Lok Sabha Question No. 3884 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-18
Subject: National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP)
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Bhagirath Chaudhary, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Devji Mansingram Patel

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3884 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2021

## NATIONAL RURAL DRINKING WATER PROGRAMME (NRDWP)

†3884. SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY: SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR: SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the details of allocation of funds made under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) in the country during each of the last three years, State-wise;

(b) the details of allocation of funds made for Ajmer district of Rajasthan, Satara and Solapur districts  of  Maharashtra  under  NRDWP  along  with  the  works  done  in  this  regard  and  the number of  people  benefitted  therefrom  from  each  village  of  these  districts  during  the  said period;

(c) whether with a view to prevent Kyphosis (hunchback) disease in common people caused due  to  weak  bones  and  teeth  affected  by  drinking  water  containing  Fluoride,  nitrate  and brackish water in rural areas of Ajmer, Jaipur, Tonk, Jalore-Sirohi districts of Rajasthan and Satara and Solapur districts of Maharashtra, the Government proposes to sanction any special package under the said programme during the next financial year 2021-22; and

(d) if so, the details thereof alongwith the time by which it is likely to be done?

## ANSWER

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

(a)      Government  of  India  in  partnership  with  States,  is  implementing  Jal  Jeevan  Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal since August, 2019 after restructuring and subsuming erstwhile National Rural Drinking Water Supply (NRDWP) to provide potable tap water in adequate quantity of prescribed quality on regular and long-term basis to every rural household through tap water connection,  by  2024.Details  of  State-wise  Central  allocation  in  2017-18  &  2018-19  under erstwhile National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) and in 2019-20 under JJM are annexed.

(b) Under the JJM, district-wise allocation of fund is made by the respective States and not maintained  at  the  Govt.  of  India  level.  However,  the  district  and  village  wise  status  of physical achievements made across the country, including Ajmer district of Rajasthan, Satara and Solapur districts of Maharashtra, is in public domain and available on JJM dashboard at:

https://ejalshakti.gov.in/jjmreport/JJMIndia.aspx.

(c) & (d) Under JJM, while planning water supply schemes to provide tap water supply to households,  priority  is  given  to  quality-affected  habitations.  Further,  at  the  time  of  fund allocation to States/ UTs, 10% weightage is given to the population residing in habitations affected by chemical contaminants including Fluoride, nitrate and salinity. In 2020-21, Central allocation to Rajasthan has been increased to Rs 2,522.03Crore from Rs. 1,301.71 Crore in 2019-20. However, the State has drawn only Rs. 630.51 Crore (25%) so far.  Similarly,  in  2020-21,  central  allocation  for  Maharashtra  has  been  increased  to  Rs 1,828.92Crore from Rs. 847.97 Crore in 2019-20 and the State has drawn only Rs. 457.23 Crore (25%). In  March  2017,  to  provide  potable  drinking  water  to  identified  27,544  Arsenic/  Fluorideaffected  habitations  in  the  country,  National  Water  Quality  Sub-Mission  (NWQSM)  was launched,  which  has  now  been  subsumed under JJM. For  identified6,849  Fluoride-affected habitations  in  Rajasthan  Rs.  1,145.50  Crore  and  for  100  Fluoride-affected  habitations  in Maharashtra, an amount of Rs. 18.79 Crore has been released. As planning, implementation and commissioning of piped water supply schemes based on a safe water source takes time, purely as an interim measure, States/ UTs have been advised to install community water purification plants (CWPPs) in such habitations to provide potable water to  every  household  at  the  rate  of  8-10  litre  per  capita  per  day  (lpcd)  to  meet  their drinking and cooking requirements.

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3884 due for reply on 18.03.2021

State/ UT-wise central allocation in2017-18 & 2018-19 under erstwhile NRDWP and in 2019-20 under JJM

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

|   S. No. | State/ UT         | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | A &NIslands       | 0.43      | 0.62      | 1.78      |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    | 159.51    | 197.56    | 372.64    |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 77.51     | 96.95     | 132.55    |
|        4 | Assam             | 524.1     | 567.89    | 694.95    |
|        5 | Bihar             | 394.53    | 476.63    | 787.31    |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh      | 64.33     | 95.47     | 208.04    |
|        7 | Goa               | 2.32      | 3.34      | 7.57      |
|        8 | Gujarat           | 231.62    | 237.09    | 390.31    |
|        9 | Haryana           | 118.95    | 81.88     | 149.95    |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh  | 66.02     | 91.12     | 148.67    |
|       11 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 222.26    | 309.07    | 322.03    |
|       12 | Jharkhand         | 172.68    | 207.97    | 267.69    |
|       13 | Karnataka         | 290.86    | 331.04    | 546.06    |
|       14 | Kerala            | 56.88     | 90.37     | 248.76    |
|       15 | Ladakh            | -         | -         | 166.65    |
|       16 | Madhya Pradesh    | 195.67    | 274.09    | 571.6     |
|       17 | Maharashtra       | 338.13    | 474.16    | 847.97    |
|       18 | Manipur           | 32.2      | 40.25     | 67.69     |
|       19 | Meghalaya         | 41.86     | 52.43     | 86.02     |
|       20 | Mizoram           | 22.4      | 28        | 39.87     |
|       21 | Nagaland          | 27.66     | 34.72     | 56.49     |
|       22 | Odisha            | 102.69    | 154.99    | 364.74    |
|       23 | Puducherry        | 0.82      | 1.29      | 2.5       |
|       24 | Punjab            | 115.25    | 125.97    | 227.46    |
|       25 | Rajasthan         | 891.95    | 692.13    | 1,301.71  |
|       26 | Sikkim            | 9.3       | 11.62     | 15.41     |
|       27 | Tamil Nadu        | 121.61    | 180.99    | 373.87    |
|       28 | Telangana         | 775.01    | 131.4     | 259.14    |
|       29 | Tripura           | 32.26     | 55.18     | 107.64    |
|       30 | Uttar Pradesh     | 539.09    | 713.95    | 1,206.28  |
|       31 | Uttarakhand       | 68.42     | 99.17     | 170.53    |
|       32 | West Bengal       | 810.48    | 917.82    | 995.33    |

Source: JJM - IMIS