Lok Sabha Question No. 4349 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-19
Subject: Monitoring and Surveillance of Water Quality
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Diya Kumari

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4349 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2020

## Monitoring and Surveillance of Water Quality

## 4349. MS. DIYA KUMARI

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has provided adequate funds and technical assistance to the States for  monitoring  and  surveillance  of  water  quality  including  testing  and  cleanliness  of  drinking water in the country during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State/  UT-wise  along  with  its  utilisation  reported  by  the  States during the said period and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c)  the  number  of  Water  Quality  Testing  Laboratories  set-up/upgraded  during  the  said  period across the country, State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has received requests from the States for additional funds/technical assistance in this regard during the said period;
- (e)  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State/UT-wise  along  with  the  action  taken/being  taken  on  such requests by the Government so far; and
- (f) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government in this direction?

## ANSWER

## MINISTEROF STATEIN THE MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

(a) & (b) Under JalJeeven Mission, upto 2% of the allocation to States/ UTs can be utilized for Water Quality Monitoring &  Surveillance  (WQM&S)  activities.The funds available for WQM&S activities during the last three years and current year is as under:

(Rs.in Crore)

| Year                                 |   2016-17 | 2017-18    |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|--------------------------------------|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|
| Funds available for WQM&S activities |    169.37 | 167.57 (#) |    219.85 |    177.11 |

The  state-wise  details  of  funds  utilised  under  WQM&S  during  the  last  three  year  and  current year is at Annexure -I .

(c) State-wise  number of various  level  drinking  water  quality  testing  laboratories  set  up  in  the country since 01.04.2016 is at Annexure-II.

(d) to (f)Keeping in view of fund utilization in previous years, the available fund for WQM&S activities  is  sufficient.  The  funds  for  WQM&S  activities  can  be  utilised  for    setting  up/  up gradation of various level labs, procurement of equipment, instruments,  chemicals, glassware's, consumables,outsourcing  of services, awareness and educational programmes on water quality, accreditation of drinking water quality testing laboratories, providing field test kits(FTKs) etc.

The operation guidelines for the implementation of JalJeevan Mission (JJM) has been issued on 25 th December, 2019  in which  broad guidelines  for undertaking testing of sources/ samples at various  level  laboratories  have  been  emphasized.  As  per  JJM  Guidelines,  all  States/  UTs  have been advised for accreditation of Drinking Water Quality Testing Laboratories as per ISO/IEC 17025 at least for parameters of basic water quality importance.

All States/ UTs have been advised to follow Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Indian Standard (IS): 10500: 2012 and its subsequent amendments for providing potable drinking water to rural population.

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## Annexure-I: referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4349 due for reply on 19.03.2020

## State-wise funds utilised under WQM&S

| S. No   | Name of State     | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.      | A&NIslands        | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh    | 6.54      | 3.02      | 6.03      | 2.86      |
| 3.      | Arunachal Pradesh | 2.49      | 1.18      | 1.70      | 1.15      |
| 4.      | Assam             | 5.70      | 1.29      | 6.91      | 6.57      |
| 5.      | Bihar             | 7.16      | 4.00      | 0.27      | 0.00      |
| 6.      | Chhattisgarh      | 1.99      | 1.75      | 1.79      | 0.35      |
| 7.      | Goa               | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| 8.      | Gujarat           | 7.06      | 9.75      | 6.00      | 0.00      |
| 9.      | Haryana           | 1.83      | 1.20      | 1.72      | 0.99      |
| 10.     | Himachal Pradesh  | 2.43      | 2.25      | 4.15      | 1.23      |
| 11.     | Jammu &Kashmir    | 8.53      | 6.58      | 6.19      | 2.47      |
| 12.     | Jharkhand         | 2.39      | 1.95      | 3.19      | 0.82      |
| 13.     | Karnataka         | 0.00      | 2.80      | 3.54      | 1.96      |
| 14.     | Kerala            | 1.18      | 0.97      | 2.45      | 1.01      |
| 15.     | Ladakh            | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| 16.     | Madhya Pradesh    | 7.44      | 6.67      | 7.87      | 4.31      |
| 17.     | Maharashtra       | 18.41     | 7.05      | 6.81      | 5.16      |
| 18.     | Manipur           | 0.74      | 0.23      | 0.50      | 0.56      |
| 19.     | Meghalaya         | 0.57      | 0.26      | 0.47      | 0.19      |
| 20.     | Mizoram           | 0.53      | 0.41      | 2.32      | 0.14      |
| 21.     | Nagaland          | 0.39      | 0.00      | 0.35      | 0.47      |
| 22.     | Odisha            | 3.74      | 1.50      | 4.77      | 0.16      |
| 23.     | Puducherry        | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| 24.     | Punjab            | 2.24      | 1.91      | 2.36      | 2.19      |
| 25.     | Rajasthan         | 1.94      | 1.05      | 1.51      | 0.38      |
| 26.     | Sikkim            | 0.35      | 0.25      | 0.67      | 0.33      |
| 27.     | Tamil Nadu        | 4.76      | 5.09      | 4.33      | 1.28      |
| 28.     | Telangana         | 4.39      | 3.67      | 4.82      | 2.15      |
| 29.     | Tripura           | 0.76      | 0.70      | 1.30      | 0.83      |
| 30.     | Uttar Pradesh     | 20.16     | 6.25      | 20.57     | 3.73      |
| 31.     | Uttarakhand       | 2.68      | 3.25      | 1.58      | 1.95      |
| 32.     | West Bengal       | 6.44      | 13.73     | 10.20     | 0.14      |
| Total   | Total             | 122.85    | 88.75     | 114.38    | 43.38     |

