Lok Sabha Question No. 473 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-13
Subject: Access to Toilets under SBM
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE

## Government of India

## Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 473 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13-12-2018

## Access to Toilets under SBM

## 473. DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

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

- (a) whether millions of people in the country do not have access to clean, safe and reliable toilets;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and State-wise data thereof;
- (c) whetherSwachh Bharat Mission (SBM) has generated significant interest in addressing the urgent sanitation issue in the country;
- (d) if so, the facts thereof;
- (e) whether the Union Government has set target of 100% open-defecation free India;
- (f) if so, the details thereof;
- (g) the names of the States who are lagging behind to achieve the target; and
- (h) the remedial measures taken by the Union Government to achieve the target?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

(a)and  (b)  Since  the  launch  of  the Swachh  Bharat  Mission  on  2 nd October 2014, 8.9 crore individual household toilets have been built. As a result, the national rural sanitation coverage has increased form 39% in 2014 to over 96% as on 7.12.2018. India is on track to become Open  Defecation  Free  (ODF)  in  2019. State/UT-wise sanitation coverage isgiven at Annexure-1 .

(c) and (d) Since the launch of SBM(G) on 2 nd October, 2014, 891.12 lakh toilets have been constructed under SBM(G) as on 07.12.2018.5,34,350 villages, 2,42,986 Gram Panchayats, 5592  Blocks,  546  Districts,  and  25  States/UTs,  namely,  A  &  N  Islands,  Andhra  Pradesh, Arunachal  Pradesh,  Chandigarh,  Chhattisgarh,  D  &  N  Haveli,  Daman  &  Diu,  Gujarat, Haryana,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  Kerala,  Lakshadweep,  Madhya  Pradesh, Maharashtra,  Manipur,  Meghalaya,  Mizoram,  Nagaland,  Puducherry,  Punjab,  Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF).

(e)to  (h)    Union  Government  has  set  target  of  100%  open-defecation  free  India  by  2 nd October, 2019.So far, 25 States/UTs have been declared ODF. The remaining States are on track to become ODF by 2 nd October, 2019.

## Statement referred in part (a) and (b) of the reply to Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No.473 due for reply on 13-12-2018

| State/UT-wise percentage of rural households which have access to toilets facilities as on 07.12.2018   | State/UT-wise percentage of rural households which have access to toilets facilities as on 07.12.2018   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UT                                                                                                | %of rural households with access to toilets                                                             |
| A &NISLANDS                                                                                             | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                          | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                       | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| ASSAM                                                                                                   | 98.58                                                                                                   |
| BIHAR                                                                                                   | 87.29                                                                                                   |
| CHANDIGARH                                                                                              | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| CHHATTISGARH                                                                                            | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| D &NHAVELI                                                                                              | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| DAMAN &DIU                                                                                              | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| GOA                                                                                                     | 76.22                                                                                                   |
| GUJARAT                                                                                                 | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| HARYANA                                                                                                 | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                        | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| JAMMU&KASHMIR                                                                                           | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| JHARKHAND                                                                                               | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                               | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| KERALA                                                                                                  | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| LAKSHADWEEP                                                                                             | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                          | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                                                             | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| MANIPUR                                                                                                 | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| MEGHALAYA                                                                                               | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| MIZORAM                                                                                                 | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| NAGALAND                                                                                                | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| ODISHA                                                                                                  | 73.97                                                                                                   |
| PUDUCHERRY                                                                                              | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| PUNJAB                                                                                                  | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| RAJASTHAN                                                                                               | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| SIKKIM                                                                                                  | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| TAMIL NADU                                                                                              | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| TELANGANA                                                                                               | 94.07                                                                                                   |
| TRIPURA                                                                                                 | 94.81                                                                                                   |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                           | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| UTTARAKHAND                                                                                             | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| WEST BENGAL                                                                                             | 98.16                                                                                                   |
| India                                                                                                   | 96.98                                                                                                   |