Lok Sabha Question No. 698 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-17
Subject: Drinking Water Schemes
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 698 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.09.2020

## DRINKING WATER SCHEMES

## 698:  DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of schemes of pure drinking water availability for rural areas of the country, especially Santhal Pargana in Jharkhand;
- (b) the details of steps being taken by the Government to implement the schemes in a more effective manner; and
- (c) the  details  of  rural  areas  where  drinking  water  pipelines  are  yet  to  be  laid,  State-wise including Jharkhand?

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

(a) To  enable  every  rural  household  in  the  country,  including  those  in  Santhal  Pargana  of Jharkhand,  to  have  potable  water  through  Functional  Household  Tap  Connection  (FHTC)  by 2024,  Government  of  India  is  implementing  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  (JJM)  -  Har  Ghar  Jal,  in partnership with States, at an estimated outlay of Rs. 3.60 lakh Crore.

(b) Some major steps taken by the Govt. of India under Jal Jeevan Mission are as follows:

- i.) Every  State/  UT  has  been  advised  to  prepare  'State  Action  Plan',  including  year-wise plan for providing tap water connections;
- ii.) Govt. of  India holds  regular  review  meetings  with  all  States  &  UTs  for  expediting  the implementation including joint review by Union Minister with Chief Ministers of States;
- iii.) Central  financial  assistance,  to  all  eligible  States/  UTs,  is  being  provided  as  per  the operational guidelines for the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission;
- iv.) In consonance with 73rd Amendment of Constitution of India and to instill the sense of ownership among villagers, Gram Panchayat or its sub-committee/ user group i.e. Village Water  and  Sanitation  Committee  (VWSC),  Paani  Samiti,  etc.  are  to  plan,  implement, manage, operate and maintain in-village water supply system. Thus, Jal Jeevan Mission is a demand-driven, decentralized, community-managed programme.

(c) As reported, State/ UT-wise details of villages without piped water supply is annexed .

## Annex referred in the  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  698  due  for  reply  on 17/09/2020

Details of villages without Piped Water Supply (PWS)

| S. No.   | States/ UTs              | Villages without PWS   |
|----------|--------------------------|------------------------|
| 1.       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 117                    |
| 2 .      | Andhra Pradesh           | 1,178                  |
| 3 .      | Arunachal Pradesh        | 1,634                  |
| 4 .      | Assam                    | 12,528                 |
| 5 .      | Bihar                    | 3,291                  |
| 6 .      | Chhattisgarh             | 7,088                  |
| 7 .      | Goa                      | 0                      |
| 8 .      | Gujarat                  | 170                    |
| 9 .      | Haryana                  | 0                      |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh         | 400                    |
| 11 .     | Jammu &Kashmir           | 289                    |
| 12 .     | Jharkhand                | 13,859                 |
| 13 .     | Karnataka                | 653                    |
| 14 .     | Kerala                   | 17                     |
| 15 .     | Ladakh                   | 34                     |
| 16 .     | Madhya Pradesh           | 30,407                 |
| 17 .     | Maharashtra              | 4,363                  |
| 18 .     | Manipur                  | 6                      |
| 19 .     | Meghalaya                | 2,504                  |
| 20 .     | Mizoram                  | 37                     |
| 21 .     | Nagaland                 | 151                    |
| 22 .     | Odisha                   | 22,471                 |
| 23 .     | Puducherry               | 0                      |
| 24 .     | Punjab                   | 538                    |
| 25 .     | Rajasthan                | 17,767                 |
| 26 .     | Sikkim                   | 30                     |
| 27 .     | Tamil Nadu               | 3                      |
| 28 .     | Telangana                | 0                      |
| 29 .     | Tripura                  | 0                      |
| 30 .     | Uttar Pradesh            | 82,023                 |
| 31 .     | Uttarakhand              | 668                    |
| 32 .     | West Bengal              | 19,066                 |

Source: IMIS, DDWS

0

0

17

34

6

37

0

30

3

0

0