Lok Sabha Question No. 3744 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-18
Subject: Rural Sanitation Survey
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod, Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3744 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.3.2021

## RURAL SANITATION SURVEY

## †3744. SHRI  DIPSINH SHANKARSINH  RATHOD: SHRI MOHANBHAI  KALYANJI  KUNDARIYA:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any Rural Sanitation Survey Campaign has been started in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and

(c) the details of the success of Jal Shakti Abhiyan among the States along with their names?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

(a) & (b) Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation had conducted three rounds of National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS) by Independent Verification Agency (IVA) during 2017-18,  2018-19  and  2019-20  under  World  Bank  support  to  Swachh  Bharat  Mission (Grameen).  Under NARSS, approximately 92,000 households in about 6000 villages have been covered  in  each  round.    Survey  was  undertaken  to  gauge  the  following  three  disbursement linked indicators (DLIs):

- (i) Reduction in the prevalence of Open Defecation
- (ii) Sustaining Open Defecation Free (ODF) status in villages
- (iii) Increase in population with access to Solid & Liquid Waste Management

State/UT-wise, sanitation coverage and usage as per the results of NARSS 2019-20 are given at Annexure.

(c) Government of India launched Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) to spread awareness among all stakeholders in 256 water stressed districts about water conservation in two phases - Phase-I from  1 st July,  2019  to  30 th September,  2019  and  Phase-II  from  1 st October,  2019  to  30 th November,  2019  in  the  Southern  States  which  receive  retreating  monsoon.    Huge  public awareness vis-à-vis water conservation/harvesting has been generated due to JSA and further, it has  been  observed  that  various  stakeholders,  viz.,  Government  departments/agencies,  NGOs, Panchayats, individual etc. have started taking steps towards water conservation.

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Annexure

## Statement referred to in part (a) & (b) of the reply to Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.3744 due for reply on 18-03-2021

## State/UT-wise, Sanitation Coverage and usage as per NARSS 2019-20

| States/UTs        |   Sanitation Coverage |   Usage |
|-------------------|-----------------------|---------|
| A&NISLANDS        |                  99.3 |    97.9 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH    |                  95.9 |    96.4 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                  98.9 |    97.3 |
| ASSAM             |                  97.5 |    96.9 |
| BIHAR             |                  73.6 |    90.7 |
| CHHATTISGARH      |                  98.3 |    96.5 |
| D &NHAVELI        |                  90.2 |    96.2 |
| GOA               |                  99.4 |    92.7 |
| GUJARAT           |                  97.7 |    96   |
| HARYANA           |                  99.7 |    97.8 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                  99.6 |    99.3 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR   |                  90.6 |    94.9 |
| JHARKHAND         |                  93.2 |    92.9 |
| KARNATAKA         |                  93.9 |    93.5 |
| KERALA            |                 100   |    99.6 |
| MADHYAPRADESH     |                  96.1 |    93.1 |
| MAHARASHTRA       |                  98.5 |    97.7 |
| MANIPUR           |                 100   |    96.9 |
| MEGHALAYA         |                  98.2 |    99   |
| MIZORAM           |                 100   |   100   |
| NAGALAND          |                  98.7 |    86.4 |
| ODISHA            |                  89.6 |    85.3 |
| PUDUCHERRY        |                  89.8 |    90.5 |
| PUNJAB            |                  98.8 |    97.2 |
| RAJASTHAN         |                  99.1 |    97.8 |
| SIKKIM            |                 100   |   100   |
| TAMIL NADU        |                  99.2 |    97.2 |
| TELANGANA         |                  93   |    96.2 |
| TRIPURA           |                  99.9 |    96.6 |
| UTTAR PRADESH     |                  95.8 |    94.4 |
| UTTARAKHAND       |                  97.6 |    96.5 |
| WEST BENGAL       |                  94.9 |    97.5 |
| India             |                  94.4 |    95.2 |