Lok Sabha Question No. 864 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Drinking Water Supply in Drought Affected Areas
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Nihal Chand Chauhan

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 864 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.11.2019

## Drinking Water Supply in Drought Affected Areas

## † 864.SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  clean  drinking  water  in  drought affected areas of the country including Rajasthan;

(b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  special  assistance  to  solve  the problem related to drinking water in rural areas of the country;

(c) if not, the reasons therefor; and

(d)  the  details  of  the  assistance  provided  to  different  States  of  the  country  including Rajasthan during the last two years under National Rural Drinking Water Programme and the effective steps taken to solve the problem of drinking water?

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

(a) & (b) To enable every rural household in all States/ UTs including Rajasthan to have Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) for providing potable water at the rate of 55 litre per capita per day (lpcd) by 2024, Government of India has launched Jal Jeevan Mission  (JJM),  with  an  outlay  of 3.60  lakh  Crore.  Under  JJM,  funds  are  provided  to States/  UTs  based  on  approved  criteria  which, interalia includes  weightage  to  area under  erstwhile  Desert  Development  Programme  (DDP)  and  Drought  Prone  Area Programme (DPAP) as well as number of households without tap connection. During current year, Rajasthan has been allocated 856.47 Crore out of which 428.24 Crore has been released.

(c) Does not arise.

(d)  Under  erstwhile  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme  (NRDWP),  now subsumed  into  JJM,  for  providing  rural  water  supply,  Government  of  India  provided financial and technical assistance to States/ UTs including Rajasthan. The details of the financial  assistance  provided  to  different  States  of  the  country  including  Rajasthan during the last  two  years  under  NRDWP are annexed. Further to  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  various  aspects  of  JJM  and modalities of the implementation. In addition, regular review of the programme is also held States/ UTs.

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## Annex referred in the reply to LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 864 due for reply on 21/11/2019

Details  of  financial  assistanceprovided  to  States  including  Rajasthan  during  the last two years under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP)

(in Crore)

| S. No.   | State/ UT                         | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |
|----------|-----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands          | 0         | 0.31      |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh                    | 233.09    | 185.85    |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh                 | 63.08     | 90.89     |
| 4.       | Assam                             | 474.8     | 300.76    |
| 5.       | Bihar                             | 355.6     | 234.84    |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh                      | 49.84     | 48.19     |
| 7.       | Goa                               | 0         | 1.67      |
| 8.       | Gujarat                           | 290.86    | 222.27    |
| 9.       | Haryana                           | 88.82     | 76.76     |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh                  | 101.85    | 85.43     |
| 11.      | Jammu &Kashmir (Including Ladakh) | 325.33    | 249.34    |
| 12.      | Jharkhand                         | 209.09    | 85.12     |
| 13.      | Karnataka                         | 365.81    | 276.06    |
| 14.      | Kerala                            | 95.16     | 84.86     |
| 15.      | Madhya Pradesh                    | 135.51    | 243.62    |
| 16.      | Maharashtra                       | 282.47    | 239.06    |
| 17.      | Manipur                           | 66.25     | 37.73     |
| 18.      | Meghalaya                         | 85.91     | 49.15     |
| 19.      | Mizoram                           | 46.1      | 26.25     |
| 20.      | Nagaland                          | 17.88     | 17.36     |
| 21.      | Odisha                            | 83.59     | 128.82    |
| 22.      | Punjab                            | 173.29    | 119.41    |
| 23.      | Rajasthan                         | 714.24    | 655.41    |
| 24.      | Sikkim                            | 17.51     | 10.89     |
| 25.      | Tamil Nadu                        | 185.1     | 167.31    |
| 26.      | Telangana                         | 843.56    | 123.18    |
| 27.      | Tripura                           | 83.93     | 51.73     |
| 28.      | Uttar Pradesh                     | 472.52    | 670.72    |
| 29.      | Uttarakhand                       | 110.28    | 92.97     |
| 30.      | West Bengal                       | 996.68    | 890.28    |
|          | Total                             | 6,968.15  | 5,466.24  |

[Source: IMIS, DDWS]