Lok Sabha Question No. 2322 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-05
Subject: Households without Piped Water Connections
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Andimuthu Raja

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2322 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.03.2020

## Households without Piped Water Connections

## 2322. SHRI A. RAJA :

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has the data of the rural household in the country who don't have the piped water connection and if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized for this so far within the country including Tamil Nadu;
- (d) the details of the target set and achievements made so far;
- (e)  whether  the  Government  has  constituted  village  and  water  sanitation  committees  for  this purpose  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  Tamil  Nadu  along  with  its response; and
- (f) whether the Government has fixed the representatives of women, SC and ST community in these committees and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a) As reported by States/ UTs as on 01.04.2019, around 3.27 Crore rural households were with tap  connection  for  piped  water  supply  (PWS)  and  around  14.60  Crore  rural  households  were without  tap  connectionsfor  PWS.  The  State-wise  details  of  rural  households  thosewerewithout household tap connections as on 01.04.2019, including those of Tamil Nadu, are annexed.
- (b) Government of India, in partnership with the States, has launched Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), which aims at providing potable water at service level of 55 litre per capita per day (lpcd) to every rural  household  through  Functional  Household  Tap  Connection  (FHTC)  by  2024  with  an estimated cost of Rs. 3.60 lakh Crore.
- (c)    In  2019-20,  a  budgetary  allocation  of  Rs.10,000.66  Crore  has  been  made  and  as  on 01.03.2020, an amount of Rs. 9,480.11 Crore has been released to the States/ UTs and as reported, States  have  utilized  an  amount  of  Rs.  3,825.51  Crore  so  far.  Further,out  of  Rs.  373.87  Crore allocated  to Tamil  Nadu,  an  amount  of  Rs.  371.94  Crore  has  been  released  and  as  reported  by State an amount of Rs. 99.66 Crore has been utilized during the current financial year.

(d) JJM aims at universal coverage of every rural household through FHTC by 2024. Government of  India  supplements  the  efforts  of  States/  UTs  by  providing  them  with  financial  and  technical assistance.

After the launch of JJM, a conference of Minister in-charge of rural water supply of various States was  held  in  New  Delhi  followed  by  five  regional  workshops  to  discuss  the  modalities  of  the implementation  of  the  Mission.  Moreover,  in  consultations  with  State  Governments  &  other stakeholders  in  water  sector,  Operational  Guidelines  for  the  implementation  of  the  Mission  has been released on 25.12.2019.

A  one-day  national  conference  with  stakeholders,  viz.  health  and  Public  Health  Engineering (PHE)/ Rural Water Supply (RWS) Department officials from States affected with water quality issues,  civil  society,  international  agencies,  community  medicine  practitioners,  public  health representatives, etc. was organized to enable States to prioritize quality-affected areas & expedite provision of piped water supply with FHTCs, facilitate discussions on water quality related issues; cross-learning and sharing of best practices.

(e)  For  decentralization  of  powers  and  in  consonance  with  73rd  amendment  of  Constitution  of India, in-village infrastructure of water supply schemes under JJM will be planned, implemented, operated  and  maintained  by  the  Gram  Panchayat  or  its  sub-committee/  users  group  i.e.  Village Water & Sanitation Committee (VWSC) or PaaniSamiti. Accordingly, provision has been made in the guidelinesto constitute the VWSC/ PaaniSamiti and States, including Tamil Nadu, are in the process of setting up the same.

(f)  VWSC/  PaaniSamiti,  set  up  for  planning,  implementing,  operation  and  maintenance  ofinvillage  infrastructure  of  water  supply  schemes  under  JJM,may  consist  of  10-15  members comprising elected members of Panchayat up to 25% of the composition, 50% women members, and  remaining  25%  may  consist  of  representatives  of  weaker  sections  of  the  village  (SC/ST) proportional to their population.

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2322 due for reply on 05.03.2020

State-wise details of Household connections & Household that are yet to be provided with tap connection

As on 01.04.2019

| S.No.   | State                    | Total rural households   | No. of households with tapconnection   | Rural households that are yet to be provided with tap connection   |
|---------|--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 65,096                   | 6,604                                  | 58,492                                                             |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh           | 91,29,939                | 30,60,696                              | 60,69,243                                                          |
| 3.      | Arunachal Pradesh        | 2,20,826                 | 20,069                                 | 2,00,757                                                           |
| 4.      | Assam                    | 57,92,987                | 1,27,962                               | 56,65,025                                                          |
| 5.      | Bihar                    | 1,78,46,077              | 3,36,178                               | 1,75,09,899                                                        |
| 6.      | Chhattisgarh             | 43,17,108                | 3,85,417                               | 39,31,691                                                          |
| 7.      | Goa                      | 1,61,459                 | 0                                      | 1,61,459                                                           |
| 8.      | Gujarat                  | 64,77,917                | 50,82,540                              | 13,95,377                                                          |
| 9.      | Haryana                  | 32,88,145                | 17,58,292                              | 15,29,853                                                          |
| 10.     | Himachal Pradesh         | 13,48,841                | 7,59,047                               | 5,89,794                                                           |
| 11.     | Jammu &Kashmir           | 16,36,151                | 4,91,152                               | 11,44,999                                                          |
| 12.     | Jharkhand                | 50,28,402                | 2,88,992                               | 47,39,410                                                          |
| 13.     | Karnataka                | 80,72,422                | 35,36,476                              | 45,35,946                                                          |
| 14.     | Kerala                   | 91,75,250                | 15,36,707                              | 76,38,543                                                          |
| 15.     | Madhya Pradesh           | 1,08,90,226              | 13,28,100                              | 95,62,126                                                          |
| 16.     | Maharashtra              | 1,32,03,245              | 50,74,813                              | 81,28,432                                                          |
| 17.     | Manipur                  | 4,38,943                 | 24,512                                 | 4,14,431                                                           |
| 18.     | Meghalaya                | 4,60,527                 | 4,359                                  | 4,56,168                                                           |
| 19.     | Mizoram                  | 1,03,949                 | 16,359                                 | 87,590                                                             |
| 20.     | Nagaland                 | 3,17,975                 | 15,559                                 | 3,02,416                                                           |
| 21.     | Odisha                   | 81,25,852                | 3,19,955                               | 78,05,897                                                          |
| 22.     | Puducherry               | 82,258                   | 41,418                                 | 40,840                                                             |
| 23.     | Punjab                   | 33,01,599                | 17,59,205                              | 15,42,394                                                          |
| 24.     | Rajasthan                | 92,84,150                | 11,49,036                              | 81,35,114                                                          |
| 25.     | Sikkim                   | 88,013                   | 87,431                                 | 582                                                                |
| 26.     | Tamil Nadu               | 98,62,767                | 29,33,243                              | 69,29,524                                                          |
| 27.     | Telangana                | 54,09,686                | 18,13,791                              | 35,95,895                                                          |
| 28.     | Tripura                  | 8,59,052                 | 27,358                                 | 8,31,694                                                           |
| 29.     | Uttar Pradesh            | 2,58,81,064              | 3,45,452                               | 2,55,35,612                                                        |
| 30.     | Uttarakhand              | 15,09,758                | 2,16,182                               | 12,93,576                                                          |
| 31.     | West Bengal              | 1,63,35,210              | 2,14,683                               | 1,61,20,527                                                        |
|         | Total                    | 17,87,14,894             | 3,27,61,588                            | 14,59,53,306                                                       |

Source: IMIS, DDWS

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