Lok Sabha Question No. 187 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-08
Subject: Access to Potable Water
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: VINOD CHAVDA, PARESH RAWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 187 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.03.2018

## Access to Potable Water

## *187. SHRI VINOD LAKHAMASHI CHAVDA, SHRI PARESH RAVAL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any data of the areas without access to potable water in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, Statewise; and
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  approved  the  mineral  quality  of  Aquaguard water system machines in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

(SUSHREE UMA BHARTI)

- (a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the table of the house.

## Statement referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 187 due for answer on 08.03.2018

(a) to (b) The coverage of rural drinking water supply is maintained in terms of Fully Covered habitations (i.e. getting more than 40 litre per capita per day safe drinking water), Partially Covered habitations (i.e. getting less than 40 litre per capita  per  day  safe  drinking  water)  and  Quality  Affected  habitations  (i.e. containing  at  least  one  contaminant  like  Arsenic,  Fluoride,  Iron  etc.).  As  per information  entered  by  states  on  Integrated  Management  Information  System (IMIS) of the Ministry, state-wise details of rural habitations without access to safe drinking water till date is at Annexure.

(c)As  per  information received from  Bureau  of  Indian  Standards  (BIS), following Indian Standards (IS) on point of use water purification systems have been formulated:

- i. IS 14724 : 1999-Water Purifiers with Ultra-violet Disinfection
- ii. IS 16240 : 2015 Reverse Osmosis (RO) Based Point-of-Use (PoU) Water Treatment System - Specification

Both  the  above  mentioned  standards  do  not  prescribe  any  specific  mineral quality of the output water.

As per BIS, there is no licensee in the name of Aquaguard,

| Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Q. No- 187 due for reply on 08.03.2018   | Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Q. No- 187 due for reply on 08.03.2018   | Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Q. No- 187 due for reply on 08.03.2018   |
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| S.No.                                                                                                   | State                                                                                                   | No of Quality Affected Habitations (i.e. Not getting safe drinking water)                               |
| 1                                                                                                       | ANDAMAN and NICOBAR                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                       |
| 2                                                                                                       | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                          | 417                                                                                                     |
| 3                                                                                                       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                       | 31                                                                                                      |
| 4                                                                                                       | ASSAM                                                                                                   | 11023                                                                                                   |
| 5                                                                                                       | BIHAR                                                                                                   | 4212                                                                                                    |
| 6                                                                                                       | CHATTISGARH                                                                                             | 1166                                                                                                    |
| 7                                                                                                       | GOA                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                       |
| 8                                                                                                       | GUJARAT                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                       |
| 9                                                                                                       | HARYANA                                                                                                 | 127                                                                                                     |
| 10                                                                                                      | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                        | 0                                                                                                       |
| 11                                                                                                      | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                                       | 16                                                                                                      |
| 12                                                                                                      | JHARKHAND                                                                                               | 2877                                                                                                    |
| 13                                                                                                      | KARNATAKA                                                                                               | 1021                                                                                                    |
| 14                                                                                                      | KERALA                                                                                                  | 361                                                                                                     |
| 15                                                                                                      | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                          | 186                                                                                                     |
| 16                                                                                                      | MAHARASHTRA                                                                                             | 279                                                                                                     |
| 17                                                                                                      | MANIPUR                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                       |
| 18                                                                                                      | MEGHALAYA                                                                                               | 32                                                                                                      |
| 19                                                                                                      | MIZORAM                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                       |
| 20                                                                                                      | NAGALAND                                                                                                | 30                                                                                                      |
| 21                                                                                                      | ODISHA                                                                                                  | 3036                                                                                                    |
| 22                                                                                                      | PUDUCHERRY                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                       |
| 23                                                                                                      | PUNJAB                                                                                                  | 3542                                                                                                    |
| 24                                                                                                      | RAJASTHAN                                                                                               | 19754                                                                                                   |
| 25                                                                                                      | SIKKIM                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                       |
| 26                                                                                                      | TAMIL NADU                                                                                              | 197                                                                                                     |
| 27                                                                                                      | TELANGANA                                                                                               | 1161                                                                                                    |
| 28                                                                                                      | TRIPURA                                                                                                 | 2542                                                                                                    |
| 29                                                                                                      | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                           | 1379                                                                                                    |
| 30                                                                                                      | UTTARAKHAND                                                                                             | 16                                                                                                      |
| 31                                                                                                      | WEST BENGAL                                                                                             | 17997                                                                                                   |
|                                                                                                         | Total                                                                                                   | 71402                                                                                                   |

(source: format C-17)