Lok Sabha Question No. 389 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-19
Subject: Safe Drinking Water
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, Shrirang Appa Barne, DHARMENDRA YADAV, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.389 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2018

## Safe Drinking Water

## 389.   DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

Will  the  Minister  of  DRINKING WATER  AND  SANITATION be pleased to  state

- whether apart from administrative and Government initiatives, public participation
- (a) is required to provide safe drinking water to every household;
- (b) if so, whether 14th Finance Commission has also recommended public participation and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Union Government has identified some districts for Swajal programme as the piped water supply in these districts was only about 25 per cent compared to the national average;
- (d) if so, the names of these districts and their percentage of national average;
- (e) whether  the  Union  Government  has  decided  to  involve  the  Panchayats  while framing schemes/policies for safe drinking water and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the steps taken/being taken by the Union Government for providing safe drinking water to the people?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

(a)&  (b)Yes  Madam.  Under  14 th Finance  Commission,  there  is  direct  funding  of substantial amount to rural local bodies for various basic services including water supply.

(c)& (d) Yes Madam. This Ministry has conceived a plan named 'Swajal' which is to be implemented throughpublic participation / cooperation at the level of Gram Panchayats (GPs)  in  Aspirational  Districts  across  the  country.  As  reported  by  States  on  Integrated Management Information System  (IMIS) of the  Ministry,  names  of  the  districts  along with piped water supply coverage percentage is at Annexure.

(e) Yes Madam. Rural drinking water supply is a State subject and is also included in the  Eleventh  Schedule  of  the  Constitution  amongst  the  subjects  that  is  entrusted  to Panchayats by the States. Under 'Swajal' scheme, the Panchayati Raj Institutions play a critical  role  in  planning,  designing  and  implementation  of  the  scheme  in  the  rural drinking water supply sector.

(f) Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation under the centrally sponsored National Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme  (NRDWP)  assists  State  Governments  financially  & technically  for  improving  rural  drinking  water  supply.  It  is  the  State  Government  who plan,  design,  approve,  execute  and  operate  &  maintain the schemes  for providing  safe drinking water to rural population. The Ministry has directed the States to cover the rural households with Piped Water Supply with sustainable safe source. To achieve this, the States  have been  advised  to pool more  funds  from  State plan  in  view of the  enhanced devolution  of  funds  under  the  14th  Finance  Commission  and  to  arrange  external assistance or loan from lending institution over and above the funding from the Ministry under NRDWP.  Moreover, the Ministry has restructured  NRDWP  to  make it competitive, outcome based and result oriented which will help in attaining the ultimate goal.

Annexure referred to in reply of Part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 389 due for reply on 19.07.2018

| S.No.   | State             | District          | Nos. of Habitations   | Total PWS Habitations   | Total PWS Habitations   |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| S.No.   | State             | District          | Nos. of Habitations   | Nos.                    | %                       |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | Kadapa(11)        | 4451                  | 3708                    | 83.31                   |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh    | Visakhapatnam(03) | 5601                  | 3488                    | 62.27                   |
| 3       | Andhra Pradesh    | Vizianagaram(02)  | 2949                  | 2092                    | 70.94                   |
| 4       | Arunachal Pradesh | Namsai            | 198                   | 131                     | 66.16                   |
| 5       | Assam             | Baksha            | 3241                  | 909                     | 28.05                   |
| 6       | Assam             | Barpeta           | 3389                  | 792                     | 23.37                   |
| 7       | Assam             | Darrang           | 2393                  | 872                     | 36.44                   |
| 8       | Assam             | Dhubri            | 3578                  | 523                     | 14.62                   |
| 9       | Assam             | Goalpara          | 2769                  | 750                     | 27.09                   |
| 10      | Assam             | Hailakandi        | 1701                  | 1077                    | 63.32                   |
| 11      | Assam             | Udalguri          | 2420                  | 417                     | 17.23                   |
| 12      | Bihar             | Araria            | 2493                  | 242                     | 9.71                    |
| 13      | Bihar             | Aurangabad        | 3498                  | 80                      | 2.29                    |
| 14      | Bihar             | Banka             | 3179                  | 568                     | 17.87                   |
| 15      | Bihar             | Begusarai         | 3323                  | 314                     | 9.45                    |
| 16      | Bihar             | Gaya              | 5734                  | 309                     | 5.39                    |
| 17      | Bihar             | Jamui             | 3781                  | 48                      | 1.27                    |
| 18      | Bihar             | Katihar           | 1912                  | 147                     | 7.69                    |
| 19      | Bihar             | Khagaria          | 1043                  | 111                     | 10.64                   |
| 20      | Bihar             | Muzaffarpur       | 2991                  | 85                      | 2.84                    |
| 21      | Bihar             | Nawada            | 2392                  | 205                     | 8.57                    |
| 22      | Bihar             | Purnia            | 4772                  | 154                     | 3.23                    |
| 23      | Bihar             | Sheikhpura        | 318                   | 17                      | 5.35                    |
| 24      | Bihar             | Sitamarhi         | 2283                  | 97                      | 4.25                    |
| 25      | Chhattisgarh      | Bastar            | 5075                  | 1116                    | 21.99                   |
| 26      | Chhattisgarh      | Bijapur           | 3860                  | 179                     | 4.64                    |
| 27      | Chhattisgarh      | Dantewada         | 2383                  | 287                     | 12.04                   |
| 28      | Chhattisgarh      | Kanker            | 4292                  | 667                     | 15.54                   |
| 29      | Chhattisgarh      | Kondagaon         | 4072                  | 1029                    | 25.27                   |
| 30      | Chhattisgarh      | Korba             | 2582                  | 175                     | 6.78                    |
| 31      | Chhattisgarh      | Mahasamund        | 2528                  | 884                     | 34.97                   |
| 32      | Chhattisgarh      | Narayanpur        | 1148                  | 204                     | 17.77                   |
| 33      | Chhattisgarh      | Rajnandagon       | 3437                  | 573                     | 16.67                   |
| 34      | Chhattisgarh      | Sukma             | 1875                  | 196                     | 10.45                   |
| 35      | Gujarat           | Dohad             | 3165                  | 2336                    | 73.81                   |
| 36      | Gujarat           | Narmada           | 716                   | 685                     | 95.67                   |
| 37      | Haryana           | Mewat             | 483                   | 483                     | 100                     |

