Lok Sabha Question No. 2196 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-31
Subject: Safe Drinking Water to Urban Households
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, B.N. CHANDRAPPA, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2196

TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 31, 2018

## SAFE DRINKING WATER TO URBAN HOUSEHOLDS

2196. SHRI D.K. SURESH:

SHRI B.N. CHANDRAPPA:

SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

Will  the  Minister  of  HOUSING  AND  URBAN AFFAIRS  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that majority of the households in urban areas have no access to safe drinking water and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  assess  the number of households that have no access to safe drinking water in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  details  of  programmes  implemented  by  the  Government  to provide safe drinking water to all the households in the country in urban areas;
- (d) the funds allocated, released and utilized for the said programmes in the country during the last three years, State wise; and
- (e)  whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  increase  the allocation to ensure that all the urban households get access to safe drinking water and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS

## (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a), (b) & (c). The  Government  of  India  has  launched  the  Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) in 500

Mission cities across the country with major focus on water supply.

Under AMRUT, the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) have submitted

Service  Level  Improvement  Plans  (SLIPs)  after  assessment  of  the existing gap in the coverage of water supply to the State and based on that States have prepared State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) to bridge the gap. The gap in coverage of water supply at the beginning of the Mission was assessed to be 139 lakh households.

The  Ministry  has  approved  all  the  SAAPs  for ₹ 77,640  crore, 39,011 crore in water supply sector as submitted  by  all  the  States/Union  Territories  (UTs)  for  the  entire including projects costing ₹ Mission period under AMRUT.

Under the Mission, selection, appraisal, approval and implementation  of  individual  projects  is  done  by  the  concerned States/Union  Territories  (UTs).  The  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban Affairs  only  approves  the  SAAPs  submitted  by  the  States/UTs  and releases the Central Assistance (CA) as per Mission guidelines.

(d). Against the total SAAPs of ₹ 77,640 crore, the Government has allocated ₹ 35,990 crore as Central Assistance (CA) to the States/UTs. The balance amount will be borne by the States/UTs.

The  CA  is  released  to  States/UTs  in  three  instalments  of 20:40:40.  First  instalment  is  released  immediately  on  approval  of SAAP. Second/Third instalments are released on receipt of Utilization Certificates  (UCs)  for  75%  or  more  of  CA  released  along  with  the corresponding State share.

During the last three financial years, a sum of ₹ 7,873.92 crore has been released for implementation of projects against which UCs for ₹ 3,911.86 crore has been received. The State/UT-wise details of funds  allocated  and  released  under  AMRUT  during  the  last  three financial years is attached as Annexure.

(e). There is no proposal to increase the overall allocation for water supply under AMRUT.

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## Annexure in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 2196 due for answer on 31.07.2018

All amounts in Rs. crore

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT          |   Approved SAAP |   Committed Central Assistance |   Fund released |
|-----------|---------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------------|-----------------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |           10.82 |                          10.82 |            1.36 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh #          |         2890.17 |                        1056.62 |          528.3  |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh         |          140.25 |                         126.22 |           15.77 |
| 4         | Assam                     |          657.14 |                         591.42 |           73.23 |
| 5         | Bihar                     |         2469.77 |                        1164.8  |          232.96 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                |           95.07 |                          54.09 |           10.82 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh              |         2192.76 |                        1009.74 |          201.95 |
| 8         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli #    |           10.82 |                          10.82 |            1.4  |
| 9         | Daman & Diu               |           18.03 |                          18.03 |            2.06 |
| 10        | Delhi                     |          802.31 |                         802.31 |          160.46 |
| 11        | Goa                       |          209.18 |                         104.58 |           20.91 |
| 12        | Gujarat                   |         4884.42 |                        2069.96 |          414    |
| 13        | Haryana                   |         2565.74 |                         764.51 |          152.9  |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh          |          304.52 |                         274.07 |           54.81 |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir           |          593.05 |                         533.72 |          265.15 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                 |         1245.74 |                         566.17 |          113.23 |
| 17        | Karnataka #               |         4952.87 |                        2318.79 |          597.87 |
| 18        | Kerala                    |         2359.38 |                        1161.2  |          232.24 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep               |            3.61 |                           3.61 |            0.73 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh #          |         6200.67 |                        2592.86 |          518.58 |
| 21        | Maharashtra               |         7759.32 |                        3534.08 |          706.81 |
| 22        | Manipur #                 |          180.31 |                         162.28 |           32.46 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                 |           80.14 |                          72.12 |            8.91 |
| 24        | Mizoram                   |          140.25 |                         126.22 |           25.24 |
| 25        | Nagaland                  |          120.22 |                         108.19 |           13.49 |
| 26        | Odisha #                  |         1598.96 |                         796.97 |          394.15 |
| 27        | Puducherry                |           64.91 |                          64.91 |           12.98 |
| 28        | Punjab                    |         2766.62 |                        1204.47 |          143.93 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                 |         3223.94 |                        1541.95 |          308.39 |
| 30        | Sikkim                    |           40.06 |                          36.06 |            7.21 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu #              |        11194.8  |                        4756.58 |          951.31 |
| 32        | Telangana                 |         1666.26 |                         832.6  |          166.52 |
| 33        | Tripura                   |          148.25 |                         133.43 |           26.68 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh             |        11421.7  |                        4922.46 |          984.49 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand               |          593.02 |                         533.72 |          106.75 |
| 36        | West Bengal               |         4035    |                        1929.32 |          385.87 |
| Total     | Total                     |        77640    |                       35989.7  |         7873.92 |

#- These States/UT have taken up projects in excess of the size of approved  SAAPs.  In  such  cases,  the  entire  additional  cost  will  be incurred by the concerned State/UT .