Lok Sabha Question No. 2157 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-04
Subject: National Rural Drinking Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance Programme
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Janardan Singh Sigriwal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2157 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.07.2019

## National Rural Drinking Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance Programme

## 2157. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the number of Panchayats assisted so far and the number of persons trained under the  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Quality  Monitoring  and  Surveillance  Programme during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise; and;

(b) the funds provided during the said period, State/UT-wise?

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

(a) The  state  wise  details  of  number  of  persons  trained  under  Water  Quality Monitoring  and  Surveillance  component  of  the  National  Rural  Drinking  Water Programme (NRDWP) during 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 (up to 26 th June,  2019)  as  reported  by  the  States  into  Integrated  Management  Information System (IMIS) of the department is at Annexure-I .

(b) States  can  utilize  up  to  5%  of  funds  released  to  them  under  NRDWP  for  water quality monitoring and surveillance, which, inter alia, includes testing of drinking water sources at the Panchayat level by using simple field test kits, upgrading of existing water quality testing laboratories and setting up of new State/district/sub-district  /  mobile  water  quality  testing  laboratories  wherever such facility is not available or needed

State/ UT wise funds released under the Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance(WQMS)component  for  the  year  2016-17  and  total  fund  released under  National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) (up to 5 % of fund released  can  be  utilised  for  WQMS)  during  the  year  2017-18  and  2018-19is  at Annexure-II . No release has been made during the current year 2019-20 so far.

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## Annexure I referred in the Statement referred in the Reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2157 due for reply on 04/07/2019

The state wise details of number of persons trained under Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance component of the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP)

| S. No.   | Name of the State /UT   | No. of GPs   | No. of Grass Root Workers Trained in GPs ason 26.06.2019   | No. of Grass Root Workers Trained in GPs ason 26.06.2019   | No. of Grass Root Workers Trained in GPs ason 26.06.2019   | No. of Grass Root Workers Trained in GPs ason 26.06.2019   |
|----------|-------------------------|--------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | Name of the State /UT   | No. of GPs   | 2016-17                                                    | 2017-18                                                    | 2018-19                                                    | 2019-20 (upto 26.06.2019)                                  |
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar        | 75           | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh          | 12,921       | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 2,138                                                      | 0                                                          |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh       | 1,795        | 3,747                                                      | 4,681                                                      | 460                                                        | 0                                                          |
| 4        | Assam                   | 2,693        | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 1                                                          |
| 5        | Bihar                   | 9,034        | 1,158                                                      | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh            | 10,967       | 3,565                                                      | 0                                                          | 653                                                        | 0                                                          |
| 7        | Goa                     | 166          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          |
| 8        | Gujarat                 | 14,129       | 45,162                                                     | 28,426                                                     | 11,834                                                     | 0                                                          |
| 9        | Haryana                 | 6,283        | 60,142                                                     | 51,841                                                     | 60,568                                                     | 218                                                        |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh        | 3,224        | 6,772                                                      | 15,223                                                     | 12,987                                                     | 1,039                                                      |
| 11       | Jammu &Kashmir          | 4,344        | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          |
| 12       | Jharkhand               | 4,399        | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 20                                                         | 0                                                          |
| 13       | Karnataka               | 6,053        | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          |
| 14       | Kerala                  | 988          | 403                                                        | 248                                                        | 40                                                         | 0                                                          |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh          | 22,818       | 10,096                                                     | 3,645                                                      | 614                                                        | 0                                                          |
| 16       | Maharashtra             | 27,841       | 37,995                                                     | 68,323                                                     | 47,590                                                     | 1                                                          |
| 17       | Manipur                 | 2,245        | 481                                                        | 150                                                        | 1,196                                                      | 0                                                          |
| 18       | Meghalaya               | 6,454        | 5,878                                                      | 0                                                          | 3,671                                                      | 0                                                          |
| 19       | Mizoram                 | 692          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          |
| 20       | Nagaland                | 1,451        | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          |
| 21       | Odisha                  | 6,801        | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          |
| 22       | Puducherry              | 76           | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          |
| 23       | Punjab                  | 11,471       | 6,020                                                      | 4,606                                                      | 5                                                          | 0                                                          |
| 24       | Rajasthan               | 9,892        | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          |
| 25       | Sikkim                  | 185          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          |
| 26       | Tamil Nadu              | 12,524       | 10,000                                                     | 15,000                                                     | 7,720                                                      | 0                                                          |
| 27       | Telangana               | 8,687        | 4,828                                                      | 484                                                        | 0                                                          | 0                                                          |
| 28       | Tripura                 | 1,178        | 5,394                                                      | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          |
| 29       | Uttar Pradesh           | 58,899       | 69,957                                                     | 20,684                                                     | 0                                                          | 0                                                          |
| 30       | Uttarakhand             | 8,043        | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          |
| 31       | West Bengal             | 3,349        | 1,285                                                      | 0                                                          | 0                                                          | 0                                                          |
|          | TOTAL                   | 2,59,677     | 2,72,883                                                   | 2,13,311                                                   | 1,49,496                                                   | 1,259                                                      |