|   38 | Himachal Pradesh      | Chamba           |   7861 |   7784 |   99.02 |
|------|-----------------------|------------------|--------|--------|---------|
|   39 | Jammu &Kashmir Jammu& | Baramulla        |   1172 |    736 |   62.8  |
|   40 | Kashmir               | Kupwara          |   1050 |    733 |   69.81 |
|   41 | Jharkhand             | Bokaro           |   4109 |    894 |   21.76 |
|   42 | Jharkhand             | Chatra           |   7742 |    490 |    6.33 |
|   43 | Jharkhand             | Dumka            |   7477 |   1240 |   16.58 |
|   44 | Jharkhand             | Garhwa           |   4255 |    539 |   12.67 |
|   45 | Jharkhand             | Giridih          |   4701 |    495 |   10.53 |
|   46 | Jharkhand             | Godda            |   5797 |    507 |    8.75 |
|   47 | Jharkhand             | Gumla            |   4521 |    416 |    9.2  |
|   48 | Jharkhand             | Hazaribag        |   4896 |    533 |   10.89 |
|   49 | Jharkhand             | Khuti            |   3069 |    376 |   12.25 |
|   50 | Jharkhand             | Latehar          |   4396 |    231 |    5.25 |
|   51 | Jharkhand             | Lohardaga        |   1646 |    311 |   18.89 |
|   52 | Jharkhand             | Pakur            |   3642 |    210 |    5.77 |
|   53 | Jharkhand             | Palamu           |   6861 |    583 |    8.5  |
|   54 | Jharkhand             | PaschimSinghbhum |   8849 |   2932 |   33.13 |
|   55 | Jharkhand             | PurbiSinghbhum   |   6680 |    569 |    8.52 |
|   56 | Jharkhand             | Ramgarh          |   1766 |    488 |   27.63 |
|   57 | Jharkhand             | Ranchi           |   6692 |    785 |   11.73 |
|   58 | Jharkhand             | Sahibganj        |   2903 |    510 |   17.57 |
|   59 | Jharkhand             | Simdega          |   6185 |    256 |    4.14 |
|   60 | Karnataka             | Raichur          |   1461 |   1340 |   91.72 |
|   61 | Karnataka             | Yadgir           |    745 |    738 |   99.06 |
|   62 | Kerala                | Wayanad          |    461 |    426 |   92.41 |
|   63 | Madhya Pradesh        | Barwani          |   5552 |    306 |    5.51 |
|   64 | Madhya Pradesh        | Chhatarpur       |   1976 |    386 |   19.53 |
|   65 | Madhya Pradesh        | Damoh            |   1498 |    414 |   27.64 |
|   66 | Madhya Pradesh        | Guna             |   2574 |    247 |    9.6  |
|   67 | Madhya Pradesh        | Khandwa          |   1072 |    302 |   28.17 |
|   68 | Madhya Pradesh        | Rajgarh          |   2421 |    351 |   14.5  |
|   69 | Madhya Pradesh        | Singrouli        |   3542 |    251 |    7.09 |
|   70 | Madhya Pradesh        | Vidisha          |   2082 |    334 |   16.04 |
|   71 | Maharashtra           | Gadchiroli       |   2054 |    311 |   15.14 |
|   72 | Maharashtra           | Nandurbar        |   2945 |    651 |   22.11 |
|   73 | Maharashtra           | Osmanabad        |   1169 |    863 |   73.82 |
|   74 | Maharashtra           | Washim           |    689 |    516 |   74.89 |
|   75 | Manipur               | Chandel          |    285 |    261 |   91.58 |
|   76 | Meghalaya             | RiBhoi           |   1227 |    916 |   74.65 |
|   77 | Mizoram               | Mamit            |     88 |     81 |   92.05 |

