Lok Sabha Question No. 3937 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-10
Subject: CAPART Lucknow Office
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: HARI NARAYAN RAJBHAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3937

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2017

## STATUS OF BASIC AMENITIES IN RURAL AREAS

## 3937. SHRI ANSHUL VERMA: SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV:

W ill the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of basic amenities in villages of the country and the amenities which are not available in village, State - wise;
- (b) whether  two - thirds  of  population  living  in  rural  areas  do  not have  access  to adequate  public  amenities  and  livelihood  opportunities  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (c) whether rural - urban divide has been widening day -by- day in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether there is urgent need for providing urban amenities to rural areas to end the  divide  and  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  for  improving  the  quality of life in rural areas?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV )

(a) : The state - wise status of basic amenities such as housing, rural roads, drinking wate sanitation are given at Annexure .

(b) : No, Madam.

(c) to (e) : With the concerted efforts of the government, there has been narrowing down diff erences between the rural and urban areas of the country in various aspects of devel viz.,  education,  health,  sanitation,  wages  etc.  Significant  achievement  has  also  been reducing poverty in rural areas. However, inequality in terms of income and consumption has widened over the period necessitating specific interventions for the rural areas of the Widening inequality is due to inequality in opportunities, particularly access to educati financial  services  and  basic  infrastr ucture.  Keeping  this  in  view,  t h Ministry  of  Rural Development,  inter  alia,  is  implementing Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA),  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana - National  Rural  Livelihood Mission  (DAY- NRLM),  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya Gramin  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU - GKY), Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana -Gramin  (PMAY - G),  Pradhan  Ma ntri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana (PMGSY) and  National  Social  Assistance  Programme  (NSAP)    to  bring  about  overall improvement in the quality of life of the people in rural areas through employment generation, strengthening of livelihood opportunities, promoting self employment, skilling of rural provision of social assistance and other basic amenities. Further, Government has also launched Shyama  Prasad  Mukherjee  Rurban  M ission  (SPMRM)  on  21 st February  2016  to  reduce  the inadequacies  in  public  amenities  and  livelihood  opportunities  in  rural  areas.  The  M supports the States/UTs with upto 30% of the project cost for development of identifie clusters with a focus n addressing inadequacies in basic, social and digital amenities to sup the  livelihood  and  economic  thrust  in  such  clusters. These  interventions  along  with  the interventions of other Ministries in different aspects of rural development viz., educati n, health, nutrition,  financial  inclusion  etc.  have  direct  bearing  on  reduction  in  rural - urban  divide  and improving the quality of life in rural areas .

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3937 FOR ANSWER ON 10.8.2017

