Lok Sabha Question No. 351 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: National Rural Drinking Water Programme
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Diya Kumari

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 351(11 th  Position) TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2019

## National Rural Drinking Water Programme

## *351. MS. DIYA KUMARI:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of implementation of the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) across the country, State/ UT-wise;
- (b) the fund sharing pattern between the Central and the State Governments for the implementation of the said programme; and
- (c) the steps taken/ being taken by the Government to provide safe drinking water under the programme to all households?

## ANSWER MINISTER FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) to (c) A Statement of reply is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 351 due for reply on 12.12.2019

(a)  Under erstwhile National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), now subsumed under  the  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  (JJM),  the  coverage  was  monitored  in  terms  of  habitations having provision of minimum 40 litre per capita per day (lpcd) of potable drinking water with sources at a reasonable distance. As reported by States/ UTs, as on 08.12.2019, 81.27% rural habitations having 76.61% population have provision of minimum 40 litre per capita per day (lpcd) of potable drinking water and 15.56% rural habitations having 19.69% population have service  level  of  less  than  40  lpcd  potable  water,  whereas  3.17%  rural  habitations  having 3.69%  population  with  water  sources  having  quality  issues.  State/  UT-wise  details  of coverage of rural habitations under NRDWP are annexed .

(b)  The  fund  sharing  pattern  between  Centre  and  States/  UTs  for  NRDWP,  a  centrally sponsored  programme,  was  100%  for  Union  Territories,  90:10  for  Himalayan  &  North Eastern  States  and  50:50  for  other  States.  Under  Support  and  Water  Quality  Monitoring System  (WQMS)  activities  the  funding  pattern  is  100%  for  Union  Territories,  90:10  for Himalayan & North Eastern States and 60:40 for other States.

(c)  Government of India (GoI) supplements the effort of States/ UTs for providing potable water in rural areas by providing financial and technical assistance. A number of steps have been taken by GoI inter alia which includes:

- i.) In  last  five  years  for  this  purpose,  an  amount  of ₹ 31,569.77 Crore  has  been  made available to States;
- ii.) Since  2014,  to  improve  piped  water  supply  in  low  income  States  viz.  Assam,  Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, with the assistance of World Bank, this Department has been  implementing  Rural  Water  Supply  and  Sanitation  Project-Low  Income  States (RWSSP-LIS). An amount of ₹ 1,185.23 Crore has been released to these States so far for this project;
- iii.) In 2016,  for installation of community water purification plants & commissioning of PWS schemes in Arsenic/ Fluoride affected States, an amount of ₹1,000 Crore has been released;
- iv.) In 2017, to give focussed attention to provide safe drinking water to 27,544 identified Arsenic  and  Fluoride  affected  rural  habitations,  National  Water  Quality  Sub-Mission (NWQSM) was launched and so far an amount of Rs. 3,690.34 Crore has been released;
- v.) For Japanese Encephalitis/ Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (JE/ AES) affected 60 priority districts of the States of Assam, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. As part of the NRDWP (now JJM) an amount of ₹406.8 Crore has been released in the last five years;
- vi.) In Feb, 2018, for implementation in all the Aspirational districts in 28 States, Swajal, a community-driven, single village, solar powered, mini-piped water supply scheme was launched and fund has been made available through Flexi-funds of NRDWP;
- vii.) During  the  current  year  2019-20,  Jal  Shakti  Abhiyan  (JSA),  a  time-bound,  missionmode  water  conservation  campaign  was  launched  which  aims  at  making  water conservation a 'Jan Andolan' through communication campaign;
- viii.) To  meet  the  domestic  needs  of  every  rural  household  in  future,  Jal  Jeevan  Mission (JJM)  has  been  launched  in  August,  2019  which  aims  at  providing  potable  water
- through Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) at service level of 55 litre per capita per day (lpcd) by 2024 with an outlay of Rs.3.60 lakh Crore, in partnerships with States. During current year, an amount of ₹4,525.53 Crore has been released.
- ix.) For decentralization of powers and in consonance with 73 rd amendment of Constitution of India, in-village infrastructure of water supply schemes under JJM will be planned, implemented,  operated  and  maintained  by  the  Gram  Panchayat  or  its  sub-committee/ users group i.e. Village Water & Sanitation Committee (VWSC) or Pani Samiti.
- x.) After the launch of JJM, a conference of Minister in-charge of rural water supply  of various States was held in New Delhi followed by five regional workshops to discuss various aspects of JJM and modalities of the implementation.

