Lok Sabha Question No. 766 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Potable Water Availability
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 766

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.11.2019

## 'Potable Water Availability'

## 766: SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

- (a) the details of per capita availability of potable water for the past five years, Statewise;
- (b) whether certain measures are being/have been taken to promote efficient usage of water in heavy industries and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether any incentives are provided to farmers on using less water-intensive irrigation tools and if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) Under  the  erstwhile  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme  (NRDWP), minimum service level of 40 litre per capita per day (lpcd) of safe drinking water was  provided  in  rural  areas  to  meet  the  basic  minimum  need. Based  on  the information  furnished  by  States/  UTs,  details  of  Fully  Covered  (FC),  Partially Covered (PC) (i.e. getting less than 40 lpcd of safe drinking water) and Quality Affected (QA)(i.e. containing chemical contamination) habitations, is at Annex-I.

Government  of  India  has  launched  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  (JJM)  in  August 2019  by  restructuring  and  subsuming erstwhile  NRDWP  to  provide  every  rural household to  have potable drinking water on regular  basis  in adequate quantity i.e.  service  level  of  55  lpcd  through  Functional  Household  Tap  Connection (FHTC) by 2024.

- (b) As  informed  by  Central  Water  Commission,  D/o  Water  Resources,  River Development  &  Ganga  Rejuvenation,  the  National  Water  Policy,  2012, inter

alia has certain provisions with regard to promotion of efficient use of water in heavy industries, as at Annex-II. (c) As  per  information  provided  by  Department  of  Agriculture  Cooperation  & Farmers  Welfare,  micro  irrigation  systems  viz.  drip  &  sprinkler  irrigation  are promoted under the 'Per Drop More Crop' component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY-PDMC).  Under  the  scheme,  financial  assistance  is available @ 55% for small and marginal farmers and @ 45% for other farmers for installation of drip and sprinkler irrigation systems. Further, 25% higher unit cost have been taken into calculation of subsidy for the North Eastern and Himalayan states  and  15%  higher  for  States  with  low  penetration  of  micro  irrigation  for larger  adoption  of  systems  by  the  farmers  under  the  scheme.  In  addition,  some States provide additional incentives & top up subsidy for encouraging farmers to adopt  micro  irrigation. Year  wise  releases  made  to  States  under  PMKSY-Per Drop More Crop is at Annex-III . Also,  as  per  information  provided  by  Department  of  Water  Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, under the Command Area Development and Water Management Programme  (CADWM), no direct incentives  is  given  to  farmers  for  use  of  less  water  intensive  irrigation  tools. However,  CADWM  Programme  is  targeting  Command  Area  Development (CAD) works in the balance Culturable Command Area (CCA) of 44.35 lakh ha as  per  proposals  received  from  the  States.  It  is  provisioned  in  the  CADWM scheme that micro-irrigation shall cover at least 10% of the targeted CCA of the Project. Central Assistance @ 50% is being provided  to the State Governments with a cost norm of Rs. 50,000 per hectare for development of  micro irrigation infrastructure  covering  construction  of  sump,  installation  of  water  pump,  and laying of piped conveyance system up to the field head.

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Annex-I Annexure: referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 766 due for reply

