Lok Sabha Question No. 2478 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-16
Subject: Foreign Assisted Projects
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: B.N. CHANDRAPPA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2478 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2017

## Foreign Assisted Projects

## †2478.  SHRI  B.N. CHANDRAPPA:

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

- (a) the number of Centrally sponsored projects and State sponsored project taken up with the  external  assistance  in  the  Drinking Water and Sanitation  sectors during each of the last three years and the current year, separately, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  the  amount  of  external  assistance  sought  for  the  projects,  during  the  period, State/UT-wise; and
- (c)  the  total  funds  invested  in  the  country  through  the  external  agencies  on  the drinking water and sanitation projects till date?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c)  The  Government  of  India  is  implementing  the  National  Rural  Drinking Water  Programme  (NRDWP)  to  supplement  the  efforts  of  States  and  UTs  with financial and technical assistance to implement drinking water supply schemes in all rural habitations. The State Government has powers to plan, approve and implement rural water supply scheme under National Rural Development Programme (NRDWP). The project proposals  seeking external assistance form Multilateral Institutions like World  Bank,  Japan  International  Cooperation  Agency  (JICA),  Asian  Development Bank (ADB), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), New Development Bank (NDB)  ,   submitted  by  State  Government  after  fulfilling  the  laid  down  criteria  of Ministry  of  finance  like  debt  sustainability  certificate  for  the  loan    issued  by  State Finance Department  etc. are examined in this Ministry . This Ministry recommends it to  Department  of  Economic  Affairs,  Ministry  of  Finance  who  pose  such  project proposal for external assistance.

States executes rural water supply schemes with foreign aid and the disbursal of loan and its repayment are not routed through this Ministry. The details in respect of all the above mentioned ongoing projects is at Annexure-I . Similarly , data available with the Ministry regarding completed projects is given in  Annexure-II.

The  project of  World  Bank  Support  to  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  (Gramin)  has been approved by the government on 23.3.2016 with project cost of Rs. 9000 crore. The Project basically provides for incentivising States on the basis of their performance in the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin). The performance of the States will be gauged through an independent survey based measurement of certain performance indicators, called the Disbursement-Linked Indicators (DLIs). The modalities for conduct of this independent survey is under process, and therefore, no funds have been released to the States yet.

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| Annexure. I                                                                           | Annexure. I                                                                           | Annexure. I                                                                           | Annexure. I                                                                           | Annexure. I                                                                           | Annexure. I                                                                           |
| EAP proposal - Ongoing                                                                | EAP proposal - Ongoing                                                                | EAP proposal - Ongoing                                                                | EAP proposal - Ongoing                                                                | EAP proposal - Ongoing                                                                | EAP proposal - Ongoing                                                                |
| S. No.                                                                                | Name of State                                                                         | Project Name                                                                          | Period                                                                                | Funded by                                                                             | Amount of External Aid                                                                |
| 1.                                                                                    | Kerala                                                                                | Jalnidhi-II                                                                           | January 2012- December20 18                                                           | World Bank                                                                            | US$ 241.2 Million (Rs. 1616.04 crores )                                               |
| 2.                                                                                    | Maharashtra                                                                           | Maharashtra Rural Water Supply and Sanitation, Jalswarajya-II Program                 | 2015-2020                                                                             | World Bank                                                                            | US$ 165 Million (Rs. 1105.5 crore)                                                    |
| 3.                                                                                    | Telangana                                                                             | Rural Water Supply& Sanitation Project (Telangana RWSSP)                              | 2010-2014 (extended up to May 2017 )                                                  | World Bank                                                                            | Rs. 318.60 Crore                                                                      |
| 4.                                                                                    | Andhra Pradesh                                                                        | Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (APRWSSP)                                   | 2010 to May 2016 (extended up to May 2017 )                                           | World Bank                                                                            | Rs. 334.33 Crore                                                                      |
| 5.                                                                                    | Rajasthan                                                                             | Rajasthan Rural Water Supply and Fluorosis Mitigation Project, Nagore                 | 2013-2020                                                                             | Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)                                         | Rs. 2212 Crore                                                                        |
| 6.                                                                                    | West Bengal                                                                           | West Bengal Piped Water Supply Project (Purulia)                                      | 2014-2019                                                                             | JICA                                                                                  | Rs. 1173.1 Crore                                                                      |
| 7.                                                                                    | Tamil Nadu                                                                            | Hogenakkal Water Supply and Fluorosis Mitigation Project (P-II)                       | Aid available upto July 2017                                                          | JICA                                                                                  | Rs.1585.60 crore under two loan agreements IDP- 195 &IDP-204                          |
| 8.                                                                                    | Punjab                                                                                | Punjab Rural Water & Sanitation Improvement Project( P150520)                         | June 2015- March 2021                                                                 | World Bank                                                                            | Rs.1540 Crore                                                                         |
| 9.                                                                                    | Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand &Uttar Pradesh                                                | Rural Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Project for Low Income State (RWSSP-LIS)   | 2014-2020                                                                             | World Bank                                                                            | US$ 1000 million (Rs. 6700 crore)                                                     |
|                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | Total                                                                                 | Rs.16585.17 crore                                                                     |

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| EAP proposal completed                                                                | EAP proposal completed                                                                | EAP proposal completed                                                                | EAP proposal completed                                                                | EAP proposal completed                                                                | EAP proposal completed                                                                |
| S. No.                                                                                | Name of State                                                                         | Project Name                                                                          | Period                                                                                | Funded by                                                                             | Amount of External Aid                                                                |
| 1.                                                                                    | Uttarakhand                                                                           | 1. Uttarakhand Rural Water Supply& Sanitation Project                                 | 2006-2015 (31.12.2015)                                                                | World Bank                                                                            | Rs 622.78 Crore                                                                       |
|                                                                                       |                                                                                       | 2. Uttarakhand Rural Water Supply& Sanitation Additional Financing Project            | 2014-2015 (31.12.2015)                                                                | World Bank                                                                            | Rs 88.38 Crore                                                                        |
| 2.                                                                                    | Kerala                                                                                | Kerala Water Supply Project                                                           | 2006-2015                                                                             | JICA                                                                                  | Rs.2391.90 Crore                                                                      |
|                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       |                                                                                       | Total                                                                                 | Rs.3103.06 crores                                                                     |