Lok Sabha Question No. 4793 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-30
Subject: Utilisation of Funds for Drinking Water Schemes
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, DHARMENDRA YADAV, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, Shrirang Appa Barne, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4793

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03.2017

## Utilisation of Funds for DrinkingWater Schemes

4793. DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH  SHINDE:

SHRI  DHARMENDRA  YADAV:

SHRI  ANAND RAO  ADSUL:

SHRI  RAHUL  SHEWALE:

SHRI  SHRIRANG  APPABARNE:

SHRI  ADHAL RAO  PATIL SHIVAJI  RAO:

DR. PRITAM  GOPINATH MUNDE:

SHRI VINAYAK  BHAURAO  RAUT:

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

- (a)  whether  some  State  Governments  have  failed  to  utilize  funds  meant  for execution    of    rural    drinking    water  programme  despite  their  reeling  under severe drought situation;
- (b)  if  so,  the  funds  released  by  the  Union  Government  to  each  State  during year2016-17  for  providing  drinking  water  to  rural  habitations  along  with  the percentage of funds utilized by  each State for the purpose during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (c) whether the Union Government proposes to assist those States which are Facing unprecedented drought by sanctioning more funds and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Union Government has received any proposals from the States to avail  the benefits of Central schemes for providing drinking water to the rural habitations and  if so, the details thereof and  the action taken  by the Government thereon, State-wise; and
- (e)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Union  Government  to  expedite    the  implementation  of drinking water projects particularly in drought  affected States?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c)  Under  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme  (NRDWP),  funds  are released  to  states  only  after  receipt  of    Utilization  Certificate  of    utilization  of minimum 60% of available funds with the States. The State wise details of the funds released  by  the  Ministry  to  States  along  with  the  percentage  of  utilization of  funds during each of the last three years and current year are at Annexure-I .

Under NRDWP, there is no specific provision for release of funds for drought. However, 2% of NRDWP funds are kept aside for assisting the States in the event of any natural Calamity including drought. These funds are released to States only after receipt of recommendations of High Level Committee (HLC) in the Ministry of Home Affairs. During 2016-17, no funds have been released to the States for drought under this component

(d) Rural drinking water supply is a state subject.  This Ministry's mandate is to provide technical and financial assistance to state for providing safe drinking water in rural  areas.  The  schemes  for  rural  drinking water  supply  are  approved by  the  State Level Scheme Sanctioning Committee (SLSSC) and do not come to the ministry for approval.    State-wise  details  of  funds  allocated  and  released under  NRDWP  during 2016-17, as on 27.03.2017 is at Annexure-II .

(e) Under  NRDWP,  there  is  a  provision  for  assisting  the  States  in  the  event  of Natural Calamity which inter-alia includes drought. 2% of the NRDWP allocation is set  aside for any natural calamity including drought. On the declaration of drought, Inter  Ministerial  Central  Team  (IMCT)  visits  the  affected  States  and  gives  its recommendations  regarding  the  quantum  of  assistance  to  be  given.  Funds  are thereafter released to State with the approval of a High level Committee constituted in the Ministry of Home Affairs. In addition to this, the states can use Flexi funds to the extent of 25% of the total funds released to them under NRDWP for taking up works for mitigating the drinking water scarcity in an area as per the instructions issued by the Ministry in this regard.