(Rs. in Crore)

[Source: IMIS, DDWS]

## Annexure-II: referred in the reply to LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 4349 due for reply on 19.03.2020

## State-wise number drinking water quality testing laboratories set up in the country since 01.04.2016

| S.No.   | State             |   State level labs |   District level labs |   Block level labs |   Sub Division level Labs |   Mobile Labs |   Total Labs |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|---------------|--------------|
| 1.      | A&NIslands        |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         0 |             0 |            0 |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh    |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         1 |             0 |            1 |
| 3.      | Arunachal Pradesh |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         0 |             0 |            0 |
| 4.      | Assam             |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         0 |             3 |            3 |
| 5.      | Bihar             |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         2 |             0 |            2 |
| 6.      | Chhattisgarh      |                  0 |                     0 |                  1 |                         1 |             0 |            2 |
| 7.      | Goa               |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         0 |             0 |            0 |
| 8.      | Gujarat           |                  0 |                     0 |                 17 |                         0 |             0 |           17 |
| 9.      | Haryana           |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         1 |             0 |            1 |
| 10.     | Himachal Pradesh  |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         4 |             0 |            4 |
| 11.     | Jammu &Kashmir    |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         4 |             0 |            4 |
| 12.     | Jharkhand         |                  0 |                     0 |                  1 |                         4 |             0 |            5 |
| 13.     | Karnataka         |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         1 |             0 |            1 |
| 14.     | Kerala            |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         0 |             0 |            0 |
| 15.     | Ladakh            |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         0 |             0 |            0 |
| 16.     | Madhya Pradesh    |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         0 |             0 |            0 |
| 17.     | Maharashtra       |                  0 |                    15 |                  1 |                         5 |             0 |           21 |
| 18.     | Manipur           |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         0 |             0 |            0 |
| 19.     | Meghalaya         |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         1 |             0 |            1 |
| 20.     | Mizoram           |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         0 |             0 |            0 |
| 21.     | Nagaland          |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         0 |             0 |            0 |
| 22.     | Odisha            |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         0 |             0 |            0 |
| 23.     | Puducherry        |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         0 |             0 |            0 |
| 24.     | Punjab            |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         0 |             0 |            0 |
| 25.     | Rajasthan         |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         0 |            20 |           20 |
| 26.     | Sikkim            |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         0 |             0 |            0 |
| 27.     | Tamil Nadu        |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         6 |             0 |            6 |
| 28.     | Telangana         |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         0 |             0 |            0 |
| 29.     | Tripura           |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         0 |             0 |            0 |
| 30.     | Uttar Pradesh     |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         1 |             5 |            6 |
| 31.     | Uttarakhand       |                  0 |                     1 |                  0 |                         0 |             0 |            1 |
| 32.     | West Bengal       |                  0 |                     0 |                  0 |                         1 |             0 |            1 |
| Total   | Total             |                  0 |                    16 |                 20 |                        32 |            28 |           96 |

[Source: IMIS, DDWS]