Lok Sabha Question No. 4132 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Budget Allocation under NRDWP
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Bhagirath Chaudhary

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4132 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2019

## Budget Allocation under NRDWP

## †4132.  SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY :

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  budget  allocation  made  under  the  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme  during each of the last five years, State-wise;
- (b)  the  details  and  budget  allocation  made  under  the  said  programme  for  villages  in  Ajmer district  of  Rajasthan  and  the  details  of  the  works  under  taken  along  with  the  number  of beneficiaries of this programme during the said period;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  sanction  any  special  package  under  the  said programme to provide relief to the people suffering from kyphosis disease developing due to drinking water having fluoride, Nitrate etc. and saline water affecting bones and teeth in rural areas of Ajmer, Jaipur and Tonk districts of Rajasthan; and
- (d) if so, the time by which the same is likely to be sanctioned?

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

- (a) The State-wise fund allocated under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) during the last five years is annexed .
- (b)District wise allocation is not made by the Department. However, as reported, the details of Central  fund  made  available  by  the  State  under  the  NRDWP  to  Ajmer  district  of  Rajasthan during the last five years are as follows:

(in lakh)

| Year    | Central Fund made available by State to Ajmer District   |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| 2014-15 | 5,685.97                                                 |
| 2015-16 | 954.64                                                   |
| 2016-17 | 719.91                                                   |
| 2017-18 | 1,168.00                                                 |
| 2018-19 | 2,866.35                                                 |

As reported, as on 04.12.2019, a total 2,935 schemes covering 10.69 lakh population have been completed and 6 schemes are on-going under erstwhile NRDWP in Ajmer district of Rajasthan.

(c) & (d) NRDWP has now been restructured and subsumed into Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) which aims at enabling every rural household to have a Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) for providing potable water at service level of 55 litre per capita per day (lpcd) by 2024.Under JJM,  fund  is  allocated  based  on  approved  criteria  under  which  10%  weightage  is  assigned  to population  residing  in  habitations  affected  by  chemical  contaminants  including  Fluoride  to prioritize the coverage of water quality in States/ UTs including Rajasthan.

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4132 due for reply on 12/12/2019 Details of fund allocated to States/ UTs under NRDWP during the last five years

( Amount in Crore )

| S. No.   | State                              | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |
|----------|------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.       | Andaman& Nicobar Islands           | 0.86      | 0.38      | 0.45      | 0.43      | 0.62      |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh                     | 372.43    | 156.69    | 181.02    | 159.51    | 197.56    |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 87.21     | 58.08     | 100.89    | 77.51     | 96.95     |
| 4.       | Assam                              | 501.1     | 268.26    | 401.43    | 524.1     | 567.89    |
| 5.       | Bihar                              | 441.07    | 229.6     | 311.7     | 394.53    | 476.63    |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh                       | 159.08    | 63.69     | 70.65     | 64.33     | 95.47     |
| 7.       | Goa                                | 4.61      | 2.08      | 2.44      | 2.32      | 3.34      |
| 8.       | Gujarat                            | 509.48    | 240.13    | 281.14    | 231.62    | 237.09    |
| 9.       | Haryana                            | 218.09    | 97.65     | 114.53    | 118.95    | 81.88     |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh                   | 131.84    | 65.2      | 69.65     | 66.02     | 91.12     |
| 11.      | Jammu & Kashmir (including Ladakh) | 461.33    | 199.4     | 232.88    | 222.26    | 309.07    |
| 12.      | Jharkhand                          | 169.86    | 126.85    | 115.86    | 172.68    | 207.97    |
| 13.      | Karnataka                          | 623.2     | 307.62    | 360.07    | 290.86    | 331.04    |
| 14.      | Kerala                             | 115.59    | 52.78     | 62.54     | 56.88     | 90.37     |
| 15.      | Madhya Pradesh                     | 397.18    | 181.76    | 213.87    | 195.67    | 274.09    |
| 16.      | Maharashtra                        | 780.06    | 344.16    | 413.57    | 338.13    | 474.16    |
| 17.      | Manipur                            | 90.35     | 28.98     | 41.83     | 32.2      | 40.25     |
| 18.      | Meghalaya                          | 59.61     | 30.52     | 42.02     | 41.86     | 52.43     |
| 19.      | Mizoram                            | 42.43     | 17.71     | 25.33     | 22.4      | 28        |
| 20.      | Nagaland                           | 108.19    | 39.27     | 37.93     | 27.66     | 34.72     |
| 21.      | Odisha                             | 205.69    | 96.9      | 114.99    | 102.69    | 154.99    |
| 22.      | Puducherry                         | 1.62      | 0.74      | 0.86      | 0.82      | 1.29      |
| 23.      | Punjab                             | 93.88     | 39.77     | 46.02     | 115.25    | 125.97    |
| 24.      | Rajasthan                          | 1,194.46  | 547.17    | 1,114.55  | 891.95    | 692.13    |
| 25.      | Sikkim                             | 30.38     | 10.64     | 14.77     | 9.3       | 11.62     |
| 26.      | Tamil Nadu                         | 367.36    | 169.5     | 155.29    | 121.61    | 180.99    |
| 27.      | Telangana                          | 200.65    | 88.77     | 117.03    | 775.01    | 131.4     |
| 28.      | Tripura                            | 62.06     | 28.07     | 39.48     | 32.26     | 55.18     |
| 29.      | Uttar Pradesh                      | 1,006.43  | 477.69    | 602.41    | 539.09    | 713.95    |
| 30.      | Uttarakhand                        | 135.01    | 63.57     | 90.88     | 68.42     | 99.17     |
| 31.      | West Bengal                        | 436.53    | 199.68    | 437.17    | 810.48    | 917.82    |
|          | Total                              | 9,007.64  | 4,233.31  | 5,813.25  | 6,506.8   | 6,775.16  |