## on 21/11/2019

## Details of FC, PC & QA habitations as on 15.11.2019

| S. No.   | State/ UT                     | Total No. of Habitations   | No. of FC Habitations   | No. of PC Habitations   | No. ofQA Habitations   |
|----------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
| 1.       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands      | 400                        | 324                     | 76                      | 0                      |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh                | 48,663                     | 34,557                  | 13,826                  | 280                    |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh             | 7,525                      | 3,303                   | 4,195                   | 27                     |
| 4.       | Assam                         | 88,076                     | 55,644                  | 22,945                  | 9,487                  |
| 5.       | Bihar                         | 1,10,218                   | 70,982                  | 35,427                  | 3,809                  |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh                  | 74,753                     | 72,778                  | 1,464                   | 511                    |
| 7.       | Goa                           | 347                        | 345                     | 2                       | 0                      |
| 8.       | Gujarat                       | 35,996                     | 35,996                  | 0                       | 0                      |
| 9.       | Haryana                       | 7,655                      | 7,305                   | 263                     | 87                     |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh              | 54,469                     | 42,583                  | 11,886                  | 0                      |
| 11.      | Jammu &Kashmir (incl. Ladakh) | 14,625                     | 8,750                   | 5,864                   | 11                     |
| 12.      | Jharkhand                     | 1,20,591                   | 1,19,724                | 334                     | 533                    |
| 13.      | Karnataka                     | 59,774                     | 34,345                  | 24,977                  | 452                    |
| 14.      | Kerala                        | 21,520                     | 6,165                   | 15,031                  | 324                    |
| 15.      | Madhya Pradesh                | 1,28,231                   | 1,28,076                | 2                       | 153                    |
| 16.      | Maharashtra                   | 99,641                     | 84,811                  | 14,657                  | 173                    |
| 17.      | Manipur                       | 2,976                      | 2,050                   | 926                     | 0                      |
| 18.      | Meghalaya                     | 10,470                     | 4,124                   | 6,339                   | 7                      |
| 19.      | Mizoram                       | 720                        | 490                     | 230                     | 0                      |
| 20.      | Nagaland                      | 1,450                      | 742                     | 708                     | 0                      |
| 21.      | Odisha                        | 1,57,013                   | 1,54,473                | 129                     | 2,411                  |
| 22.      | Puducherry                    | 266                        | 153                     | 113                     | 0                      |
| 23.      | Punjab                        | 15,190                     | 10,470                  | 1,503                   | 3,217                  |
| 24.      | Rajasthan                     | 1,21,526                   | 62,559                  | 41,925                  | 17,042                 |
| 25.      | Sikkim                        | 2,337                      | 861                     | 1,476                   | 0                      |
| 26.      | Tamil Nadu                    | 1,00,014                   | 96,796                  | 3,218                   | 0                      |
| 27.      | Telangana                     | 24,597                     | 15,405                  | 8,848                   | 344                    |
| 28.      | Tripura                       | 8,723                      | 4,997                   | 1,329                   | 2,397                  |
| 29.      | Uttar Pradesh                 | 2,60,018                   | 2,56,865                | 1,950                   | 1,203                  |
| 30.      | Uttarakhand                   | 39,311                     | 23,156                  | 16,146                  | 9                      |
| 31.      | West Bengal                   | 1,07,328                   | 61,786                  | 32,172                  | 13,370                 |
|          | Total                         | 17,24,423                  | 14,00,615               | 2,67,961                | 55,847                 |
| In %age  | In %age                       |                            | 81.22                   | 15.54                   | 3.24                   |

[Source: IMIS, DDWS]

## Annexure: referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 766 due for reply on 21/11/2019

Extract of National Water Policy, 2012

- Para  3.1 Water  is  required  for  domestic,  agricultural,  hydro-power,  thermal  power, navigation, recreation, etc. Utilisation in all these diverse uses of water should be optimized and an awareness of water as a scarce resource should be fostered.
- Para  6.2 The  project  appraisal  and  environment  impact  assessment  for  water  uses, particularly for industrial projects, should, inter alia , include the analysis of the water footprints for the use.
- Para  6.7 There  should  be  concurrent  mechanism  involving  users  for  monitoring  if  the water  use  pattern  is  causing  problems  like  unacceptable  depletion  or  building  up  of  ground waters, salinity, alkalinity or similar quality problems, etc., with a view to planning appropriate interventions.
- Para  7.1 Pricing  of  water  should  ensure  its  efficient  use  and  reward  conservation. Equitable  access  to  water  for  all  and  its  fair  pricing,  for  drinking  and  other  uses  such  as sanitation, agricultural and industrial, should be arrived at through independent statutory Water Regulatory Authority, set up by each State, after wide  ranging consultation with all stakeholders.
- Para 7.2 In  order to meet equity, efficiency and economic principles, the water charges should  preferably  /  as  a  rule  be  determined  on  volumetric  basis.  Such  charges  should  be reviewed periodically.
- Para 7.3 Recycle and reuse of water, after treatment to specified standards, should also be incentivized through a properly planned tariff system.
- Para 11.4 In urban and industrial areas, rainwater harvesting and desalinization, wherever techno-economically feasible, should be encouraged to increase availability of utilizable water. Implementation of rainwater harvesting should include scientific monitoring of parameters like hydro-geology, groundwater contamination, pollution and spring discharges.
- Para 11.6 Industries  in  water  short  regions  may  be  allowed  to  either  withdraw  only  the make up water or should have an obligation to return treated effluent to a specified standard back to the hydro-logic system. Tendencies to unnecessarily use more water within the plant to avoid treatment or to pollute ground water need to be prevented.
- Para  11.7 Subsidies  and  incentives  should  be  implemented  to  encourage  recovery  of industrial pollutants and recycling / reuse, which are otherwise capital intensive.

## Annex-III

## Annexure: referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 766 due for reply on 21/11/2019

## Release made to States under PMKSY-Per Drop More Crop

| Year    | Released (Rs. In Crore)    |
|---------|----------------------------|
| 2015-16 | 1556.73                    |
| 2016-17 | 1991.24                    |
| 2017-18 | 2819.49                    |
| 2018-19 | 2918.38                    |
| 2019-20 | 1406.28 (as on 08.11.2019) |

Source : Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.