Annexure - I

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| Annexure referred to in part (a) to ( c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 4793 for answer on 30.03.2017   | Annexure referred to in part (a) to ( c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 4793 for answer on 30.03.2017   | Annexure referred to in part (a) to ( c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 4793 for answer on 30.03.2017   | Annexure referred to in part (a) to ( c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 4793 for answer on 30.03.2017   | Annexure referred to in part (a) to ( c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 4793 for answer on 30.03.2017   | Annexure referred to in part (a) to ( c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 4793 for answer on 30.03.2017   | Annexure referred to in part (a) to ( c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 4793 for answer on 30.03.2017   | Annexure referred to in part (a) to ( c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 4793 for answer on 30.03.2017   | Annexure referred to in part (a) to ( c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 4793 for answer on 30.03.2017   | Annexure referred to in part (a) to ( c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 4793 for answer on 30.03.2017   |
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|                                                                                                        |                                                                                                        | 2013-14                                                                                                | 2013-14                                                                                                | 2014-15                                                                                                | 2014-15                                                                                                | 2015-16                                                                                                | 2015-16                                                                                                | 2016-17 as on 27.3.2017                                                                                | 2016-17 as on 27.3.2017                                                                                |
| S.No.                                                                                                  | State                                                                                                  | Release                                                                                                | Expend iture%                                                                                          | Release                                                                                                | Exp.%                                                                                                  | Release                                                                                                | Exp. %                                                                                                 | Release up to 27/03/2017                                                                               | Exp.%                                                                                                  |
| 1                                                                                                      | Andaman And Nicobar                                                                                    | 0.09                                                                                                   | 69.45                                                                                                  | 0.81                                                                                                   | 38.93                                                                                                  | 0.16                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                      | 0.22                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                      |
| 2                                                                                                      | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                         | 631.52                                                                                                 | 88.9                                                                                                   | 377.78                                                                                                 | 92.74                                                                                                  | 170.05                                                                                                 | 93.67                                                                                                  | 177.38                                                                                                 | 66.28                                                                                                  |
| 3                                                                                                      | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                      | 237.32                                                                                                 | 89.96                                                                                                  | 109.83                                                                                                 | 88.13                                                                                                  | 65.4                                                                                                   | 81.27                                                                                                  | 100.5                                                                                                  | 44.38                                                                                                  |
| 4                                                                                                      | Assam                                                                                                  | 524.97                                                                                                 | 87.26                                                                                                  | 585.32                                                                                                 | 86.37                                                                                                  | 284.11                                                                                                 | 57.34                                                                                                  | 346.5                                                                                                  | 29.61                                                                                                  |
| 5                                                                                                      | Bihar                                                                                                  | 348.94                                                                                                 | 54.24                                                                                                  | 399.11                                                                                                 | 58                                                                                                     | 202.73                                                                                                 | 61.63                                                                                                  | 313.02                                                                                                 | 75.49                                                                                                  |
| 6                                                                                                      | Chhattisgarh                                                                                           | 135.2                                                                                                  | 84.53                                                                                                  | 150.74                                                                                                 | 93.49                                                                                                  | 60.83                                                                                                  | 88.69                                                                                                  | 65.49                                                                                                  | 73.79                                                                                                  |
| 7                                                                                                      | Goa                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                      | 37.31                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                      | 1.66                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                      | 1.19                                                                                                   | 50.86                                                                                                  |
| 8                                                                                                      | Gujarat                                                                                                | 515.07                                                                                                 | 82.39                                                                                                  | 405.58                                                                                                 | 91.04                                                                                                  | 238.91                                                                                                 | 95.65                                                                                                  | 276.42                                                                                                 | 68.38                                                                                                  |
| 9                                                                                                      | Haryana                                                                                                | 229.52                                                                                                 | 95.57                                                                                                  | 277.98                                                                                                 | 78.38                                                                                                  | 122.65                                                                                                 | 81.07                                                                                                  | 111.01                                                                                                 | 44.3                                                                                                   |
| 10                                                                                                     | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                       | 130.81                                                                                                 | 77.21                                                                                                  | 120.89                                                                                                 | 72.33                                                                                                  | 64.38                                                                                                  | 63.32                                                                                                  | 83.31                                                                                                  | 48.12                                                                                                  |
| 11                                                                                                     | Jammu And Kashmir                                                                                      | 414.82                                                                                                 | 89.42                                                                                                  | 474.41                                                                                                 | 85.85                                                                                                  | 192.12                                                                                                 | 83.02                                                                                                  | 225.14                                                                                                 | 37.32                                                                                                  |
| 12                                                                                                     | Jharkhand                                                                                              | 253.28                                                                                                 | 73.1                                                                                                   | 175.18                                                                                                 | 71.72                                                                                                  | 132.09                                                                                                 | 57.3                                                                                                   | 110.63                                                                                                 | 61.6                                                                                                   |
| 13                                                                                                     | Karnataka                                                                                              | 897.29                                                                                                 | 79.62                                                                                                  | 563.91                                                                                                 | 77.63                                                                                                  | 278.08                                                                                                 | 80.17                                                                                                  | 341.64                                                                                                 | 44.94                                                                                                  |
| 14                                                                                                     | Kerala                                                                                                 | 212.04                                                                                                 | 86.64                                                                                                  | 124.1                                                                                                  | 79.93                                                                                                  | 48.05                                                                                                  | 79.41                                                                                                  | 75.22                                                                                                  | 33.03                                                                                                  |
