Lok Sabha Question No. 2977 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-05
Subject: Shortage of Clean Drinking Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Prataprao Govindrao  Patil Chikhalikar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2977 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2019

## Shortage of Clean Drinking Water

## † 2977. SHRI PRATAPRAO PATIL CHIKHLIKAR:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  whether the Government is aware that there is a acute shortage of clean drinking water in rural areas of the country and the water from the hand pumps are highly contaminated in these areas;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  of  the  efforts  made  by  the  Government  in  this  regard,  Statewise;  and (c) the funds allocated for the supply of clean drinking water, State-wise?

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

(a) A very large population have access to potable drinking water. As reported by States/ UTs, as on  01.12.2019,  81.26%  rural  habitations  having  76.60%  population  are  fully  covered  with provision  of  40  litre  or  more  per  capita  per  day  (lpcd)  and  15.53%  rural  habitations  having 19.67% population are partially covered, i.e. with provision of less than 40 lpcd whereas 3.21% rural habitations having 3.73% population is having water sources with quality issues.

(b) & (c) Rural drinking water supply is a State subject and Government of India assists States by providing  financial  and  technical  assistance  to  provide  potable  water  to  rural  population through the centrally sponsored scheme Jal Jeevan Mission(JJM). Powers to plan, approve, and implement  rural  drinking  water  supply  schemes  are  vested  with  States.  While  allocating  the funds  under  JJM  to  States/UTs,  10%  weightage  has  been  given  to  the  population  residing  in habitations affected by chemical contaminants. The funds provided to the States under JJM can be utilized for taking up schemes in water quality affected areas on priority.

In March  2016,  with  the  recommendation  of  NITI Aayog,  an amount  of  ₹ 1,000 Crores was released to various Arsenic  &  Fluoride   affected   States  for  installation   of  Community water  purification  plants and commissioning of piped water supply schemes.

Further, in March 2017, National Water Quality Sub-Mission (NWQSM) was launched as a part of National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), which has now been subsumed under Jal  Jeevan  Mission,  to  provide  safe  drinking  water  to  27,544  Arsenic/  Fluoride  affected  rural habitations in the country. An amount of ₹3,690.34 Crores has been released under NWQSM. State-wise funds released and expenditure incurred under NWQSM  is  at Annexure.

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## Annexure referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2977 due for reply on 05.12.2019

## State-wise funds released and expenditure incurred under NWQSM

(Rs. in Crore)

| S. No   | State Name     | Release   | Expenditure   |
|---------|----------------|-----------|---------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh | 25.74     | 0.17          |
| 2.      | Assam          | 330.96    | 48.21         |
| 3.      | Bihar          | 171.96    | 53.25         |
| 4.      | Chhattisgarh   | 0.92      | 0.02          |
| 5.      | Haryana        | 16.91     | 9.54          |
| 6.      | Jharkhand      | 38.72     | 12.85         |
| 7.      | Karnataka      | 26.99     | 2.01          |
| 8.      | Kerala         | 4.43      | 1.86          |
| 9.      | Madhya Pradesh | 4.41      | 3.15          |
| 10.     | Maharashtra    | 18.79     | 3.96          |
| 11.     | Odisha         | 1.12      | 1.11          |
| 12.     | Punjab         | 98.01     | 0             |
| 13.     | Rajasthan      | 895.5     | 677.4         |
| 14.     | Telangana      | 700.23    | 697.8         |
| 15.     | Uttar Pradesh  | 49.95     | 30.95         |
| 16.     | West Bengal    | 1,305.7   | 657.02        |
| Total   | Total          | 3,690.34  | 2,199.30      |

Source: IMIS, DDWS