| 78    | Nagaland      | Kiphire                    |     98 |    82 |   83.67 |
|-------|---------------|----------------------------|--------|-------|---------|
| 79    | Odisha        | Balangir                   |   3167 |  1015 |   32.05 |
| 80    | Odisha        | Dhenkanal                  |   3586 |   466 |   12.99 |
| 81    | Odisha        | Gajapati                   |   3576 |   700 |   19.57 |
| 82    | Odisha        | Kalahandi                  |   4307 |  1161 |   26.96 |
| 83    | Odisha        | Kandhamal                  |   8138 |  1303 |   16.01 |
| 84    | Odisha        | Koraput                    |   4704 |  1161 |   24.68 |
| 85    | Odisha        | Malkangiri                 |   2546 |   729 |   28.63 |
| 86    | Odisha        | Nabarangapur               |   3269 |   539 |   16.49 |
| 87    | Odisha        | Nuapada                    |   2762 |   569 |   20.6  |
| 88    | Odisha        | Rayagada                   |   4643 |   960 |   20.68 |
| 89    | Punjab        | Firozepur                  |    941 |   684 |   72.69 |
| 90    | Punjab        | Moga                       |    411 |   350 |   85.16 |
| 91    | Rajasthan     | Baran                      |   1364 |    93 |    6.82 |
| 92    | Rajasthan     | Dhaulpur                   |   1806 |   295 |   16.33 |
| 93    | Rajasthan     | Jaisalmer                  |   3840 |  1107 |   28.83 |
| 94    | Rajasthan     | Karauli                    |   2596 |   882 |   33.98 |
| 95    | Rajasthan     | Sirohi                     |    991 |   222 |   22.4  |
| 96    | Sikkim        | West                       |    595 |   592 |   99.5  |
| 97    | Tamil Nadu    | Ramanathapuram             |   2519 |  2478 |   98.37 |
| 98    | Tamil Nadu    | Virudhunagar               |   1924 |  1856 |   96.47 |
| 99    | Telangana     | JayashankarBhupalpalli(05) |    909 |   811 |   89.22 |
| 100   | Telangana     | Khammam(22)                |    932 |   860 |   92.27 |
| 101   | Telangana     | KomaramBheemAsifabad(10)   |   1111 |   872 |   78.49 |
| 102   | Tripura       | Dhalai                     |   1093 |   767 |   70.17 |
| 103   | Uttar Pradesh | Bahraich                   |   8762 |   196 |    2.24 |
| 104   | Uttar Pradesh | Balrampur                  |   4121 |    64 |    1.55 |
| 105   | Uttar Pradesh | Chandauli                  |   2756 |   142 |    5.15 |
| 106   | Uttar Pradesh | Chitrakoot                 |   2159 |    59 |    2.73 |
| 107   | Uttar Pradesh | Fatehpur                   |   3072 |   133 |    4.33 |
| 108   | Uttar Pradesh | Shravasti                  |   2604 |    58 |    2.23 |
| 109   | Uttar Pradesh | Siddharth Nagar            |   4153 |   850 |   20.47 |
| 110   | Uttar Pradesh | Sonbhadra                  |   2334 |   226 |    9.68 |
| 111   | Uttarakhand   | Hardwar                    |    615 |   101 |   16.42 |
| 112   | Uttarakhand   | Udham Singh Nagar          |   1046 |    76 |    7.27 |
| 113   | West Bengal   | Birbhum                    |   4331 |   556 |   12.84 |
| 114   | West Bengal   | DakshinDinajpur            |   4788 |   987 |   20.61 |
| 115   | West Bengal   | Maldah                     |   7786 |  2317 |   29.76 |
| 116   | West Bengal   | Murshidabad                |   3105 |  1356 |   43.67 |
| 117   | West Bengal   | Nadia                      |   3944 |  3249 |   82.38 |
| Total | Total         | Total                      | 361540 | 87186 |   24.12 |