Lok Sabha Question No. 1712 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-28
Subject: Water Connections
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Reddeppa Nallakonda Gari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1712 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.11.2019

## Water Connections

## 1712 : SHRI N. REDDEPPA:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is providing water connections to every household in the country at an estimated capital expenditure of over Rs. 3 lakh crore and is expected  to  create  huge  business  opportunities  for  corporate  and  if  so,  the details thereof and progress made there in so far; and
- (b) whether the investment  in water infrastructure will  spur growth  and if  so,  the details thereof and steps being taken in this regard?

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

(a)  &  (b)To  enable  every  rural  household  to  have  potable  water  supply  on  regular basis in adequate quantity through Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) by 2024, Government of India is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) with an outlay of Rs. 3.60 lakh Crore.Details of State/ UT-wise fund allocation under JJM in 20192020 is annexed.

In the rural areas, for developing in-village water supply infrastructure, water resource  management,  source  strengthening/  augmentation,  distribution  network, treatment  plant,  etc.,  unskilled,  semi-skilled  and  skilled  human  resource  will  be required.  Further,  materials  forwater  transfer,  water  treatment,  storage,  distribution network,  etc.  is  also  to  be  utilized,  whichwill  generate  employment  and  boost  the economy.

## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1712 due for reply on 28/11/2019

## State/ UT-wise fund allocation under JJM in 2019-2020 (Amount Rs. in Crore)*

| S. No.   | State/ UT                | Allocation   |
|----------|--------------------------|--------------|
| 1.       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 1.45         |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh           | 303.47       |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh        | 110.47       |
| 4.       | Assam                    | 679.26       |
| 5.       | Bihar                    | 741.66       |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh             | 169.42       |
| 7.       | Goa                      | 6.16         |
| 8.       | Gujarat                  | 317.85       |
| 9.       | Haryana                  | 122.12       |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh         | 121.07       |
| 11.      | Jammu &Kashmir           | 262.24       |
| 12.      | Jharkhand                | 218.00       |
| 13.      | Ladakh                   | 135.71       |
| 14.      | Karnataka                | 444.69       |
| 15.      | Kerala                   | 202.58       |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh           | 465.49       |
| 17.      | Maharashtra              | 690.55       |
| 18.      | Manipur                  | 56.41        |
| 19.      | Meghalaya                | 71.69        |
| 20.      | Mizoram                  | 33.22        |
| 21.      | Nagaland                 | 47.07        |
| 22.      | Odisha                   | 297.03       |
| 23.      | Puducherry               | 2.03         |
| 24.      | Punjab                   | 185.24       |
| 25.      | Rajasthan                | 856.47       |
| 26.      | Sikkim                   | 12.85        |
| 27.      | Tamil Nadu               | 304.82       |
| 28.      | Telangana                | 211.04       |
| 29.      | Tripura                  | 89.71        |
| 30.      | Uttar Pradesh            | 1,390.37     |
| 31.      | Uttarakhand              | 138.87       |
| 32.      | West Bengal              | 910.82       |
| Total    |                          | 9599.83      |