Lok Sabha Question No. 845 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-20
Subject: Households without Toilet Facilities
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH

## Government of India

## Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 845 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20-07-2017

## Households without Toilet Facilities

## 845. SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY: DR. PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) the percentage of households without toilet facility in the country, State-wise especially in tribal areas of Jharkhand;
- (b)  the  number of  households  in  Jharkhand provided with  toilets  under the  Swachh  Bharat Mission (SBM) since its inception; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to provide toilet facility to the entire population of the country?

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

- (a)  State/UT-wise,  percentage  of  households  without  toilet  facility  in  rural  areas  of  the country including Jharkhand as on 17.7.2017 is at Annexure-1. SBM(G)  is being implemented in districts of Jharkhand including tribal areas.
- (b) Total 1383725 Individual household latrines (IHHLs) have been constructed in Jharkhand since launch of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) on 2.10.2014.
- (c) The following steps have been taken by Government to provide toilet facility to the entire rural population of the country :-
- Focus  on  behavior  change:  Community  based  collective  behavior  change  has  been mentioned  as  the  preferred  approach,  although  the  States  are  free  to  choose  the approach best suited to them. Focus is also on creation of complete open defecation free (ODF) villages, rather than only on construction of individual toilets. This entails triggering the entire village into changing their behavior.
- The  programme  provides  flexibility  to  the  States  in  the  implementation.  This  is essential, given the vast socio-economic-cultural diversity of India, and also from the point of view of promoting innovations.
- There is a greater emphasis on capacity building, especially in community approaches and  programme  management.  Lack  of  adequate  capacities  is  a  major  challenge  in scaling up the programme. Therefore, various initiatives are being taken to reach out to  all  the  stakeholders.  To  sort  the  issue  of  capacities  of  the  States/Districts,  the Government  of  India  has  been  empaneled  some  reputed  organizations  centrally (called Key Resource Centres), these may facilitates the States/Districts in conducting the required training/capacity building on their demand. The key official at the district level-Collector-has been roped in the programme to provide leadership at the district level. They are being exposed to best practices, both through workshops and exposure visits. More than 530 Collectors from across the country have been trained.
- The programme is being run as a janandolan with cooperation of all sections of the society including the NGOs, Corporates, youth etc. The Panchayats are being actively involved.
- There is an emphasis on streamlining administrative and financial procedures, both to cut down on time, as well as to increase accountability.
- Innovations in technology is being promoted at the National and State levels. There is a  National  Standing  Committee  under  Prof.  R.A.Mashelkar  to  examine  all  new technologies from the point of view of safety, feasibility and.
- Sanitation is being prioritized amongst the overall development agenda. The Government  has  taken  a  decision  to  prioritize  all  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  in ODF villages.  Accordingly, various other development schemes are converged with the sanitation outcomes.
- Monitoring  and  Evaluation  has  also  been  strengthened.  The  IMIS  has  data  up  to household  level,  with  provision  to  capture  geo-tagged  photographs  of  toilets.  A Swachhta  App  has  been  developed  that  provides  online  information  on  sanitation status  up  to  household  level.  The  citizens  can  also  do  ranking  of  swachhta  on  the Swachh App.
- Zila Swachhata Preraks are being engaged for the support of districts of all States.
- Web portal of Swachh Sangrah  has been developed for knowledge  sharing with all stakeholders.

## Statement referred in part (a) of the reply to Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.845 due for reply on 20-07-2017

State/UT-wise, percentage of rural households without access to toilets as on 17.7.2017

| S.N.   | State/UT          |   %Households without access to toilets |
|--------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1      | A&NISLANDS        |                                   44.33 |
| 2      | ANDHRAPRADESH     |                                   43.91 |
| 3      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                                   17.11 |
| 4      | ASSAM             |                                   26.45 |
| 5      | BIHAR             |                                   69.28 |
| 6      | CHANDIGARH        |                                    0    |
| 7      | CHHATTISGARH      |                                   14.81 |
| 8      | D &NHAVELI        |                                   46.08 |
| 9      | GOA               |                                   23.78 |
| 10     | GUJARAT           |                                    1.87 |
| 11     | HARYANA           |                                    0    |
| 12     | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                                    0    |
| 13     | JAMMU &KASHMIR    |                                   66.41 |
| 14     | JHARKHAND         |                                   44.12 |
| 15     | KARNATAKA         |                                   32.9  |
| 16     | KERALA            |                                    0.2  |
| 17     | MADHYA PRADESH    |                                   28.22 |
| 18     | MAHARASHTRA       |                                   17.02 |
| 19     | MANIPUR           |                                   22.48 |
| 20     | MEGHALAYA         |                                   13.92 |
| 21     | MIZORAM           |                                   25.12 |
| 22     | NAGALAND          |                                   18.82 |
| 23     | ODISHA            |                                   58.45 |
| 24     | PUDUCHERRY        |                                   52.07 |
| 25     | PUNJAB            |                                   16.52 |
| 26     | RAJASTHAN         |                                   20.91 |
| 27     | SIKKIM            |                                    0    |
| 28     | TAMIL NADU        |                                   25.13 |
| 29     | TELANGANA         |                                   47.2  |
| 30     | TRIPURA           |                                   29.29 |
| 31     | UTTAR PRADESH     |                                   52.83 |
| 32     | UTTARAKHAND       |                                    0    |
| 33     | WEST BENGAL       |                                   11.58 |
|        |                   |                                   34.93 |