Lok Sabha Question No. 3600 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-23
Subject: Access to Toilets
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: SRIRAM MALYADRI, DHARAM VIRA GANDHI

## Government of India

## Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3600

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23-03-2017

## Access to Toilets

## 3600. SHRI MALYADRI SRIRAM: SHRI DHARAM VIRA:

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

- (a) the percentage increase in population in the country which has access to toilets since 2015;
- (b) the status of rural open defecation in the country in comparison with other countries;
- (c)  whether  measures  are  being  taken  to  improve  toilet  usage  and  behavioural  change  towards sanitation among the rural population and if so, the details thereof ;and
- (d) the percentage increase in the construction of toilets during the last two years, State/UT-wise?

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## ANSWER (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

- (a) The percentage of households with access to toilets as on 1.1.2015 was 42.77% which has increased to 61.93% as on 16.3.2017. There is 19.16% increase in households in the country which has access to toilets since 1.1.2015.
- (b) As per Joint Monitoring Report 2015, published by UNICEF and WHO, the rural open defecation in South Asian countries including India is as under :

|   S.N. | Country     |   Rural open defecation (%) |
|--------|-------------|-----------------------------|
|      1 | Afghanistan |                          17 |
|      2 | Bangladesh  |                           2 |
|      3 | Bhutan      |                           4 |
|      4 | India       |                          61 |
|      5 | Maldives    |                           0 |
|      6 | Nepal       |                          37 |
|      7 | Pakistan    |                          21 |
|      8 | Srilanka    |                           0 |

However,  as  per  Online  Integrated  Management  Information  System  (IMIS)  of  Swachh Bharat Mission(Gramin), the rural open defecation as on 16.3.2017 is 38%

- (c) The focus of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) is on behaviour change of people to adopt safe sanitation and use toilet. In order to educate the people, the programme lays emphasis on community  involvement.    Under  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  (Gramin),  upto  5%  of  total resources can be spent on Information, Education and Communication (IEC) for State and District  level.  3%  of  the  resources  can  be  used  at  the  Central  level  for  the  same  purpose. Further  for  creating  awareness  about  sanitation  and  generating  demand  for  sanitation facilities, including toilets, a Sanitation and Hygiene Advocacy and Communication Strategy Framework has been adopted by the Ministry for activities under Information, Education and Communication (IEC).  States are preparing  and  implementing State  and  district  level  IEC Plans  based  on  this  strategy  framework.  Massive  media  campaigns  have  been  started  at National level using Audio Visual (TV) and Audio (Radio).
- (d) State/UT-wise, the percentage increase in the construction of toilets during the  last two years is at Annexure-1.

Annexure-1. Statement referred in part (d) of the reply to Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.3600

## due for reply on 23-03-2017

State/UT-wise State/UT-wise,  percentage increase in the construction of toilets during the last two years

| S.N.   | State/UT          |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   %increase |
|--------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
| 1      | A &NISLANDS       |         0 |         0 |        0    |
| 2      | ANDHRAPRADESH     |    213867 |    354996 |       65.99 |
| 3      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |     12902 |     19439 |       50.67 |
| 4      | ASSAM             |    148237 |    465545 |      214.05 |
| 5      | BIHAR             |    165457 |    427038 |      158.1  |
| 6      | CHHATTISGARH      |     39128 |    357107 |      812.66 |
| 7      | D &NHAVELI        |         0 |         0 |        0    |
| 8      | GOA               |         0 |     28637 |        0    |
| 9      | GUJARAT           |    335762 |    922728 |      174.82 |
| 10     | HARYANA           |    107765 |    132661 |       23.1  |
| 11     | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |     54265 |     66632 |       22.79 |
| 12     | JAMMU &KASHMIR    |      8496 |     64665 |      661.12 |
| 13     | JHARKHAND         |     98512 |    315130 |      219.89 |
| 14     | KARNATAKA         |    791687 |    533011 |      -32.67 |
| 15     | KERALA            |     34101 |     11752 |      -65.54 |
| 16     | MADHYAPRADESH     |    521739 |   1022566 |       95.99 |
| 17     | MAHARASHTRA       |    500897 |    889170 |       77.52 |
| 18     | MANIPUR           |     27860 |     47636 |       70.98 |
| 19     | MEGHALAYA         |     42002 |     44129 |        5.06 |
| 20     | MIZORAM           |       534 |      6026 |     1028.46 |
| 21     | NAGALAND          |         0 |     22617 |        0    |
| 22     | ODISHA            |    130925 |   1329832 |      915.72 |
| 23     | PUDUCHERRY        |         0 |         0 |        0    |
| 24     | PUNJAB            |      9887 |     71543 |      623.61 |
| 25     | RAJASTHAN         |    653306 |   2164590 |      231.33 |
| 26     | SIKKIM            |      3562 |      3707 |        4.07 |
| 27     | TAMIL NADU        |    378162 |    948287 |      150.76 |
| 28     | TELANGANA         |    130725 |    240168 |       83.72 |
| 29     | TRIPURA           |     24869 |     61173 |      145.98 |
| 30     | UTTAR PRADESH     |    515427 |    694487 |       34.74 |
| 31     | UTTARAKHAND       |     57833 |     64030 |       10.72 |
| 32     | WEST BENGAL       |    847080 |   1432065 |       69.06 |
|        | GRAND TOTAL       |   5854987 |  12741367 |      117.62 |