Lok Sabha Question No. 1745 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-28
Subject: Access to Safe Drinking Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sunil Baburao Mendhe

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1745 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.11.2019

## Access to Safe Drinking Water

## 1745. SHRI SUNIL BABURAO MENDHE:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  the  percentage  of  population  having  access  to  safe  drinking  water  in  the country, State-wise; and

(b) the steps being taken by the Government to provide safe drinking water free from chemical and other pollutants to the rest of the population particularly  in  Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh with district-wise data?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  As  reported  by  States/  UTs,  as  on  25.11.2019,  81.24%  rural  habitations  having  76.58% population are  fully  covered  with  provision  of  40  litres  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  3.23%  rural  habitations  having  3.75%  population  is  having  water sources with quality issues. State-wise details of coverage of rural habitations is at Annexure .

(b)  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 centrally sponsored scheme Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). Powers to plan, approve, and implement rural  water  supply  schemes  is  vested  with  States.  To  enable  every  rural  household  to  have Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) with 55 liter per capita per day (lpcd) by 2024, Government  of  India  has  launched  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  (JJM),  with  an  outlay  of 3.60  lakhs Crore.

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. An amount of Rs. 1.05  Crore  and  Rs.  24.08  Crore  has  been  released  to  Chhattisgarh  &  Maharashtra  States respectively.

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 Rs. 0.92 Crore and Rs. 18.79 Crore has been released to Chhattisgarh & Maharashtra States respectively.

## Annexure referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1745 due for reply on 28/11/2019

## State-wise details of coverage of rural habitations

Population in lakhs

| S. No.                     | State                      | Total                      | Total      | Fully Covered     | Fully Covered   | Partially Covered   | Partially Covered   | Quality Affected   | Quality Affected   |
|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| S. No.                     | State                      | No of Habitations          | Population | No of Habitations | Population      | No of Habitations   | Population          | No of Habitations  | Population         |
| 1                          | ANDAMANand NICOBAR         | 400                        | 2.65       | 324               | 2.35            | 76                  | 0.3                 | 0                  | 0                  |
| 2                          | ANDHRA PRADESH             | 48,663                     | 366.54     | 34,578            | 246.09          | 13,805              | 118.63              | 280                | 1.82               |
| 3                          | ARUNACHAL PRADESH          | 7,525                      | 12.41      | 3,303             | 6.27            | 4,195               | 6.09                | 27                 | 0.05               |
| 4                          | ASSAM                      | 88,076                     | 296.25     | 55,682            | 175.31          | 22,944              | 85.49               | 9,450              | 35.46              |
| 5                          | BIHAR                      | 1,10,218                   | 994.33     | 70,988            | 583.87          | 35,422              | 368.27              | 3,808              | 42.19              |
| 6                          | CHATTISGARH                | 74,753                     | 197.99     | 72,792            | 190.6           | 1,455               | 5.86                | 506                | 1.53               |
| 7                          | GOA                        | 347                        | 7.31       | 345               | 7.3             | 2                   | 0.01                | 0                  | 0                  |
| 8                          | GUJARAT                    | 35,996                     | 369.89     | 35,996            | 369.89          | 0                   | 0                   | 0                  | 0                  |
| 9                          | HARYANA                    | 7,655                      | 185.06     | 7,305             | 177.39          | 263                 | 5.65                | 87                 | 2.02               |
| 10                         | HIMACHAL PRADESH           | 54,469                     | 67.74      | 42,583            | 53.82           | 11,886              | 13.92               | 0                  | 0                  |
| 11                         | JAMMU AND KASHMIR*         | 14,625                     | 98.97      | 8,750             | 62.71           | 5,864               | 36                  | 11                 | 0.27               |
| 12                         | JHARKHAND                  | 1,20,591                   | 273.33     | 1,19,725          | 269.67          | 334                 | 1.73                | 532                | 1.92               |
| 13                         | KARNATAKA                  | 59,774                     | 395.15     | 34,345            | 294.61          | 24,977              | 98.05               | 452                | 2.48               |
| 14                         | KERALA                     | 21,520                     | 464.71     | 6,165             | 127.93          | 15,031              | 329.41              | 324                | 7.37               |
| 15                         | MADHYA PRADESH             | 1,28,231                   | 527.2      | 1,28,077          | 526.58          | 2                   | 0.01                | 152                | 0.62               |
| 16                         | MAHARASHTRA                | 99,641                     | 633.18     | 84,829            | 483.97          | 14,640              | 145.7               | 172                | 3.51               |
| 17                         | MANIPUR                    | 2,976                      | 23.62      | 2,050             | 17              | 926                 | 6.61                | 0                  | 0                  |
| 18                         | MEGHALAYA                  | 10,470                     | 26.03      | 4,124             | 10.77           | 6,339               | 15.19               | 7                  | 0.07               |
| 19                         | MIZORAM                    | 720                        | 5.19       | 490               | 3.64            | 230                 | 1.55                | 0                  | 0                  |
| 20                         | NAGALAND                   | 1,450                      | 16.74      | 742               | 9.4             | 708                 | 7.35                | 0                  | 0                  |
| 21                         | ODISHA                     | 1,57,013                   | 357.87     | 1,54,477          | 350             | 127                 | 0.5                 | 2,409              | 7.36               |
| 22                         | PUDUCHERRY                 | 266                        | 4.38       | 153               | 3.06            | 113                 | 1.32                | 0                  | 0                  |
| 23                         | PUNJAB                     | 15,190                     | 177.16     | 10,485            | 127.03          | 1,500               | 10.79               | 3,205              | 39.35              |
| 24                         | RAJASTHAN                  | 1,21,526                   | 507.19     | 62,559            | 274.52          | 41,925              | 176.46              | 17,042             | 56.21              |
| 25                         | SIKKIM                     | 2,337                      | 4.94       | 861               | 1.72            | 1,476               | 3.23                | 0                  | 0                  |
| 26                         | TAMIL NADU                 | 1,00,014                   | 395.56     | 96,796            | 384.56          | 3,218               | 11                  | 0                  | 0                  |
| 27                         | TELANGANA                  | 24,597                     | 225.36     | 15,405            | 136.03          | 8,848               | 83.74               | 344                | 5.59               |
| 28                         | TRIPURA                    | 8,723                      | 44.92      | 5,020             | 27.27           | 1,326               | 6.48                | 2,377              | 11.16              |
| 29                         | UTTAR PRADESH              | 2,60,018                   | 1,673.52   | 2,56,865          | 1,651.86        | 1,950               | 11.04               | 1,203              | 10.61              |
| 30                         | UTTARAKHAND                | 39,311                     | 71.93      | 23,156            | 43.51           | 16,146              | 27.98               | 9                  | 0.45               |
| 31                         | WEST BENGAL                | 1,07,328                   | 751.42     | 61,905            | 409.93          | 32,100              | 227.04              | 13,323             | 114.45             |
| Total 17,24,423 Percentage | Total 17,24,423 Percentage | Total 17,24,423 Percentage | 9,178.54   | 14,00,875 81.24   | 7,028.66 76.58  | 2,67,828 15.53      | 1,805.40 19.67      | 55,720 3.23        | 344.49 3.75        |

*-Pre bifurcation                                                                                                                                    Source: IMIS, DDWS