## State/UT- wise status of basic amenities such as housing, road, drinking water and

## sanitation in rural areas of the country

|   Sl. No | State/UT             | Households to be provided houses under PMAY - G*   | Habitation eligible for connection with an all - weather road under PMGSY   | Habitations connected under PMGSY since inception till July, 2017   |   Number of households (HHs) per 1000 HHs having sufficient drinking water throughout the year** |   Number of HHs per 1000 HHs having access to improved source of latrine** |
|----------|----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | ANDHRA PRADESH       | 170377                                             | 1591                                                                        | 1078                                                                |                                                                                              865 |                                                                        445 |
|        2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH    | 0                                                  | 438                                                                         | 368                                                                 |                                                                                              803 |                                                                        465 |
|        3 | ASSAM                | 874891                                             | 16026                                                                       | 9387                                                                |                                                                                              961 |                                                                        754 |
|        4 | BIHAR                | 3428348                                            | 35496                                                                       | 21239                                                               |                                                                                              924 |                                                                        258 |
|        5 | CHATTISGARH          | 1870430                                            | 11108                                                                       | 8873                                                                |                                                                                              804 |                                                                        200 |
|        6 | GOA                  | 0                                                  | 20                                                                          | 2                                                                   |                                                                                              917 |                                                                        858 |
|        7 | GUJARAT              | 496173                                             | 3077                                                                        | 3021                                                                |                                                                                              863 |                                                                        407 |
|        8 | HARYANA              | 32132                                              | 1                                                                           | 1                                                                   |                                                                                              958 |                                                                        742 |
|        9 | HIMACHAL PRADESH     | 15155                                              | 3124                                                                        | 2076                                                                |                                                                                              768 |                                                                        737 |
|       10 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR    | 158184                                             | 2504                                                                        | 1469                                                                |                                                                                              744 |                                                                        441 |
|       11 | JHARKHAND            | 1415443                                            | 13375                                                                       | 7400                                                                |                                                                                              703 |                                                                         89 |
|       12 | KARNATAKA            | 1620                                               | 297                                                                         | 296                                                                 |                                                                                              750 |                                                                        284 |
|       13 | KERALA               | 75700                                              | 435                                                                         | 380                                                                 |                                                                                              860 |                                                                        969 |
|       14 | MADHYA PRADESH       | 3661331                                            | 18429                                                                       | 15391                                                               |                                                                                              762 |                                                                        207 |
|       15 | MAHARASHTRA          | 1218427                                            | 1516                                                                        | 1283                                                                |                                                                                              735 |                                                                        443 |
|       16 | MANIPUR              | 23150                                              | 654                                                                         | 427                                                                 |                                                                                              753 |                                                                        796 |
|       17 | MEGHALAYA            | 55174                                              | 702                                                                         | 233                                                                 |                                                                                              731 |                                                                        860 |
|       18 | MIZORAM              | 15317                                              | 252                                                                         | 157                                                                 |                                                                                              845 |                                                                        934 |
|       19 | NAGALAND             | 23185                                              | 110                                                                         | 94                                                                  |                                                                                              161 |                                                                        981 |
|       20 | ORISSA               | 2697784                                            | 17901                                                                       | 12911                                                               |                                                                                              833 |                                                                        173 |
|       21 | PUNJAB               | 66771                                              | 397                                                                         | 390                                                                 |                                                                                              931 |                                                                        776 |
|       22 | RAJASTHAN            | 1677023                                            | 16570                                                                       | 13734                                                               |                                                                                              747 |                                                                        261 |
|       23 | SIKKIM               | 1249                                               | 366                                                                         | 283                                                                 |                                                                                              730 |                                                                        991 |
|       24 | TAMIL NADU           | 1086285                                            | 2004                                                                        | 1979                                                                |                                                                                              932 |                                                                        330 |
|       25 | TELANGANA            | 0                                                  | 934                                                                         | 608                                                                 |                                                                                                0 |                                                                          0 |
|       26 | TRIPURA              | 53784                                              | 1916                                                                        | 1775                                                                |                                                                                              834 |                                                                        886 |
|       27 | UTTAR PRADESH        | 2352710                                            | 13452                                                                       | 11228                                                               |                                                                                              971 |                                                                        224 |
|       28 | UTTARAKHAND          | 20909                                              | 2233                                                                        | 921                                                                 |                                                                                              877 |                                                                        802 |
|       29 | WEST BENGAL          | 3797264                                            | 18671                                                                       | 12408                                                               |                                                                                              880 |                                                                        580 |
|       30 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR  | 0                                                  | -                                                                           | -                                                                   |                                                                                              960 |                                                                        712 |
|       31 | DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI | 5856                                               | -                                                                           | -                                                                   |                                                                                              878 |                                                                        507 |
|       32 | DAMAN & DIU          | 0                                                  | -                                                                           | -                                                                   |                                                                                              824 |                                                                        732 |
|       33 | LAKSHADWEEP          | 0                                                  | -                                                                           | -                                                                   |                                                                                             1000 |                                                                       1000 |
|       34 | PUDUCHERRY           | 0                                                  | -                                                                           | -                                                                   |                                                                                             1000 |                                                                        526 |
|       35 | DELHI                | -                                                  |                                                                             | -                                                                   |                                                                                              703 |                                                                       1000 |
|       36 | CHANDIGARH           | -                                                  | - -                                                                         | -                                                                   |                                                                                              828 |                                                                        997 |