Lok Sabha Question No. 855 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-17
Subject: Piped Potable Water to Rural Households
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shrirang Appa Barne, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Bidyut Baran Mahato

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 855 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.09.2020

## PIPED POTABLE WATER TO RURAL HOUSEHOLDS

855. SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK: SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the  Government proposes to provide piped potable water to every rural household by 2024 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether any problems are being faced in the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the budgetary allocation for the Mission, State-wise;
- (d)  the  number  of  households  in  Maharashtra  that  have  received  piped  potable  water  under  the Mission; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to complete the work in time bound manner?

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

(a)To enable every rural household in 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, in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) with an estimated outlay of Rs. 3.60 lakh Crore.

- (b)  COVID-19  pandemic  has  affected  the  pace  of  implementation  of  the  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  in States/ UTs.
- (c) The details of State/ UT-wise central allocation under JJM for 2020-21 is annexed .
- (d) As reported by State of Maharashtra, out of 142.36 lakh rural households across the State, as on 14.09.2020, 64.21 lakh rural households are provided with tap water connection.
- (e) To complete the work in a time-bound manner followiong action has been taken:
- i.) Every State/ UT has been advised to  prepare 'State Action Plan', projecting  year-wise plan for providing tap connections.
- ii.) Govt.  of  India  holds  regular  review  meetings  with  all  States/  UTs  for  expediting  the implementation of the Mission.
- iii.) Central  financial  assistance,  to  all  eligible  States/  UTs,  is  being  provided  as  per  the operational guidelines for the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission.
- iv.) In consonance with 73rd Amendment of Constitution of India and to instill the sense of ownership  among  villagers,  Gram  Panchayat  or  its  sub-committee/  user  group  i.e. Village  Water  and  Sanitation  Committee  (VWSC),  Paani  Samiti,  etc.  are  to  plan, implement,  manage,  operate  and  maintain  in-village  water  supply  system.  Thus,  Jal Jeevan Mission is a demand-driven, decentralized, community-managed programme.

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 855 due for reply on 17.09.2020

Details of State/ UT-wise central allocation under JJM for 2020-21

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

|   S. No. | State/ UT         | 2020-21   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|
|        1 | A&NIslands        | 2.93      |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    | 790.48    |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 254.85    |
|        4 | Assam             | 1,408.51  |
|        5 | Bihar             | 1,839.16  |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh      | 445.52    |
|        7 | Goa               | 12.41     |
|        8 | Gujarat           | 883.08    |
|        9 | Haryana           | 289.52    |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh  | 326.2     |
|       11 | Jammu & Kashmir   | 681.77    |
|       12 | Jharkhand         | 572.24    |
|       13 | Karnataka         | 1,189.40  |
|       14 | Kerala            | 404.24    |
|       15 | Ladakh            | 352.09    |
|       16 | Madhya Pradesh    | 1,280.13  |
|       17 | Maharashtra       | 1,828.92  |
|       18 | Manipur           | 131.8     |
|       19 | Meghalaya         | 174.92    |
|       20 | Mizoram           | 79.3      |
|       21 | Nagaland          | 114.09    |
|       22 | Odisha            | 812.15    |
|       23 | Puducherry        | 4.64      |
|       24 | Punjab            | 362.79    |
|       25 | Rajasthan         | 2,522.03  |
|       26 | Sikkim            | 31.36     |
|       27 | Tamil Nadu        | 921.99    |
|       28 | Telangana         | 412.19    |
|       29 | Tripura           | 156.61    |
|       30 | Uttar Pradesh     | 2,550.94  |
|       31 | Uttarakhand       | 362.58    |
|       32 | West Bengal       | 1,614.18  |

Source: IMIS, DDWS