Lok Sabha Question No. 700 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-17
Subject: Drinking Water Availability
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ashok Mahadeorao Nete

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 700 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.09.2020

## DRINKING WATER AVAILABILITY

- †700. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state: (a)  whether  drinking  water  has  been  made  available  in  all  the  villages  across  the  country especially in Maharashtra; (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  percentage  of  villages  which  have  been  provided drinking water till date, State-wise especially in Maharashtra; (c)  whether  the  Government  has  set  a  target  under  a  scheme  for  providing  drinking  water
- facility in all the villages across the country especially in Maharashtra; and
- (d) if so, the time by which the said target is likely to be achieved?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

(a)& (b) As reported by States/ UTs, including Maharashtra, as on 14.09.2020, 79.16% rural habitations  having 77.69% population have provision of minimum 40 litre per capita per day (lpcd) of potable drinking water and 17.69% rural habitations having 19.34% population have service level of less than 40 lpcd potable water, whereas 3.15% rural habitations having 2.97% population with water sources having quality issues. State/ UT-wise details are annexed .

(c)&  (d)To  enable  every  rural  household  in  the  country  to  have  potable  water  through Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) by 2024,Government of India is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)-Har Ghar Jal in partnership with States, at an estimated outlay of Rs. 3.60 lakh Crore.

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 700 due for reply on 17.09.2020

## State/ UT-wise details of coverage of rural habitations

(As on 14.09.2020)

| S. No.   | State             | No. of rural with provisions or more of potable   | No. of rural with provisions or more of potable   | No. of rural habitations with provisions for less than 40 lpcd of potable   | No. of rural habitations with provisions for less than 40 lpcd of potable   | No. of rural habitations having water sources with quality issues   | No. of rural habitations having water sources with quality issues   |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State             | Habitations                                       | Population                                        | Habitation                                                                  | Population                                                                  | Habitation                                                          | Population                                                          |
| 1        | A&NIslands        | 324                                               | 2.35                                              | 76                                                                          | 0.3                                                                         | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    | 36,984                                            | 266.02                                            | 11,351                                                                      | 114.56                                                                      | 126                                                                 | 0.88                                                                |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh | 2,817                                             | 5                                                 | 4,567                                                                       | 6.7                                                                         | 231                                                                 | 0.93                                                                |
| 4        | Assam             | 40,614                                            | 137.27                                            | 25,568                                                                      | 97.86                                                                       | 21,759                                                              | 82.72                                                               |
| 5        | Bihar             | 84,926                                            | 737.63                                            | 20,166                                                                      | 209.97                                                                      | 5,412                                                               | 55.13                                                               |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      | 73,275                                            | 202.52                                            | 1,444                                                                       | 5.95                                                                        | 210                                                                 | 0.84                                                                |
| 7        | Goa               | 363                                               | 11.17                                             | 15                                                                          | 0.2                                                                         | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 8        | Gujarat           | 35,996                                            | 439.8                                             | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 9        | Haryana           | 7,264                                             | 178.21                                            | 136                                                                         | 4.06                                                                        | 33                                                                  | 0.52                                                                |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  | 42,487                                            | 58.28                                             | 12,792                                                                      | 16.97                                                                       | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 11       | Jammu And Kashmir | 8,702                                             | 58.75                                             | 7,496                                                                       | 50.22                                                                       | 4                                                                   | 0.12                                                                |
| 12       | Jharkhand         | 1,19,934                                          | 284.54                                            | 690                                                                         | 2.69                                                                        | 329                                                                 | 1.02                                                                |
| 13       | Karnataka         | 26,713                                            | 246.71                                            | 33,360                                                                      | 172.87                                                                      | 218                                                                 | 2.15                                                                |
| 14       | Kerala            | 5,701                                             | 102.69                                            | 10,154                                                                      | 182.94                                                                      | 111                                                                 | 1.88                                                                |
| 15       | Ladakh            | 421                                               | 0.94                                              | 1,000                                                                       | 1.61                                                                        | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh    | 1,28,152                                          | 584.97                                            | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                           | 337                                                                 | 3.06                                                                |
| 17       | Maharashtra       | 77,395                                            | 482.51                                            | 22,097                                                                      | 186.98                                                                      | 114                                                                 | 2.1                                                                 |
| 18       | Manipur           | 1,988                                             | 16.97                                             | 988                                                                         | 7.27                                                                        | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 19       | Meghalaya         | 2,451                                             | 9.03                                              | 7,195                                                                       | 24.01                                                                       | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 20       | Mizoram           | 333                                               | 3.02                                              | 389                                                                         | 3.36                                                                        | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 21       | Nagaland          | 528                                               | 7.16                                              | 974                                                                         | 12.47                                                                       | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 22       | Odisha            | 1,53,552                                          | 360.12                                            | 36                                                                          | 0.06                                                                        | 3,501                                                               | 6.9                                                                 |
| 23       | Puducherry        | 284                                               | 5.36                                              | 1                                                                           | 0                                                                           | 7                                                                   | 0.23                                                                |
| 24       | Punjab            | 11,730                                            | 149.99                                            | 2,424                                                                       | 20.64                                                                       | 1,147                                                               | 14.06                                                               |
| 25       | Rajasthan         | 51,874                                            | 278.77                                            | 56,304                                                                      | 241.67                                                                      | 13,800                                                              | 51.54                                                               |
| 26       | Sikkim            | 860                                               | 1.82                                              | 1,349                                                                       | 3.06                                                                        | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 27       | Tamil Nadu        | 57,363                                            | 344.09                                            | 21,577                                                                      | 122.06                                                                      | 455                                                                 | 2.84                                                                |
| 28       | Telangana         | 24,041                                            | 208.82                                            | 1                                                                           | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 29       | Tripura           | 4,978                                             | 21.17                                             | 1,893                                                                       | 6.93                                                                        | 1,852                                                               | 6.86                                                                |
| 30       | Uttar Pradesh     | 2,53,884                                          | 1,656.87                                          | 5,247                                                                       | 30.68                                                                       | 608                                                                 | 7.26                                                                |
| 31       | Uttarakhand       | 23,756                                            | 42.31                                             | 14,902                                                                      | 26.32                                                                       | 9                                                                   | 0.51                                                                |
| 32       | West Bengal       | 67,059                                            | 437.19                                            | 36,711                                                                      | 274.91                                                                      | 3,426                                                               | 38.93                                                               |
|          | Total             | 13,46,749                                         | 7,342.05                                          | 3,00,903                                                                    | 1,827.32                                                                    | 53,689                                                              | 280.48                                                              |
|          | Percentage        | 79.16                                             | 77.69                                             | 17.69                                                                       | 19.34                                                                       | 3.15                                                                | 2.97                                                                |

Source: IMIS, DDWS