Lok Sabha Question No. 726 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Drinking Water Facilities in Schools
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.726 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2019

## Drinking Water Facilities in Schools

## †726. SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:

Will  the  Minister  of  DRINKING  WATER  AND  SANITATION  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)  the  policy  of  the  Government  to  provide  drinking  water  facilities  in  the  schools located in rural areas;
- (b)  whether  any  targets  have  been  fixed  during  the  last  Five  Year  plan  to  provide drinking water facilities in these schools;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the State-wise achievements made in this regard during the said period;
- (d) whether the fixed targets could not be achieved in many States;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (f) the steps taken/proposed to be taken to achieve the targets?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

- (a) to  (f)  The  Ministry  of  Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation  provides  technical  and financial assistance to States under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP)  for  supplementing  their  efforts  in  providing  drinking  water  supply  in rural areas including schools.  The  assistance  under  the  programme  includes provision of drinking water supply in schools which were constructed prior to 2007. For  schools  constructed  post  2007,  facility  specific  to  school  is  funded  through Ministry of Human Resource Development (MoHRD). States have been advised to provide  facilities  in  the  vicinity  of  school  premises  while  planning  /  executing NRDWP water supply schemes.

As informed by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education and Literacy, state-wise details of percentage of drinking water facilities and  functional drinking water facilities in  Government  Schools  is given at Annexure-I.

## Annexure-I

Annexure referred to in part (a) to (f) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 726 for answer on 07/02/2019.

## State-wise details of Percentage of Drinking Water facilities and functional Drinking Water facilities in Government schools

| S. No.   | State/UTs                |   Schools with drinking water facilities |   School with functional drinking water facilities |
|----------|--------------------------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS |                                   100    |                                              95.93 |
| 2.       | ANDHRA PRADESH           |                                    93.24 |                                              83.64 |
| 3.       | ARUNACHAL PRADESH        |                                    79.5  |                                              65.45 |
| 4.       | ASSAM                    |                                    92.79 |                                              84.67 |
| 5.       | BIHAR                    |                                    94.52 |                                              89.86 |
| 6.       | CHANDIGARH               |                                   100    |                                             100    |
| 7.       | CHHATTISGARH             |                                    99.22 |                                              89.59 |
| 8.       | DADRA &NAGAR HAVELI      |                                   100    |                                              98.01 |
| 9.       | DAMAN &DIU               |                                   100    |                                              97.48 |
| 10.      | DELHI                    |                                   100    |                                             100    |
| 11.      | GOA                      |                                   100    |                                              96.33 |
| 12.      | GUJARAT                  |                                    99.94 |                                             100    |
| 13.      | HARYANA                  |                                    99.84 |                                              97.66 |
| 14.      | HIMACHAL PRADESH         |                                   100    |                                              96.72 |
| 15.      | JAMMU&KASHMIR            |                                    91.25 |                                              81.4  |
| 16.      | JHARKHAND                |                                    96.22 |                                              90.73 |
| 17.      | KARNATAKA                |                                    99.62 |                                              98.14 |
| 18.      | KERALA                   |                                    99.35 |                                              95.91 |
| 19.      | LAKSHADWEEP              |                                   100    |                                             100    |
| 20.      | MADHYA PRADESH           |                                    95.56 |                                              82.94 |
| 21.      | MAHARASHTRA              |                                    99.48 |                                              94.79 |
| 22.      | MANIPUR                  |                                    96.63 |                                              66.74 |
| 23.      | MEGHALAYA                |                                    62.34 |                                              51.32 |
| 24.      | MIZORAM                  |                                    93.53 |                                              79.48 |
| 25.      | NAGALAND                 |                                    79.92 |                                              64.92 |
| 26.      | ODISHA                   |                                    99.79 |                                              85.81 |
| 27.      | PUDUCHERRY               |                                   100    |                                             100    |
| 28.      | PUNJAB                   |                                    99.99 |                                              99.99 |
| 29.      | RAJASTHAN                |                                    96.53 |                                              85.32 |
| 30.      | SIKKIM                   |                                    97.6  |                                              84.41 |
| 31.      | TAMIL NADU               |                                   100    |                                              97.85 |
| 32.      | TELANGANA                |                                    98.96 |                                              73.28 |
| 33.      | TRIPURA                  |                                    89.68 |                                              77.85 |
| 34.      | UTTAR PRADESH            |                                    98.11 |                                              87.9  |
| 35.      | UTTARAKHAND              |                                    95.21 |                                              81.33 |
| 36.      | WEST BENGAL              |                                    98.87 |                                              90.77 |
|          | All State                |                                    96.96 |                                              88.52 |

Source: UDISE 2016-17 (Provisional)