Lok Sabha Question No. 855 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Scarcity of Drinking Water in Villages
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: K.R.P. PRABAKARAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 855 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2019

## Scarcity of Drinking Water in Villages

## 855. SHRI K.R.P.PRABAKARAN:

- Will the Minister of DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION be pleased to state: (a) whether  many  villages  are  still  not  having  quality  drinking  water  across  the country; (b) if so, the details of affected villages across the country and the steps being taken by the Ministry; (c) the funds allocated in this regard during last three years and the current year; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

- (a) & (b) State-wise number of quality affected habitations as reported by the States in Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry as on 05.02.2019 is at Annexure.
- (c) & (d) Rural Drinking water supply is a State subject. For improving the coverage of safe drinking water to rural population, this Ministry supplements the efforts of the States  by  providing  them  with  technical  and  financial  assistance  through  the centrally sponsored scheme; National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP). It is the State Governments who plan, design, approve, execute, operate & maintain the  schemes  for  providing  safe  drinking  water  to  rural  population. The  funds provided  to  the  States  under  NRDWP  can  be  utilized  for  providing  safe  drinking water to water quality affected areas on priority.

The funds allocated during the last three years and current year under NRDWP is as under:

| Financial Year   |   Funds allocated under NRDWP (Amount in Rs. Crore) |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 2015-16          |                                                4373 |
| 2016-17          |                                                6000 |
| 2017-18          |                                                7050 |
| 2018-19          |                                                7000 |

Note: Fund allocated to this Ministry under NRDWP has been revised to Rs. 5500 Crore at Revised Estimate Stage.

To  deal  with  arsenic  and  fluoride  contamination,  with  the  recommendation  of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog), Government of India had released  Rs.  1,000  crore  in  March  2016  for  commissioning  of  Community  Water Purification  Plants  (CWPPs)  and  last  mile  connectivity  of  piped  water  supply schemes.

In addition, the Ministry had launched National Water Quality Sub-Mission (NWQSM) under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) on 22.03.17 to provide safe drinking water to 27,544 arsenic / fluoride affected rural habitations in a span of 4 years, subject to availability of funds.

The  funds  provided  to  states  under  NWQSM  (which  is  part  of  overall  NRDWP) during the last two year and current year is as under:

| Financial Year            |   Funds provided to States (Amount in Rs. Crore) |
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 2016-17                   |                                           814.13 |
| 2017-18                   |                                          2011.55 |
| 2018-19 (till 05.02.2019) |                                           864.66 |
| Total                     |                                          3690.34 |

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## Annexure: referred to in the reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 855 due for reply on 07/02/2019

## State-wise number of quality affected habitations as reported by the States in Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) of the Ministry as on 05.02.2019

| S.    |                   | Contamination Wise Numberof affected Habitations   | Contamination Wise Numberof affected Habitations   | Contamination Wise Numberof affected Habitations   | Contamination Wise Numberof affected Habitations   | Contamination Wise Numberof affected Habitations   | Contamination Wise Numberof affected Habitations   | Contamination Wise Numberof affected Habitations   |
|-------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| No.   | State             | Fluori de                                          | Arsenic                                            | Iron                                               | Salinity                                           | Nitrate                                            | Heavy Metal                                        | Total                                              |
| 1     | Andaman &Nicobar  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh    | 317                                                | 0                                                  | 1                                                  | 41                                                 | 4                                                  | 0                                                  | 363                                                |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 28                                                 | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 28                                                 |
| 4     | Assam             | 260                                                | 4302                                               | 5227                                               | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 7                                                  | 9796                                               |
| 5     | Bihar             | 781                                                | 815                                                | 2320                                               | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 3916                                               |
| 6     | Chhattisgarh      | 282                                                | 0                                                  | 227                                                | 0                                                  | 4                                                  | 0                                                  | 513                                                |
| 7     | Goa               | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 8     | Gujarat           | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 9     | Haryana           | 103                                                | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 103                                                |
| 10    | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 11    | Jammu &Kashmir    | 4                                                  | 0                                                  | 7                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 11                                                 |
| 12    | Jharkhand         | 198                                                | 19                                                 | 323                                                | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 540                                                |
| 13    | Karnataka         | 365                                                | 3                                                  | 37                                                 | 24                                                 | 189                                                | 1                                                  | 619                                                |
| 14    | Kerala            | 32                                                 | 0                                                  | 182                                                | 81                                                 | 32                                                 | 0                                                  | 327                                                |
| 15    | Madhya Pradesh    | 138                                                | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 10                                                 | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 148                                                |
| 16    | Maharashtra       | 63                                                 | 0                                                  | 16                                                 | 43                                                 | 71                                                 | 0                                                  | 193                                                |
| 17    | Manipur           | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 18    | Meghalaya         | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 7                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 7                                                  |
| 19    | Mizoram           | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 20    | Nagaland          | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 4                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 4                                                  |
| 21    | Odisha            | 97                                                 | 0                                                  | 2158                                               | 237                                                | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 2492                                               |
| 22    | Puducherry        | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 23    | Punjab            | 298                                                | 652                                                | 231                                                | 14                                                 | 113                                                | 1836                                               | 3144                                               |
| 24    | Rajasthan         | 5143                                               | 0                                                  | 5                                                  | 12342                                              | 944                                                | 0                                                  | 18434                                              |
| 25    | Sikkim            | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  |
| 26    | Tamil Nadu        | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 1                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 1                                                  |
| 27    | Telangana         | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 36                                                 | 179                                                | 135                                                | 0                                                  | 350                                                |
| 28    | Tripura           | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 2410                                               | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 2410                                               |
| 29    | Uttar Pradesh     | 161                                                | 715                                                | 361                                                | 80                                                 | 10                                                 | 0                                                  | 1327                                               |
| 30    | Uttarakhand       | 0                                                  | 0                                                  | 12                                                 | 0                                                  | 3                                                  | 0                                                  | 15                                                 |
| 31    | West Bengal       | 1263                                               | 9250                                               | 5307                                               | 429                                                | 0                                                  | 262                                                | 16511                                              |
| Total | Total             | 9505                                               | 15756                                              | 18900                                              | 13480                                              | 1505                                               | 2106                                               | 61252                                              |