| 15                                                                                                     | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                         | 474.95                                                                                                 | 78.31                                                                                                  | 440.18                                                                                                 | 69.64                                                                                                  | 193.73                                                                                                 | 97.75                                                                                                  | 199.96                                                                                                 | 71.98                                                                                                  |
| 16                                                                                                     | Maharashtra                                                                                            | 690.27                                                                                                 | 52.81                                                                                                  | 748.23                                                                                                 | 67.53                                                                                                  | 330.88                                                                                                 | 76.37                                                                                                  | 401.85                                                                                                 | 48.52                                                                                                  |
| 17                                                                                                     | Manipur                                                                                                | 55.3                                                                                                   | 68.09                                                                                                  | 88.54                                                                                                  | 79.78                                                                                                  | 27.92                                                                                                  | 84.67                                                                                                  | 40.61                                                                                                  | 38.5                                                                                                   |
| 18                                                                                                     | Meghalaya                                                                                              | 103.4                                                                                                  | 83.37                                                                                                  | 69.5                                                                                                   | 87.47                                                                                                  | 31.24                                                                                                  | 71.81                                                                                                  | 40.42                                                                                                  | 51.5                                                                                                   |
| 19                                                                                                     | Mizoram                                                                                                | 44.89                                                                                                  | 47.9                                                                                                   | 34.5                                                                                                   | 56.23                                                                                                  | 17.32                                                                                                  | 47.94                                                                                                  | 24.49                                                                                                  | 18.47                                                                                                  |
| 20                                                                                                     | Nagaland                                                                                               | 61.07                                                                                                  | 80.88                                                                                                  | 101.44                                                                                                 | 75.95                                                                                                  | 38.53                                                                                                  | 93.57                                                                                                  | 36.84                                                                                                  | 34.76                                                                                                  |
| 21                                                                                                     | Odisha                                                                                                 | 317.07                                                                                                 | 73.1                                                                                                   | 230.67                                                                                                 | 74.64                                                                                                  | 103.19                                                                                                 | 79.03                                                                                                  | 120.46                                                                                                 | 45.65                                                                                                  |
| 22                                                                                                     | Puducherry                                                                                             | 0.06                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                      | 0                                                                                                      | 0.29                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                      |
| 23                                                                                                     | Punjab                                                                                                 | 147.95                                                                                                 | 91.41                                                                                                  | 97.38                                                                                                  | 80.33                                                                                                  | 42.79                                                                                                  | 56.36                                                                                                  | 45.79                                                                                                  | 70.3                                                                                                   |
| 24                                                                                                     | Rajasthan                                                                                              | 1332.49                                                                                                | 88.76                                                                                                  | 1304.64                                                                                                | 92.22                                                                                                  | 526.75                                                                                                 | 74.59                                                                                                  | 1063.56                                                                                                | 23.92                                                                                                  |
| 25                                                                                                     | Sikkim                                                                                                 | 26.56                                                                                                  | 98.2                                                                                                   | 31.7                                                                                                   | 97.03                                                                                                  | 12.05                                                                                                  | 95.84                                                                                                  | 19.42                                                                                                  | 29.67                                                                                                  |
| 26                                                                                                     | Tamil Nadu                                                                                             | 387.11                                                                                                 | 92.15                                                                                                  | 382.46                                                                                                 | 98.75                                                                                                  | 182.35                                                                                                 | 85.71                                                                                                  | 155.19                                                                                                 | 70.89                                                                                                  |
| 27                                                                                                     | Telangana                                                                                              | -                                                                                                      | -                                                                                                      | 212.24                                                                                                 | 89.17                                                                                                  | 97.71                                                                                                  | 88                                                                                                     | 115.82                                                                                                 | 73.48                                                                                                  |
| 28                                                                                                     | Tripura                                                                                                | 89.93                                                                                                  | 96.52                                                                                                  | 68.31                                                                                                  | 88.79                                                                                                  | 31.68                                                                                                  | 98.05                                                                                                  | 38.83                                                                                                  | 62.06                                                                                                  |
| 29                                                                                                     | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                          | 804.92                                                                                                 | 63.87                                                                                                  | 1073.22                                                                                                | 73.53                                                                                                  | 490.31                                                                                                 | 71.71                                                                                                  | 614.67                                                                                                 | 43.2                                                                                                   |
| 30                                                                                                     | Uttarakhand                                                                                            | 87.61                                                                                                  | 52.71                                                                                                  | 111.48                                                                                                 | 64.86                                                                                                  | 60.06                                                                                                  | 69.2                                                                                                   | 88.19                                                                                                  | 45.85                                                                                                  |
| 31                                                                                                     | West Bengal                                                                                            | 485.83 9640.28                                                                                         | 84.05 78.05                                                                                            | 431.09                                                                                                 | 83.22 79.51                                                                                            | 216.85                                                                                                 | 91.89 77.03                                                                                            | 437.55 5671.61                                                                                         | 75.39                                                                                                  |
|                                                                                                        | Total                                                                                                  |                                                                                                        |                                                                                                        | 9191.22                                                                                                |                                                                                                        | 4264.58                                                                                                |                                                                                                        |                                                                                                        | 48.32                                                                                                  |