Source: IMIS, DDWS

## Annexure II referred in the Statement referred in the Reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2157 due for reply on 04/07/2019

State/ UT wise funds released under the Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance(WQMS)  component  for  the  year  2016-17  and  total  fund  released  under National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme  (NRDWP)  during  the  year  2017-18  and 2018-19.

(Amount in crore)

| No.   | State             |   2016-17 (WQMS component underNRDWP) | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |
|-------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1     | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR  |                                  0.01 | 0         | 0.31      |
| 2     | ANDHRAPRADESH     |                                  4.43 | 233.09    | 185.85    |
| 3     | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                                  2.05 | 63.08     | 90.89     |
| 4     | ASSAM             |                                  3.7  | 474.8     | 300.76    |
| 5     | BIHAR             |                                  7.54 | 355.6     | 234.84    |
| 6     | CHHATTISGARH      |                                  1.36 | 49.84     | 48.19     |
| 7     | GOA               |                                  0.05 | 0         | 1.67      |
| 8     | GUJARAT           |                                  3.54 | 290.86    | 222.27    |
| 9     | HARYANA           |                                  1.17 | 88.82     | 76.76     |
| 10    | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                                  1.36 | 101.85    | 85.43     |
| 11    | JAMMU &KASHMIR    |                                  9.22 | 325.33    | 249.34    |
| 12    | JHARKHAND         |                                  1.82 | 209.09    | 85.12     |
| 13    | KARNATAKA         |                                  4.56 | 365.81    | 276.06    |
| 14    | KERALA            |                                  1.18 | 95.16     | 84.86     |
| 15    | MADHYAPRADESH     |                                  7.67 | 135.51    | 243.62    |
| 16    | MAHARASHTRA       |                                  9.67 | 282.47    | 239.06    |
| 17    | MANIPUR           |                                  0.46 | 66.25     | 37.73     |
| 18    | MEGHALAYA         |                                  0.59 | 85.91     | 49.15     |
| 19    | MIZORAM           |                                  0.32 | 46.1      | 26.25     |
| 20    | NAGALAND          |                                  0.39 | 17.88     | 17.36     |
| 21    | ODISHA            |                                  3.34 | 83.59     | 128.82    |
| 22    | PUDUCHERRY        |                                  0.02 | 0         | 0         |
| 23    | PUNJAB            |                                  1.6  | 173.29    | 119.41    |
| 24    | RAJASTHAN         |                                  7.42 | 714.24    | 655.41    |
| 25    | SIKKIM            |                                  0.13 | 17.51     | 10.89     |
| 26    | TAMILNADU         |                                  5.22 | 185.1     | 167.31    |
| 27    | TELANGANA         |                                  3.72 | 843.56    | 123.18    |
| 28    | TRIPURA           |                                  0.89 | 83.93     | 51.73     |
| 29    | UTTAR PRADESH     |                                  9.58 | 472.52    | 670.72    |
| 30    | UTTARAKHAND       |                                  2.72 | 110.28    | 92.97     |
| 31    | WEST BENGAL       |                                  6.26 | 996.68    | 890.28    |
| Total | Total             |                                101.99 | 6,968.15  | 5,466.24  |