Lok Sabha Question No. 2324 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-05
Subject: Shortage of Potable Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Kotagiri Sridhar, M V V Satyanarayana, Chandra Sekhar Bellana, Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, D. M. Kathir Anand, Geetha Viswanath Vanga, Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2324 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.03.2020

## Shortage of PotableWater

## 2324.   SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI:

SHRI M.V.V. SATYANARAYANA:

SHRI CHANDRA SEKHARBELLANA:

SHRI MAGUNTASREENIVASULU REDDY:

SHRI D.M. KATHIRANAND:

SHRIMATIVANGA GEETHA VISWANATH:

SHRI KOTHAPRABHAKAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that there  is  a  acute  shortage of  clean  drinking  water  in rural/urban areas of the country and also the water from the hand pumps are highly contaminated in these areas;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  steps  taken  in  this  regard,  particularly  in  Andhra Pradesh;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  is  providing  financial  and  technical  assistance  to  the  States  to provide potable water to the rural population especially in Andhra Pradesh; and
- (d) the funds released to arsenic and fluoride affected States for installation of Community Water Purification Plants and commissioning of piped water supply schemes?

## ANSWER MINISTEROF STATEIN THE MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

- (a) to (c) A very large population have access to potable drinking water. As reported by States/ UTs,  as  on  27.02.2020,  81.63%  rural  habitations  having  77.31%  population  are  fully  covered with provision of 40 litre or more per capita per day (lpcd) and 15.39% rural habitations having 19.36% population are partially covered, i.e. with provision of less than 40 lpcd whereas 2.98% rural habitations having 3.33% population are having water sources with quality issues.

Rural  water  supply  is  a  State  subject.  Government  of  India  supplements  the  efforts  of  States/ UTsincluding  Andhra  Pradesh  by  providing  financial  and  technical  assistance  through  the centrally sponsored scheme Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) which aims at providing potable water to every rural household with Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) at service level of 55 litre  per  capita  per  day  (lpcd)  by  2024.  The  estimated  outlay  of  the  Mission  is  Rs.  3.60  lakh Crore out of which Central share is of Rs. 2.08 lakh Crore.An amount of Rs. 372.64 crore has been released to Government of Andhra Pradesh during the current financial year 2019-20.

It is States who plan, approve & implement drinking water supply schemes. While allocating the fund  under  JJM  to  States/  UTs,  10%  weightage  has  been  given  to  the  population  residing  in habitations affected by chemical contaminantsincluding Arsenic and Fluoride affected habitations.

(d) In March 2016, with the recommendation of NITI Aayog, an amount of 1,000 Crore was released  to  various  Arsenic  &  Fluoride  affected  States  for  installation  of  Community  water purification plants and commissioning of piped water supply schemes.

Further, in March 2017, National Water Quality Sub-Mission (NWQSM) was launched as a part of National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), which has now been subsumed under Jal  Jeevan  Mission,  to  provide  safe  drinking  water  to  27,544  Arsenic/  Fluoride  affected  rural habitations in the country.

State-wise details of fund released to Arsenic and Fluoride affected States 'with recommendation of NITI Aayog' and under NWQSM is at Annexure .

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Annexure referred in the reply to LokSabha Unstarred Question No. 2324 due for reply on 05.03.2020

## State-wise details of fund released to Arsenic and Fluoride affected States 'With recommendation of NITI Aayog' and under NWQSM

(Rs. in Crore)

| S.No.   | State          |   Released with recommendation of NITI Aayog | Released under NWQSM   |
|---------|----------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh |                                        21.26 | 25.74                  |
| 2.      | Assam          |                                        11.57 | 330.96                 |
| 3.      | Bihar          |                                        22.83 | 171.96                 |
| 4.      | Chhattisgarh   |                                         1.05 | 0.92                   |
| 5.      | Gujarat        |                                         0.89 | -                      |
| 6.      | Haryana        |                                         2.66 | 16.91                  |
| 7.      | Jammu& Kashmir |                                         0.47 | -                      |
| 8.      | Jharkhand      |                                         1.5  | 38.72                  |
| 9.      | Karnataka      |                                        59.9  | 26.99                  |
| 10.     | Kerala         |                                        19.73 | 4.43                   |
| 11.     | Madhya Pradesh |                                        15.85 | 4.41                   |
| 12.     | Maharashtra    |                                        24.08 | 18.79                  |
| 13.     | Odisha         |                                         2    | 1.12                   |
| 14.     | Punjab         |                                        39.35 | 98.01                  |
| 15.     | Rajasthan      |                                       431.29 | 1145.5                 |
| 16.     | Telangana      |                                        94.58 | 700.23                 |
| 17.     | Uttar Pradesh  |                                        13.39 | 49.95                  |
| 18.     | Uttarakhand    |                                         0.62 | -                      |
| 19.     | West Bengal    |                                       236.98 | 1305.7                 |
| Total   | Total          |                                      1000    | 3940.34                |

Source: IMIS, DDWS