## Annexure - II

| Annexure referred in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No- 4793 to be answered on 30.03.2017   | Annexure referred in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No- 4793 to be answered on 30.03.2017   | Annexure referred in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No- 4793 to be answered on 30.03.2017   | Annexure referred in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No- 4793 to be answered on 30.03.2017   |
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| S.No.                                                                                                    | State                                                                                                    | Allocation                                                                                               | Release up to 27/03/2017                                                                                 |
| 1                                                                                                        | Andaman And Nicobar                                                                                      | 0.45                                                                                                     | 0.22                                                                                                     |
| 2                                                                                                        | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                           | 181.02                                                                                                   | 177.38                                                                                                   |
| 3                                                                                                        | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                        | 101.39                                                                                                   | 100.5                                                                                                    |
| 4                                                                                                        | Assam                                                                                                    | 402.15                                                                                                   | 346.5                                                                                                    |
| 5                                                                                                        | Bihar                                                                                                    | 314.97                                                                                                   | 313.02                                                                                                   |
| 6                                                                                                        | Chhattisgarh                                                                                             | 70.65                                                                                                    | 65.49                                                                                                    |
| 7                                                                                                        | Goa                                                                                                      | 2.44                                                                                                     | 1.19                                                                                                     |
| 8                                                                                                        | Gujarat                                                                                                  | 281.14                                                                                                   | 276.42                                                                                                   |
| 9                                                                                                        | Haryana                                                                                                  | 114.71                                                                                                   | 111.01                                                                                                   |
| 10                                                                                                       | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                         | 69.65                                                                                                    | 83.31                                                                                                    |
| 11                                                                                                       | Jammu And Kashmir                                                                                        | 233.29                                                                                                   | 225.14                                                                                                   |
| 12                                                                                                       | Jharkhand                                                                                                | 115.86                                                                                                   | 110.63                                                                                                   |
| 13                                                                                                       | Karnataka                                                                                                | 360.07                                                                                                   | 341.64                                                                                                   |
| 14                                                                                                       | Kerala                                                                                                   | 62.54                                                                                                    | 75.22                                                                                                    |
| 15                                                                                                       | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                           | 213.87                                                                                                   | 199.96                                                                                                   |
| 16                                                                                                       | Maharashtra                                                                                              | 413.57                                                                                                   | 401.85                                                                                                   |
| 17                                                                                                       | Manipur                                                                                                  | 41.83                                                                                                    | 40.61                                                                                                    |
| 18                                                                                                       | Meghalaya                                                                                                | 42.02                                                                                                    | 40.42                                                                                                    |
| 19                                                                                                       | Mizoram                                                                                                  | 25.33                                                                                                    | 24.49                                                                                                    |
| 20                                                                                                       | Nagaland                                                                                                 | 37.93                                                                                                    | 36.84                                                                                                    |
| 21                                                                                                       | Odisha                                                                                                   | 114.99                                                                                                   | 120.46                                                                                                   |
| 22                                                                                                       | Puducherry                                                                                               | 0.86                                                                                                     | 0.29                                                                                                     |
| 23                                                                                                       | Punjab                                                                                                   | 46.02                                                                                                    | 45.79                                                                                                    |
| 24                                                                                                       | Rajasthan                                                                                                | 1114.56                                                                                                  | 1063.56                                                                                                  |
| 25                                                                                                       | Sikkim                                                                                                   | 14.77                                                                                                    | 19.42                                                                                                    |
| 26                                                                                                       | Tamil Nadu                                                                                               | 157.6                                                                                                    | 155.19                                                                                                   |
| 27                                                                                                       | Telangana                                                                                                | 117.03                                                                                                   | 115.82                                                                                                   |
| 28                                                                                                       | Tripura                                                                                                  | 39.48                                                                                                    | 38.83                                                                                                    |
| 29                                                                                                       | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                            | 653.77                                                                                                   | 614.67                                                                                                   |
| 30                                                                                                       | Uttarakhand                                                                                              | 90.87                                                                                                    | 88.19                                                                                                    |
| 31                                                                                                       | West Bengal                                                                                              | 438.91                                                                                                   | 437.55                                                                                                   |
|                                                                                                          | Total                                                                                                    | 5873.74                                                                                                  | 5671.61                                                                                                  |

(source: format D- I N of IMIS)