Lok Sabha Question No. 901 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Bottled Drinking Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand, Su Thirunavukkarasar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 901 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2020

## Bottled Drinking Water

901. SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND: SHRI THIRUNAVUKKARASAR SU:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has taken any steps to curb the menace of bottled drinking water and to stop depletion of ground water;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the decision taken by the Government in this regard;

(c)  the  list  of  projects  funded  by  the  Government  for  the State/UTs  to  increase  the  per capita availability of clean drinking water and the expenditure incurred by the respective States/UTs in this regard;

(d) the present per capita availability of clean drinking water in India, State/UT-wise;

(e) whether it is a fact that the per capita availability of clean drinking water is much lower than the levels fixed by UN and WHO; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a)  &  (b)  Water  supply  is  a  State  subject and  the  power  to  regulate  the  same  vests  with respective State  governments. As per existing guidelines, Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) does not  grant  'no objection  certificate'  (NOC)  for  new  packaged  drinking  water units based on ground water in over-exploited areas. Further, CGWA permits ground water extraction to such industries in semi-critical, critical and safe areas with certain mandatory conditions for ground water recharge.

(c) States plan and utilize their own resources on water management inter alia which includes  on  water  supply  projects.  This  Department  does  not  maintain  information  on overall expenditure by States on water supply. However, to enable every rural household across the country to have potable water at service level of 55 litre per capita per day (lpcd) through  Functional  Household  Tap  Connection  (FHTC)  by  2024,  Government  of  India  has launched Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), with an outlay of ₹ 3.60 lakh Crore with Central share of Rs.  2.08  lakh  Crore.  Details  of  State-wise  allocation  and  amount  released  to  States/  UTs during 2019-20, are annexed.

(d) As  reported  by  States/  UTs,  as  on  04.02.2020,  81.57%  rural  habitations  having 77.20% population have provision of minimum 40 litre per capita per day (lpcd) of potable drinking water and 15.42% rural habitations having 19.42% population have service level of less than 40 lpcd potable water, whereas 3.01% rural habitations having 3.38% population have water sources with quality issues. (e) & (f) As per the WHO, the per capita requirement of clean water ranges from 30-50 lpcd for drinking, cooking, personal washing, washing clothes and cleaning home. Under JJM, the minimum service delivery has been fixed as 55 lpcd and States may enhance the same to higher level.

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 901 due for reply on 06.02.2020

## State wise details of Central Allocation and amount released under Jal Jeevan Mission to States/ UTs as on 04.02.2020

(Amount Rs. in Crore)

| S. No.   | States/ UTs       | Allocation   | Amount released   |
|----------|-------------------|--------------|-------------------|
| 1.       | A&N Islands       | 1.78         | 0.5               |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh    | 372.64       | 151.73            |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh | 132.55       | 132.55            |
| 4.       | Assam             | 794.95       | 339.33            |
| 5.       | Bihar             | 887.31       | 326.25            |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh      | 208.04       | 65.82             |
| 7.       | Goa               | 7.57         | 3.08              |
| 8.       | Gujarat           | 390.31       | 390.31            |
| 9.       | Haryana           | 149.95       | 149.95            |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 148.67       | 148.67            |
| 11.      | Jammu& Kashmir    | 322.03       | 131.12            |
| 12.      | Jharkhand         | 367.69       | 128.26            |
| 13.      | Karnataka         | 546.06       | 546.06            |
| 14.      | Kerala            | 248.76       | 101.29            |
| 15.      | Laddakh           | 166.65       | 67.86 #           |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 571.6        | 571.6             |
| 17.      | Maharashtra       | 847.97       | 345.28            |
| 18.      | Manipur           | 67.69        | 28.2              |
| 19.      | Meghalaya         | 86.02        | 35.84             |
| 20.      | Mizoram           | 39.87        | 39.87             |
| 21.      | Nagaland          | 56.49        | 23.54             |
| 22.      | Odisha            | 364.74       | 148.51            |
| 23.      | Puducherry        | 2.5          | 0                 |
| 24.      | Punjab            | 227.46       | 92.62             |
| 25.      | Rajasthan         | 1,051.71     | 678.24            |
| 26.      | Sikkim            | 15.41        | 15.41             |
| 27.      | Tamil Nadu        | 373.87       | 151.45            |
| 28.      | Telangana         | 259.14       | 105.52            |
| 29.      | Tripura           | 107.64       | 44.86             |
| 30.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 1,606.28     | 1476.61*          |
| 31.      | Uttarakhand       | 170.53       | 69.43             |
| 32.      | West Bengal       | 995.33       | 404.69            |
| Total    | Total             | 6,914.45     | 6,914.45          |