Lok Sabha Question No. 802 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: NRDWP
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Jyotirmay Singh Mahato

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 802 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2020

## NRDWP

†802. SHRI JYOTIRMAY SINGH MAHATO:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP); and
- (b) the State-wise number of rural families including those in West Bengal who do not have safe drinking water?

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

- (a)  National  Rural Drinking  Water  Programme (NRDWP) has been restructured and subsumed into Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in August, 2019 which aims at providing Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household by 2024.

As reported by States/ UTs, as on 03.02.2020, 81.57% rural habitations having 77.20% population have  provision  of  minimum  40  litre  per  capita  per  day  (lpcd)  of  potable  drinking  water  and 15.42% rural habitations having 19.42% population have service level of less than 40 lpcd potable water, whereas 3.01% rural habitations having 3.38% population have water sources with quality issues.

- (b)  Data in  terms  of rural  habitations  &  population  having  water  sources  with  quality  issues  is monitored by this Department. State-wise number of habitations and population, including those in West Bengal, who are yet to be provided with safe drinking water is annexed.

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Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 802 due for reply on 06.02.2020

## State wise details of water quality affected (QA) habitations & population as on 02.02.2020

| S. No.   | State/ UT         | No. of QA Habitations   |   Total Population (in lakh) |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh    | 277                     |                         1.79 |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh | 27                      |                         0.05 |
| 3.       | Assam             | 8,493                   |                        32.03 |
| 4.       | Bihar             | 3,185                   |                        33.22 |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh      | 490                     |                         1.46 |
| 6.       | Haryana           | 86                      |                         2    |
| 7.       | Jammu &Kashmir    | 11                      |                         0.27 |
| 8.       | Jharkhand         | 424                     |                         1.39 |
| 9.       | Karnataka         | 446                     |                         2.44 |
| 10.      | Kerala            | 324                     |                         7.37 |
| 11.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 143                     |                         0.57 |
| 12.      | Maharashtra       | 167                     |                         3.37 |
| 13.      | Meghalaya         | 7                       |                         0.07 |
| 14.      | Odisha            | 2,391                   |                         7.29 |
| 15.      | Punjab            | 3,165                   |                        38.87 |
| 16.      | Rajasthan         | 16,629                  |                        53.25 |
| 17.      | Telangana         | 342                     |                         5.57 |
| 18.      | Tripura           | 2,351                   |                        10.97 |
| 19.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 1,154                   |                         9.97 |
| 20.      | Uttarakhand       | 9                       |                         0.45 |
| 21.      | West Bengal       | 11,860                  |                        97.99 |
|          | Total             | 51,981                  |                       310.39 |

Source: IMIS, DDWS