Lok Sabha Question No. 1384 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-26
Subject: Households Lacking Toilet Facility
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, B.N. CHANDRAPPA, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

## Government of India

## Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1384 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26-07-2018

## Households Lacking Toilet Facility

1384. SHRI D.K. SURESH: SHRI B.N. CHANDRAPPA:

SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

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

- (a) whether the Union Government has conducted any survey to find out the number of rural households lacking toilet facility till date and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  various  steps  to  construct  toilets  in  all  the  rural households in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has set any target to achieve the said goal and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) if not, the steps being taken by the Government to achieve its target to construct toilet in all rural households in the country; and
- (e) the details of the funds earmarked and spent for the said purpose till date?

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## ANSWER (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

- (a)  To  assess  the  status  of  sanitation  coverage  in  rural  areas  of  the  country,  Ministry  of Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation  had  conducted  a  Baseline  Survey  in  2012-13  through  the States/UTs. As per the Survey, 10,10,90,953 rural households were not having toilets.   Out of these,till 23.7.2018, 8,08,42,133 individual household latrines (IHHLs)have been constructed and 2,02,48,820 households are still not having toilets.

(b)&(c)Government  had  launched  the  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  (Gramin)  [SBM(G)]  with effect  from  2 nd October,  2014  with  the  aim  to  achieve  universal  sanitation  coverage  by 2 nd October,  2019  by  providing  access  to  toilet  facilities  to  all  rural  households  in  the country.Under SBM(G), to encourage construction and use of toilets, financial incentive of Rs.12,000 [in the ratio of 60:40 between the Centre and States(90:10 in case of North-Eastern and special category States)]  is provided to the  Below Poverty  Line (BPL) households and certain identified categories of Above Poverty Line (APL) households. The programmeemphasises on behaviour change among people through community approach to sanitation in order to ensure construction and usage of toilets. The programme also focuses on  Information,  Education  and  Communication  (IEC), interpersonal  communication  (IPC), and capacity building activities.

- (d) Does not arise.
- (e) The details of funds allocated and spent under the programme are as under:

(Amount in Rs. crore)

| Year    | Funds allocated   | Funds spent   |
|---------|-------------------|---------------|
| 2014-15 | 2850.00           | 2849.95       |
| 2015-16 | 6525.00           | 6524.52       |
| 2016-17 | 10513.94          | 10509.03      |
| 2017-18 | 16950.43          | 16941.96      |
| 2018-19 | 15343.10          | 7515.00       |
| Total   | 52,182.47         | 44,340.46     |