Lok Sabha Question No. 25 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Access to Safe Drinking Water
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: GEETHA KOTHAPALLI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 25 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2017

## Access to Safe Drinking Water

## 25. SHRIMATI  KOTHAPALLI  GEETHA:

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

- (a) the number of villages in the country which have access to safe drinking water and the number of them which do not have access to safe drinking water, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has stressed on the need for a water literacy campaign to end the drinking water scarcity in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  is  encouraging  community  driven  decentralised  water management  system,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  steps  being  taken  in  this  regard along with the results yielded; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

- (a)  Under  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme  (NRDWP),  this  Ministry maintains  data  regarding  coverage  of  drinking  water  supply  in  terms  of  number  of habitations  and  not  in  terms  of  number  of  villages.  The  State-wise  details  of habitations which have and the habitations which do not have access to safe drinking water is at Annexure-I .
- (b) Yes Madam.  Media campaigns are being carried out at National level using Audio Visual  (TV)  and  Audio  (Radio)  to  educate  people  on  the  importance  of  water,  its judicious  usage  and  necessity  of  its  optimum  use  and  conservation.  States  are  also carrying out IEC campaign through hoardings, wall writing, slogans, picture frames, group  meetings,  street  plays,  participatory  rural  appraisal  and  exhibitions  towards furthering water literacy among rural population. Moreover, training of members of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) / Gram Panchayat Water & Sanitation Committee

(GPWSC),  Village  Water  &  Sanitation  Committee  (VWSC)  on  water  quality  are carried out by the States. Further, interpersonal communication on water quality issues including  health  related  diseases  is  also  carried  out  by  the  States.  Above  all,  every year World Water Day is observed on 22 nd March by the states in which campaign on water literacy is carried out stressing upon the need of drinking water management.

(c) & (d) Yes Madam. For this, there is a provision of allocation of 10 % NRDWP fund on 'rural population managing rural drinking water supply schemes weighted by a  Management Devolution Index  (MDI)'. Every year  a  survey  is  carried  out  by  an independent agency. Based on same, this component of allocation of funds / releases are made. State-wise details of funds released under MDI during year 2015-16 are at Annexure - II .

| Annexure - I                                                                                      | Annexure - I                                                                                      | Annexure - I                                                                                               | Annexure - I                                                                                                   | Annexure - I                                                                                      |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Annexure referred to in part (a) in reply of LS Unstarred Q. No - 25 to be answered on 02.02.2017 | Annexure referred to in part (a) in reply of LS Unstarred Q. No - 25 to be answered on 02.02.2017 | Annexure referred to in part (a) in reply of LS Unstarred Q. No - 25 to be answered on 02.02.2017          | Annexure referred to in part (a) in reply of LS Unstarred Q. No - 25 to be answered on 02.02.2017              | Annexure referred to in part (a) in reply of LS Unstarred Q. No - 25 to be answered on 02.02.2017 |
| S.No.                                                                                             | State                                                                                             | Nos. of Fully Covered Habitations (i.e. getting safe drinking water more than 40 litre per capita per day) | Nos. of Partially Covered Habitations (i.e. getting safe drinking water less than 40 litre per capita per day) | Nos. of Quality Affected Habitations (i.e. not getting safe drinking water)                       |
| 1.                                                                                                | ANDMAN and NICOBAR                                                                                | 324                                                                                                        | 76                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                 |
| 2.                                                                                                | ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                    | 33005                                                                                                      | 14811                                                                                                          | 526                                                                                               |
| 3.                                                                                                | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                 | 2849                                                                                                       | 4673                                                                                                           | 55                                                                                                |
| 4.                                                                                                | ASSAM                                                                                             | 55889                                                                                                      | 23438                                                                                                          | 8772                                                                                              |
| 5.                                                                                                | BIHAR                                                                                             | 64965                                                                                                      | 40145                                                                                                          | 5124                                                                                              |
| 6.                                                                                                | CHHATTISGARH                                                                                      | 70559                                                                                                      | 2965                                                                                                           | 1123                                                                                              |
| 7.                                                                                                | GOA                                                                                               | 345                                                                                                        | 2                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                 |
| 8.                                                                                                | GUJARAT                                                                                           | 36065                                                                                                      | 1                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                 |
| 9.                                                                                                | HARYANA                                                                                           | 7503                                                                                                       | 239                                                                                                            | 206                                                                                               |
| 10.                                                                                               | HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                  | 41636                                                                                                      | 11968                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                 |
| 11.                                                                                               | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                                                                                 | 8747                                                                                                       | 7206                                                                                                           | 5                                                                                                 |
| 12.                                                                                               | JHARKHAND                                                                                         | 113054                                                                                                     | 429                                                                                                            | 6584                                                                                              |
| 13.                                                                                               | KARNATAKA                                                                                         | 27303                                                                                                      | 31050                                                                                                          | 1895                                                                                              |
| 14.                                                                                               | KERALA                                                                                            | 3563                                                                                                       | 7664                                                                                                           | 656                                                                                               |
| 15.                                                                                               | MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                    | 127867                                                                                                     | 47                                                                                                             | 153                                                                                               |
| 16.                                                                                               | MAHARASHTRA                                                                                       | 88282                                                                                                      | 11401                                                                                                          | 383                                                                                               |
| 17.                                                                                               | MANIPUR                                                                                           | 2241                                                                                                       | 627                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                 |
| 18.                                                                                               | MEGHALAYA                                                                                         | 1674                                                                                                       | 8791                                                                                                           | 10                                                                                                |
| 19.                                                                                               | MIZORAM                                                                                           | 447                                                                                                        | 291                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                 |
| 20.                                                                                               | NAGALAND                                                                                          | 731                                                                                                        | 756                                                                                                            | 43                                                                                                |
| 21.                                                                                               | ODISHA                                                                                            | 128127                                                                                                     | 25684                                                                                                          | 2657                                                                                              |
| 22.                                                                                               | PUDUCHERRY                                                                                        | 153                                                                                                        | 113                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                 |
| 23.                                                                                               | PUNJAB                                                                                            | 9879                                                                                                       | 1814                                                                                                           | 3691                                                                                              |
| 24.                                                                                               | RAJASTHAN                                                                                         | 55300                                                                                                      | 45850                                                                                                          | 20498                                                                                             |
| 25.                                                                                               | SIKKIM                                                                                            | 731                                                                                                        | 1353                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                 |
| 26.                                                                                               | TAMIL NADU                                                                                        | 92356                                                                                                      | 7497                                                                                                           | 351                                                                                               |
| 27.                                                                                               | TELANGANA                                                                                         | 13182                                                                                                      | 9936                                                                                                           | 1464                                                                                              |
| 28.                                                                                               | TRIPURA                                                                                           | 4280                                                                                                       | 518                                                                                                            | 3925                                                                                              |
| 29.                                                                                               | UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                     | 259386                                                                                                     | 1054                                                                                                           | 361                                                                                               |
| 30.                                                                                               | UTTARAKHAND                                                                                       | 21681                                                                                                      | 17511                                                                                                          | 17                                                                                                |
| 31.                                                                                               | WEST BENGAL                                                                                       | 51869                                                                                                      | 44310                                                                                                          | 9726                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                   | Total                                                                                             | 1323993                                                                                                    | 322220                                                                                                         | 68225                                                                                             |
| Percentage                                                                                        | Percentage                                                                                        | 77.22                                                                                                      | 18.8                                                                                                           | 3.98                                                                                              |

