Lok Sabha Question No. 2576 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: Drinking and Sanitation Facilities in Schools
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: RAMESH BIDHURI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2576 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2018

## Drinking and Sanitation Facilities in Schools

## †2576. SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:

Will the Minister of DRINKINGWATER AND SANITATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  set  any  target  to  provide  drinking  water  and sanitation facilities in all schools of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise;
- (c) the total number of schools in the country along with the number of schools out of there lacking the facilities of drinking water and sanitation, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the funds earmarked for providing the said facilities therein; and
- (e) the other stringent steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a)to(c)&(e)The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, inter alia clearly states that every recognized school should have separate toilets for boys and girls. As  per the information received from Ministry  of  Human  Resource Development, all States were requested to issue necessary directions and ensure that all the schools,  including  those  under  the  non-Government  sector  (private,  aided  schools  etc.) comply with these provisions of  the  RTE  Act.      All  the  States  have  been  reminded  on several occasions to maintain the toilets and keep them functional, neat and clean and also fill the gaps, if any, and ensure availability and functionality of toilets in all the schools. Under the SamagraShiksha scheme effective from 1st April, 2018 assistance is provided to States for strengthening of existing government schools, and for creation and augmentation of infrastructure facilities including toilets based on the gap determined by Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) and proposals received from respective State/UT.  The scheme also provides for an annual recurring school composite grant varying from Rs. 25,000/- to Rs. 1,00,000/- per annum depending upon the number of students, for all government schools. Each school is required to spend at least 10% of the  composite  school  grant  on  activities  including  maintenance  of  toilets  related  to Swachhata Action Plan. The scheme also provides for annual maintenance and repair of existing  school building,  toilets  and  other  facilities  to  upkeep  the  infrastructure  in  good condition.

As per UDISE, 2016-17 (Provisional), Total  Government schools was 1101371, Government schools, without girls' toilet was 20,977 (1.93%) and without boys' toilet was 28,713 (2.67%). State/UT-wise details are given at Annexure-1 .

The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation provides technical and financial assistance to States under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP)  for supplementing  their  efforts  in  providing  drinking  water  supply  in  rural  areas  including schools. The assistance under the programme includes provision of drinking water supply in  schools  which  were  constructed  prior  to  2007.  For  schools  constructed  post  2007, facility  specific  to  school  is  funded   through Ministry  of  HRD  under  SSA.    States  have been    advised  to  provide  facilities  to  the  vicinity  of  school  premises  while  planning/ executing NRDWP water supply schemes.

(d)  As  per  the  information  received  from  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development, under the erstwhile schemes of SarvaShikshaAbhiyan (SSA) and RashtriyaMadhyamikShikshaAbhiyan (RMSA) till 2017-18 and under SamagraShiksha in 2018-19, approved  outlay/estimate for  toilets  in  government  elementary  and  secondary schools respectively, across the country during the past three years and current year are as under:

(Rs. in crore)

| Year     |    SSA |   RMSA |
|----------|--------|--------|
| 2015-16  | 391.16 |   5.48 |
| 2016-17  | 318.12 |  34.64 |
| 2017-18  | 211.63 |   6.02 |
| 2018-19* | 117.14 |   9.07 |

Annexure-I Statement referred to in reply to part (c) of the LokSabha Un-starred Q.No-2576 due for reply on 27-12-18

