Lok Sabha Question No. 340 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-17
Subject: Waste Management in Rural Areas
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy, Geetha Viswanath Vanga

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 340 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2020

## WASTE MANAGEMENT IN RURAL AREAS

## *340.   SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY:

## SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether steps are being taken by the Government for Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) to boost solid and liquid waste management in rural areas;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the progress made so far in this regard, State-wise including  Andhra Pradesh; and
- (c) if not, the time by which such proposal is likely to be implemented?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

(a)to(c): Solid  and  Liquid  Waste  Management  (SLWM)  is  one  of  the  integral components of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) [SBM(G)].  However, the focus till now was on attaining Open Defecation Free (ODF) status of the villages. Having achieved the  ODF  outcomes,  the  focus  is  now  on  sustainability  of  ODF  outcomes  and  SLWM. Government has recently approved Phase-II of SBM (G) for implementation from 2020-21 to 2024-25.  State/UT  wise  numbers  of  Gram  Panchayats  where  SLWM  projects  have  been taken-up so far under SBM (G), as per the details entered by the States/UTs on the online Integrated Management Information System of SBM (G), are given at Annexure.

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## Annexure  referred  in  reply  to  parts  (a)to(c) of  Lok  Sabha  Starred Question No.340 dated 17.03.2020

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        | No. of Gram Panchayats whereSLWM projects have been taken up under SBM(G)   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 13801                                                                       |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 1427                                                                        |
| 3         | Assam             | 407                                                                         |
| 4         | Bihar             | 224                                                                         |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 1460                                                                        |
| 6         | Daman &Diu        | 10                                                                          |
| 7         | Gujarat           | 1123                                                                        |
| 8         | Haryana           | 2020                                                                        |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  | 2278                                                                        |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    | 9                                                                           |
| 11        | Jharkhand         | 21                                                                          |
| 12        | Karnataka         | 610                                                                         |
| 13        | Kerala            | 688                                                                         |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    | 428                                                                         |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 866                                                                         |
| 16        | Manipur           | 2                                                                           |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | 1576                                                                        |
| 18        | Mizoram           | 821                                                                         |
| 19        | Nagaland          | 289                                                                         |
| 20        | Odisha            | 116                                                                         |
| 21        | Punjab            | 472                                                                         |
| 22        | Rajasthan         | 335                                                                         |
| 23        | Sikkim            | 216                                                                         |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        | 1476                                                                        |
| 25        | Telangana         | 1126                                                                        |
| 26        | Tripura           | 78                                                                          |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     | 497                                                                         |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 2778                                                                        |
| 29        | West Bengal       | 507                                                                         |
|           | Total             | 35,661                                                                      |