Lok Sabha Question No. 759 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Achievements under NRDWP
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Nalin Kumar Kateel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.759 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.11.2019

## Achievements under NRDWP 759. SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state: (a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  aim  of  the  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme (NRDWP) is to provide every rural person with adequate safe water for drinking, cooking and other basic needs with a minimum water quality standard; (b) if so, whether the Government has achieved the goals of NRDWP all over the country; (c) if so, the details of the target achieved thereunder in the country for the last three years, State-wise including Karnataka; (d) whether it is true that NRDWP is not implemented effectively in the country to achieve its target; (e) if so, whether the Government has taken any steps to find out the reasons for failure in providing safe drinking water to all the people in the country; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) Yes Sir. (b)  Under  erstwhile  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme  (NRDWP),  the  coverage  was monitored in terms of Fully Covered (FC) habitations i.e. having provision of minimum 40 litre per capita per day (lpcd) of potable drinking water with sources at a reasonable distance. As reported by  States/  UTs,  as  on  12.11.2019,  81.20%  rural  habitations  having  76.54%  population  are  fully covered with provision of 40 litre or more per capita per day (lpcd) and 15.55% rural habitations having 19.69% population are partially covered, i.e. with provision of less than 40 lpcd whereas 3.24% rural habitations having 3.77% population is having water sources with quality issues.Meanwhile,  NRDWP  was  restructured  and  subsumed  into  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  (JJM)  which aims at providing Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household by 2024. (c)The  State-wise  details  including Karnataka  of  the  target  achieved  under  NRDWP  in  last three years is annexed. (d)  &  (e)  NRDWP  has  now  been  restructured  and  subsumed  under  JJM  and  the  programme  is regularly reviewed with State Governments and UT Administrations. (f) Does not arise.

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 759 due for reply on 21/11/2019

## State-wise details including Karnataka of the target (as number of habitations) and achievement under NRDWP in last three years

| S. No.   |                                   | 2016-17   | 2016-17     | 2017-18   | 2017-18     | 2018-19   | 2018-19     |
|----------|-----------------------------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
| S. No.   |                                   | Target    | Achievement | Target    | Achievement | Target    | Achievement |
| 1.       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands          | 5         | 0           | 7         | 0           | 8         | 0           |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh                    | 1,005     | 1,373       | 1,124     | 1,071       | 2,522     | 3,166       |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh                 | 188       | 126         | 248       | 114         | 1,162     | 165         |
| 4.       | Assam                             | 1,752     | 382         | 1,945     | 245         | 6,160     | 1,267       |
| 5.       | Bihar                             | 7,777     | 1,289       | 9,263     | 266         | 5,466     | 1,082       |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh                      | 4,169     | 997         | 4,908     | 971         | 1,357     | 878         |
| 7.       | Goa                               | 2         | 0           | 3         | 0           | 2         | 0           |
| 8.       | Gujarat                           | 32        | 1,605       | 27        | 1,781       | 0*        | 145         |
| 9.       | Haryana                           | 263       | 290         | 348       | 278         | 186       | 405         |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh                  | 1,300     | 938         | 1,765     | 873         | 1,227     | 651         |
| 11.      | Jammu &Kashmir (including Ladakh) | 380       | 260         | 513       | 322         | 3,631     | 338         |
| 12.      | Jharkhand                         | 1,430     | 3,074       | 1286      | 4,007       | 540       | 1,071       |
| 13.      | Karnataka                         | 12,000    | 17,434      | 15,048    | 12,448      | 4,054     | 19,429      |
| 14.      | Kerala                            | 463       | 291         | 563       | 192         | 1,188     | 203         |
| 15.      | Madhya Pradesh                    | 338       | 7,420       | 280       | 9,849       | 75        | 8,209       |
| 16.      | Maharashtra                       | 1,955     | 1,270       | 2,557     | 638         | 5,602     | 635         |
| 17.      | Manipur                           | 50        | 103         | 68        | 77          | 542       | 82          |
| 18.      | Meghalaya                         | 110       | 82          | 143       | 71          | 620       | 216         |
| 19.      | Mizoram                           | 35        | 35          | 48        | 20          | 245       | 43          |
| 20.      | Nagaland                          | 54        | 167         | 63        | 106         | 410       | 54          |
| 21.      | Odisha                            | 9,300     | 8,196       | 12,101    | 4,007       | 557       | 11,923      |
| 22.      | Puducherry                        | 5         | 0           | 7         | 0           | 17        | 0           |
| 23.      | Punjab                            | 779       | 647         | 776       | 1,046       | 1,528     | 366         |
| 24.      | Rajasthan                         | 2,039     | 2,908       | 1,982     | 3,922       | 8,875     | 5,199       |
| 25.      | Sikkim                            | 40        | 14          | 54        | 31          | 156       | 199         |
| 26.      | Tamil Nadu                        | 3,269     | 2,910       | 4,209     | 2,291       | 2,198     | 1,580       |
| 27.      | Telangana                         | 915       | 1,121       | 1,124     | 1,475       | 1,717     | 1,272       |
| 28.      | Tripura                           | 565       | 571         | 424       | 142         | 743       | 191         |
| 29.      | Uttar Pradesh                     | 1,354     | 1,838       | 1,642     | 403         | 2,489     | 2,085       |
| 30.      | Uttarakhand                       | 495       | 484         | 668       | 565         | 1,175     | 936         |
| 31.      | West Bengal                       | 4,766     | 5,217       | 5,576     | 6,200       | 6,821     | 6,014       |