Lok Sabha Question No. 4344 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-19
Subject: Drinking Water through Pipelines and Taps
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Veena Devi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4344 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2020

## Drinking Water through Pipelines and Taps

## †4344. SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is resolute to provide safe drinking water through pipelines/taps in each and every house of the country within prescribed time limit;

- (b)  if  so,  the  funds  required  to  achieve  this  target  along  with  the  contribution  percentage  of Centre and State in the same;
- (c) the funds allocated for this purpose during the current fiscal year, State-wise; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to give priority to State like Bihar where in few districts, the ground water is affected with arsenic due to which people are suffering from disease like Cancer?

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

- (a) & (b)  To enable every rural household in the country to have potable water at service level of 55  litre  per  capita  per  day  (lpcd)  through  Functional  Household  Tap  Connection  (FHTC)  by 2024,  Government  of  India,  in  partnership  with  the  States,  has  launched  Jal  Jeevan  Mission (JJM). The estimated outlay planned  for  implementation of JJM  is Rs. 3.60 lakh Crore out of which Central Share is Rs. 2.08 lakh Crore (57.78%) & the remaining as State share (42.22%).
- (c)  The  details  of  State-wise  central  allocation  under  JJM  for  the  financial  year  (FY)  201920is annexed . In addition, funds have been earmarked for Rural Water Supply & SanitationProjects-  Low  Income  States  (RWSSP-LIS),  States  identified  to  be  affected  by JapaneseEncephalitis/ Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (JE/ AES)and National Water Quality SubMission(NWQSM).

(d) States have been advised to accord priority to quality-affected habitations, including  Arsenic affected  habitations  in  Bihar,  while  implementing  piped  water  supply  schemes  under  JJM. Further,  while  allocating  fund  among  States/  UTs  under  JJM,  10%  weightage  is  given  to proportion of population residing in water quality affected areas. Also, Government of India is implementing  National  Water  Quality  Sub-Mission  to  provide  safe  drinking  water  to  about 27,544 Arsenic and Fluoride affected habitations including those of Bihar.

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State wise details of Central Allocation under JJM for FY 2019-20

|   S. No. | States/ UTs       | Central Allocation ( Rs. in Crore )   |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|
|        1 | A&N Islands       | 1.78                                  |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    | 372.64                                |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 132.55                                |
|        4 | Assam             | 694.34                                |
|        5 | Bihar             | 784.55                                |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh      | 208.04                                |
|        7 | Goa               | 7.57                                  |
|        8 | Gujarat           | 390.31                                |
|        9 | Haryana           | 149.95                                |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh  | 148.67                                |
|       11 | Jammu And Kashmir | 322.03                                |
|       12 | Jharkhand         | 267.69                                |
|       13 | Karnataka         | 546.06                                |
|       14 | Kerala            | 248.76                                |
|       15 | Ladakh            | 166.65                                |
|       16 | Madhya Pradesh    | 571.60                                |
|       17 | Maharashtra       | 847.97                                |
|       18 | Manipur           | 67.69                                 |
|       19 | Meghalaya         | 86.02                                 |
|       20 | Mizoram           | 39.87                                 |
|       21 | Nagaland          | 56.49                                 |
|       22 | Odisha            | 364.74                                |
|       23 | Puducherry        | 2.50                                  |
|       24 | Punjab            | 227.46                                |
|       25 | Rajasthan         | 1,051.71                              |
|       26 | Sikkim            | 15.41                                 |
|       27 | Tamil Nadu        | 371.94                                |
|       28 | Telangana         | 259.14                                |
|       29 | Tripura           | 107.64                                |
|       30 | Uttar Pradesh     | 1,163.04                              |
|       31 | Uttarakhand       | 170.53                                |
|       32 | West Bengal       | 993.88                                |