| Annexure - II   | Annexure - II       | Annexure - II   | Annexure - II   |
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| S.No.           | State               | MDI Allocation  | MDI Release     |
| 1               | ANDAMAN and NICOBAR | 0               | 0               |
| 2               | ANDHRA PRADESH      | 2712.65         | 2712.65         |
| 3               | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | 172.03          | 172.03          |
| 4               | ASSAM               | 978.48          | 978.48          |
| 5               | BIHAR               | 1900.85         | 1900.85         |
| 6               | CHATTISGARH         | 596.63          | 596.63          |
| 7               | GOA                 | 0               | 0               |
| 8               | GUJARAT             | 2135.43         | 2135.43         |
| 9               | HARYANA             | 310.34          | 310.34          |
| 10              | HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 34.1            | 27.41           |
| 11              | JAMMUANDKASHMIR     | 0               | 0               |
| 12              | JHARKHAND           | 57.33           | 57.33           |
| 13              | KARNATAKA           | 4490.24         | 4490.24         |
| 14              | KERALA              | 170.5           | 170.5           |
| 15              | MADHYAPRADESH       | 609.93          | 609.93          |
| 16              | MAHARASHTRA         | 4051.75         | 4051.75         |
| 17              | MANIPUR             | 556.35          | 556.35          |
| 18              | MEGHALAYA           | 8.02            | 8.02            |
| 19              | MIZORAM             | 142.49          | 142.49          |
| 20              | NAGALAND            | 1515.05         | 1515.05         |
| 21              | ODISHA              | 472.74          | 472.74          |
| 22              | PUDUCHERRY          | 0               | 0               |
| 23              | PUNJAB              | 541.84          | 541.84          |
| 24              | RAJASTHAN           | 1048.53         | 1048.53         |
| 25              | SIKKIM              | 388.04          | 388.04          |
| 26              | TAMIL NADU          | 2637.86         | 2637.86         |
| 27              | TELANGANA           | 1034.5          | 1034.5          |
| 28              | TRIPURA             | 449.54          | 449.54          |
| 29              | UTTAR PRADESH       | 8357.04         | 8357.04         |
| 30              | UTTARAKHAND         | 219.79          | 219.79          |
| 31              | WEST BENGAL         | 2448.95         | 2448.95         |
| Total           |                     | 38041           | 38034.31        |