Lok Sabha Question No. 2096 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-04
Subject: Illegal Groundwater Extraction in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: S. Venkatesan

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2096 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.07.2019

## Assistance under NRDWP

## †2096. SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the  effective  steps  taken  by  the  Government  under  the  National  Rural  Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP);
- (b) whether the Government proposes to provide any special assistance to rural areas of the country with a view to resolve drinking water related problems;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the  details  of  assistance  provided  to  various  States  including  Rajasthan  in  the country under the said programme during the last one year along with the effective steps taken to resolve the drinking water related problems?

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

(a) to (d) While rural drinking Water Supply is a State subject, Department of Drinking Water  and  Sanitation  under  Ministry  ofJal  Shakti  provides  financial  and  technical assistance to States forimproving the coverage of piped water supply in rural areas under centrally sponsored National RuralDrinking Water Programme (NRDWP). The financial assistance  provided  (fundsreleased)  to  all  States  including  Rajasthan  under  NRDWP during the last one year, is at Annexure .

This Ministry has recently launched 'Swajal' programme which is a communitydemand driven, single village, preferably Solar Powered piped water supply schemesin Aspirational  districts  identified  by  National  Institution  for  Transforming  India(NITI) Aayog which will help in increasing the outreach of drinking water inunderserved rural areas. Further, this Ministry had launched National Water QualitySub-Mission (NWQSM) programme  on  22.03.2017  to  provide  safe  drinking  water  to27544  Arsenic  /  Fluoride affected rural habitations.

Additionally, States can utilize enhanced funds provided under 14th FinanceCommission as  well  as  funds  provided  directly  to  rural  local  bodiesfor  improving  drinking  water supply which is one of the basic amenities.

| Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of LokSabhaUnstarred Q. No 2096 due for answer on 04.07.2019   | Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of LokSabhaUnstarred Q. No 2096 due for answer on 04.07.2019   | Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of LokSabhaUnstarred Q. No 2096 due for answer on 04.07.2019   |
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| S.No.                                                                                                    |                                                                                                          | (Rs. in crores) Release                                                                                  |
| 1                                                                                                        | State Andaman And Nicobar                                                                                | 0.31                                                                                                     |
| 2                                                                                                        | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                           | 185.85                                                                                                   |
| 3                                                                                                        | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                        | 90.89                                                                                                    |
| 4                                                                                                        | Assam                                                                                                    | 300.76                                                                                                   |
| 5                                                                                                        | Bihar                                                                                                    | 234.84                                                                                                   |
| 6                                                                                                        | Chattisgarh                                                                                              | 48.19                                                                                                    |
| 7                                                                                                        | Goa                                                                                                      | 1.67                                                                                                     |
| 8                                                                                                        | Gujarat                                                                                                  | 222.27                                                                                                   |
| 9                                                                                                        | Haryana                                                                                                  | 76.76                                                                                                    |
| 10                                                                                                       | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                         | 85.43                                                                                                    |
| 11                                                                                                       | Jammu And Kashmir                                                                                        | 249.34                                                                                                   |
| 12                                                                                                       | Jharkhand                                                                                                | 85.12                                                                                                    |
| 13                                                                                                       | Karnataka                                                                                                | 276.06                                                                                                   |
| 14                                                                                                       | Kerala                                                                                                   | 84.86                                                                                                    |
| 15                                                                                                       | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                           | 243.62                                                                                                   |
| 16                                                                                                       | Maharashtra                                                                                              | 239.06                                                                                                   |
| 17                                                                                                       | Manipur                                                                                                  | 37.73                                                                                                    |
| 18                                                                                                       | Meghalaya                                                                                                | 49.15                                                                                                    |
| 19                                                                                                       | Mizoram                                                                                                  | 26.25                                                                                                    |
| 20                                                                                                       | Nagaland                                                                                                 | 17.36                                                                                                    |
| 21                                                                                                       | Odisha                                                                                                   | 128.82                                                                                                   |
| 22                                                                                                       | Puducherry                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                        |
| 23                                                                                                       | Punjab                                                                                                   | 119.41                                                                                                   |
| 24                                                                                                       | Rajasthan                                                                                                | 655.41                                                                                                   |
| 25                                                                                                       | Sikkim                                                                                                   | 10.89                                                                                                    |
| 26                                                                                                       | Tamil Nadu                                                                                               | 167.31                                                                                                   |
| 27                                                                                                       | Telangana                                                                                                | 123.18                                                                                                   |
| 28                                                                                                       | Tripura                                                                                                  | 51.73                                                                                                    |
| 29                                                                                                       | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                            | 670.72                                                                                                   |
| 30                                                                                                       | Uttarakhand                                                                                              | 92.97                                                                                                    |
| 31                                                                                                       | West Bengal                                                                                              | 890.28                                                                                                   |
| Total                                                                                                    | Total                                                                                                    | 5,466.24                                                                                                 |

SOURCE:  IMIS, DDWS