Lok Sabha Question No. 822 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Tap Water Supply
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ajay (Teni) Misra

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 822 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2020

## Tap Water Supply

†822. SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISRA TENI:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is planning to provide water supply through taps to around 15 crore houses in rural areas in next five years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/district-wise; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a) Yes Sir. Government of India, has launched Jal Jeevan Mission, with an outlay of Rs. 3.60 lakh Crore with Central share of Rs. 2.08 lakh Crore, which aims at providing potable water to every rural household through Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) at the service level of 55 litre per capita per day (lpcd) by 2024.
- (b) As reported by States/ UTs, around 14.60 Crore rural household were to be provided with tap connection as on 01.04.2019. State-wise details are annexed.
- (c) Does not arise.

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 822 due for reply on 06.02.2020

## State-wise details of Household connections & Household that are yet to be provided with tap connection as on 01.04.2019

| S. No.   | State                    | Total Rural household as on (01/04/2019)   | Household Connections with PWSas on (01/04/2019)   | Households that are yet to be provided with tap connection as on (01/04/2019)   |
|----------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 65,096                                     | 6,604                                              | 58,492                                                                          |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh           | 91,29,939                                  | 30,60,696                                          | 60,69,243                                                                       |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 2,20,826                                   | 20,069                                             | 2,00,757                                                                        |
| 4        | Assam                    | 57,92,987                                  | 1,27,962                                           | 56,65,025                                                                       |
| 5        | Bihar                    | 1,78,46,077                                | 3,36,178                                           | 1,75,09,899                                                                     |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh             | 43,17,108                                  | 3,85,417                                           | 39,31,691                                                                       |
| 7        | Goa                      | 1,61,459                                   | 0                                                  | 1,61,459                                                                        |
| 8        | Gujarat                  | 64,77,917                                  | 50,82,540                                          | 13,95,377                                                                       |
| 9        | Haryana                  | 32,88,145                                  | 17,58,292                                          | 15,29,853                                                                       |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh         | 13,48,841                                  | 7,59,047                                           | 5,89,794                                                                        |
| 11       | Jammu &Kashmir           | 16,36,151                                  | 4,91,152                                           | 11,44,999                                                                       |
| 12       | Jharkhand                | 50,28,402                                  | 2,88,992                                           | 47,39,410                                                                       |
| 13       | Karnataka                | 80,72,422                                  | 35,36,476                                          | 45,35,946                                                                       |
| 14       | Kerala                   | 91,75,250                                  | 15,36,707                                          | 76,38,543                                                                       |
| 15       | Ladakh                   | 0                                          | 0                                                  | 0                                                                               |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh           | 1,08,90,226                                | 13,28,100                                          | 95,62,126                                                                       |
| 17       | Maharashtra              | 1,32,03,245                                | 50,74,813                                          | 81,28,432                                                                       |
| 18       | Manipur                  | 4,38,943                                   | 24,512                                             | 4,14,431                                                                        |
| 19       | Meghalaya                | 4,60,527                                   | 4,359                                              | 4,56,168                                                                        |
| 20       | Mizoram                  | 1,03,949                                   | 16,359                                             | 87,590                                                                          |
| 21       | Nagaland                 | 3,17,975                                   | 15,559                                             | 3,02,416                                                                        |
| 22       | Odisha                   | 81,25,852                                  | 3,19,955                                           | 78,05,897                                                                       |
| 23       | Puducherry               | 82,258                                     | 41,418                                             | 40,840                                                                          |
| 24       | Punjab                   | 33,01,599                                  | 17,59,205                                          | 15,42,394                                                                       |
| 25       | Rajasthan                | 92,84,150                                  | 11,49,036                                          | 81,35,114                                                                       |
| 26       | Sikkim                   | 88,013                                     | 87,431                                             | 582                                                                             |
| 27       | Tamil Nadu               | 98,62,767                                  | 29,33,243                                          | 69,29,524                                                                       |
| 28       | Telangana                | 54,09,686                                  | 18,13,791                                          | 35,95,895                                                                       |
| 29       | Tripura                  | 8,59,052                                   | 27,358                                             | 8,31,694                                                                        |
| 30       | Uttar Pradesh            | 2,58,81,064                                | 3,45,452                                           | 2,55,35,612                                                                     |
| 31       | Uttarakhand              | 15,09,758                                  | 2,16,182                                           | 12,93,576                                                                       |
| 32       | West Bengal              | 1,63,35,210                                | 2,14,683                                           | 1,61,20,527                                                                     |
|          | Total                    | 17,87,14,894                               | 3,27,61,588                                        | 14,59,53,306                                                                    |