOPAL  SHETTY REGARDING DRINKING WATER FACILITIES IN SCHOOLS

## Statement showing details of drinking water facilities under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan during last five years

| S. No.   | State/UT                 | Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan   | Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan   | Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan   | Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan   |
|----------|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State/UT                 | Sanction/ Target        | Achievements            | Sanction/ Target                      | Achievements                          |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh           | 1509                    | 1308                    | 1265                                  | 1099                                  |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 42                      | 42                      | 25                                    | 24                                    |
| 3        | Assam                    | 0                       | 0                       | 80                                    | 71                                    |
| 4        | Bihar                    | 4209                    | 7432                    | 28                                    | 4                                     |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh             | 656                     | 1445                    | 782                                   | 694                                   |
| 6        | Goa                      | 308                     | 377                     | 57                                    | 57                                    |
| 7        | Gujarat                  | 100                     | 100                     | 0                                     | 0                                     |
| 8        | Haryana                  | 744                     | 259                     | 23                                    | 3                                     |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh         | 65                      | 98                      | 308                                   | 308                                   |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir           | 0                       | 1674                    | 318                                   | 202                                   |
| 11       | Jharkhand                | 1234                    | 1234                    | 145                                   | 84                                    |
| 12       | Karnataka                | 470                     | 1438                    | 880                                   | 359                                   |
| 13       | Kerala                   | 88                      | 1118                    | 156                                   | 0                                     |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh           | 1498                    | 1593                    | 2101                                  | 1731                                  |
| 15       | Maharashtra              | 408                     | 991                     | 14                                    | 0                                     |
| 16       | Manipur                  | 180                     | 140                     | 153                                   | 150                                   |
| 17       | Meghalaya                | 20                      | 20                      | 10                                    | 1                                     |
| 18       | Mizoram                  | 7                       | 7                       | 85                                    | 84                                    |
| 19       | Nagaland                 | 325                     | 670                     | 29                                    | 1                                     |
| 20       | Odisha                   | 607                     | 1793                    | 770                                   | 696                                   |
| 21       | Punjab                   | 7                       | 37                      | 777                                   | 777                                   |
| 22       | Rajasthan                | 367                     | 1264                    | 127                                   | 119                                   |
| 23       | Sikkim                   | 2                       | 103                     | 34                                    | 32                                    |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu               | 4961                    | 5149                    | 192                                   | 187                                   |
| 25       | Telangana                | 626                     | 596                     | 46                                    | 0                                     |
| 26       | Tripura                  | 19                      | 19                      | 161                                   | 132                                   |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh            | 4993                    | 3536                    | 33                                    | 22                                    |
| 28       | Uttarakhand              | 8                       | 707                     | 275                                   | 232                                   |
| 29       | West Bengal              | 792                     | 1305                    | 2                                     | 0                                     |
| 30       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 0                       | 20                      | 0                                     | 0                                     |
| 31       | Chandigarh               | 0                       | 0                       | 1                                     | 0                                     |
| 32       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 0                       | 58                      | 0                                     | 0                                     |
| 33       | Daman &Diu               | 21                      | 32                      | 0                                     | 0                                     |
| 34       | Delhi                    | 0                       | 0                       | 0                                     | 0                                     |
| 35       | Lakshadweep              | 0                       | 5                       | 0                                     | 0                                     |
| 36       | Puducherry TOTAL         | 26 24292                | 51 34621*               | 11 8888                               | 2 7071                                |