| Statement showing State/UT-wise details of Total Government schools and schools without boys' and girls' toilets   | Statement showing State/UT-wise details of Total Government schools and schools without boys' and girls' toilets   | Statement showing State/UT-wise details of Total Government schools and schools without boys' and girls' toilets   | Statement showing State/UT-wise details of Total Government schools and schools without boys' and girls' toilets   | Statement showing State/UT-wise details of Total Government schools and schools without boys' and girls' toilets   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                                            | State/UT                                                                                                           | Total Schools                                                                                                      | No. of schools without Girls' toilet                                                                               | No. of schools without Boys' Toilet                                                                                |
| 1                                                                                                                  | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                                                                                           | 344                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 2                                                                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                     | 44700                                                                                                              | 123                                                                                                                | 165                                                                                                                |
| 3                                                                                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                  | 3459                                                                                                               | 152                                                                                                                | 174                                                                                                                |
| 4                                                                                                                  | Assam                                                                                                              | 53042                                                                                                              | 1461                                                                                                               | 3329                                                                                                               |
| 5                                                                                                                  | Bihar                                                                                                              | 74908                                                                                                              | 7915                                                                                                               | 8989                                                                                                               |
| 6                                                                                                                  | Chandigarh                                                                                                         | 116                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 7                                                                                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                       | 47216                                                                                                              | 287                                                                                                                | 299                                                                                                                |
| 8                                                                                                                  | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                                                                | 301                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 9                                                                                                                  | Daman& Diu                                                                                                         | 119                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 10                                                                                                                 | Delhi                                                                                                              | 2791                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 11                                                                                                                 | Goa                                                                                                                | 873                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 12                                                                                                                 | Gujarat                                                                                                            | 35122                                                                                                              | 18                                                                                                                 | 42                                                                                                                 |
| 13                                                                                                                 | Haryana                                                                                                            | 14483                                                                                                              | 100                                                                                                                | 167                                                                                                                |
| 14                                                                                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                   | 15489                                                                                                              | 3                                                                                                                  | 4                                                                                                                  |
| 15                                                                                                                 | Jammu And Kashmir                                                                                                  | 23855                                                                                                              | 867                                                                                                                | 1301                                                                                                               |
| 16                                                                                                                 | Jharkhand                                                                                                          | 40014                                                                                                              | 271                                                                                                                | 285                                                                                                                |
| 17                                                                                                                 | Karnataka                                                                                                          | 49883                                                                                                              | 731                                                                                                                | 1427                                                                                                               |
| 18                                                                                                                 | Kerala                                                                                                             | 5073                                                                                                               | 26                                                                                                                 | 60                                                                                                                 |
| 19                                                                                                                 | Lakshadweep                                                                                                        | 45                                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 20                                                                                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                     | 122880                                                                                                             | 4672                                                                                                               | 5735                                                                                                               |
| 21                                                                                                                 | Maharashtra                                                                                                        | 67154                                                                                                              | 955                                                                                                                | 1441                                                                                                               |
| 22                                                                                                                 | Manipur                                                                                                            | 3323                                                                                                               | 17                                                                                                                 | 12                                                                                                                 |
| 23                                                                                                                 | Meghalaya                                                                                                          | 7793                                                                                                               | 407                                                                                                                | 173                                                                                                                |
| 24                                                                                                                 | Mizoram                                                                                                            | 2595                                                                                                               | 25                                                                                                                 | 37                                                                                                                 |
| 25                                                                                                                 | Nagaland                                                                                                           | 2097                                                                                                               | 54                                                                                                                 | 7                                                                                                                  |
| 26                                                                                                                 | Odisha                                                                                                             | 58052                                                                                                              | 423                                                                                                                | 1423                                                                                                               |
| 27                                                                                                                 | Puducherry                                                                                                         | 424                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 28                                                                                                                 | Punjab                                                                                                             | 20568                                                                                                              | 43                                                                                                                 | 117                                                                                                                |
| 29                                                                                                                 | Rajasthan                                                                                                          | 68039                                                                                                              | 558                                                                                                                | 596                                                                                                                |
| 30                                                                                                                 | Sikkim                                                                                                             | 874                                                                                                                | 4                                                                                                                  | 4                                                                                                                  |
| 31                                                                                                                 | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                         | 38307                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 32                                                                                                                 | Telangana                                                                                                          | 29427                                                                                                              | 586                                                                                                                | 1378                                                                                                               |
| 33                                                                                                                 | Tripura                                                                                                            | 4320                                                                                                               | 1                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                  |
| 34                                                                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                      | 162927                                                                                                             | 534                                                                                                                | 623                                                                                                                |
| 35                                                                                                                 | Uttarakhand                                                                                                        | 17753                                                                                                              | 655                                                                                                                | 566                                                                                                                |
| 36                                                                                                                 | West Bengal                                                                                                        | 83005                                                                                                              | 89                                                                                                                 | 359                                                                                                                |
|                                                                                                                    | All India                                                                                                          | 1101371                                                                                                            | 20977                                                                                                              | 28713                                                                                                              |

Source: UDISE 2016-17 (Provisional)