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 351 due for reply on 12.12.2019

## State/ UT-wise details of coverage of rural habitations

As on 09.12.2019

| S. No.   | State                             | Total No rural of habitations   | No. of rural habitations provided with 40 lpcd or more of potable water   | No. of rural habitations provided with less than 40 lpcd of potable water   | No. of rural habitations having water sources with quality issues   |
|----------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands          | 400                             | 324                                                                       | 76                                                                          | 0                                                                   |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh                    | 48,663                          | 34,578                                                                    | 13,805                                                                      | 280                                                                 |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh                 | 7,525                           | 3,303                                                                     | 4,195                                                                       | 27                                                                  |
| 4.       | Assam                             | 88,076                          | 55,767                                                                    | 23,663                                                                      | 8,646                                                               |
| 5.       | Bihar                             | 1,10,218                        | 70,988                                                                    | 35,422                                                                      | 3,808                                                               |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh                      | 74,753                          | 72,792                                                                    | 1,455                                                                       | 506                                                                 |
| 7.       | Goa                               | 347                             | 345                                                                       | 2                                                                           | 0                                                                   |
| 8.       | Gujarat                           | 35,996                          | 35,996                                                                    | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                   |
| 9.       | Haryana                           | 7,655                           | 7,305                                                                     | 263                                                                         | 87                                                                  |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh                  | 54,469                          | 42,631                                                                    | 11,838                                                                      | 0                                                                   |
| 11.      | Jammu &Kashmir (including Ladakh) | 14,625                          | 8,750                                                                     | 5,864                                                                       | 11                                                                  |
| 12.      | Jharkhand                         | 1,20,591                        | 1,19,729                                                                  | 334                                                                         | 528                                                                 |
| 13.      | Karnataka                         | 59,774                          | 34,345                                                                    | 24,979                                                                      | 450                                                                 |
| 14.      | Kerala                            | 21,520                          | 6,165                                                                     | 15,031                                                                      | 324                                                                 |
| 15.      | Madhya Pradesh                    | 1,28,231                        | 1,28,080                                                                  | 2                                                                           | 149                                                                 |
| 16.      | Maharashtra                       | 99,641                          | 84,835                                                                    | 14,636                                                                      | 170                                                                 |
| 17.      | Manipur                           | 2,976                           | 2,050                                                                     | 926                                                                         | 0                                                                   |
| 18.      | Meghalaya                         | 10,470                          | 4,124                                                                     | 6,339                                                                       | 7                                                                   |
| 19.      | Mizoram                           | 720                             | 490                                                                       | 230                                                                         | 0                                                                   |
| 20.      | Nagaland                          | 1,450                           | 742                                                                       | 708                                                                         | 0                                                                   |
| 21.      | Odisha                            | 1,57,013                        | 1,54,477                                                                  | 127                                                                         | 2,409                                                               |
| 22.      | Puducherry                        | 266                             | 153                                                                       | 113                                                                         | 0                                                                   |
| 23.      | Punjab                            | 15,190                          | 10,485                                                                    | 1,500                                                                       | 3,205                                                               |
| 24.      | Rajasthan                         | 1,21,526 2,337                  | 62,783 861                                                                | 41,918                                                                      | 16,825                                                              |
| 25.      | Sikkim                            |                                 |                                                                           | 1,476                                                                       | 0                                                                   |
| 26.      | Tamil Nadu                        | 1,00,014                        | 96,876                                                                    | 3,138                                                                       | 0                                                                   |
| 27.      | Telangana                         | 24,597                          | 15,405                                                                    | 8,848                                                                       | 344                                                                 |
| 28.      | Tripura                           | 8,723                           | 5,020                                                                     | 1,326                                                                       | 2,377                                                               |
| 29.      | Uttar Pradesh                     | 2,60,018                        | 2,56,913                                                                  | 1,950                                                                       | 1,155                                                               |
| 30.      | Uttarakhand                       | 39,311                          | 23,202                                                                    | 16,100                                                                      | 9                                                                   |
| 31.      | West Bengal                       | 1,07,328                        | 61,905                                                                    | 32,100                                                                      | 13,323                                                              |
|          | Total                             | 17,24,423                       | 14,01,419                                                                 | 2,68,364                                                                    | 54,640                                                              |
|          |                                   | Percentage                      | 81.27                                                                     | 15.56                                                                       | 3.17                                                                |

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Source: IMIS, DDWS )