Lok Sabha Question No. 2029 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Availability of Potable Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Hemant Patil, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2029 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.09.2020

## AVAILABILITY OF POTABLE WATER

## 2029.  DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether the availability of potable water has been adversely affected due to the decline in ground water level in certain parts of the country including rural areas during the recent years;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof;
- (c)   the steps taken by the Union Government to provide financial and technical assistance to the State Governments for the purpose; and
- (d)  the details of the achievements made in this regard as a result of the same?

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

- (a)  &  (b)  As  reported  by  States/  UTs,  as  on  14.09.2020,  79.16%  rural  habitations  having 77.69% population have provision of more than 40 litre per capita per day (lpcd) of potable drinking water and 17.89% rural habitations having 19.34% population have service level of less  than  40  lpcd  potable  water,  whereas  3.15%  rural  habitations  having  2.97%  population with water sources having quality issues.
- (c) & (d) To enable every rural household in the country to have potable water supply through Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) by 2024, Government of India is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission - Har Ghar Jal in partnership with States with an estimated outlay  of  Rs.  3.60  lakh  crore,  out  of  which  Centre  share  is  Rs.  2.08  lakh  crore.  Based  on requirement, Government of India provides technical inputs to States/ UTs especially while approving the schemes by States.

Since start of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), State/ UT-wise fund released in 2019-20 and amount allocated  in  2020-21,  are annexed .  Fund  is  released  to  eligible  States/  UTs  regularly  in accordance to the prescribed criteria for release of funds.

As reported by States and UTs, about 5.47 crore rural households have tap water supply.

State/ UT-wise central release in 2019-20 and allocation in 2020-21 under JJM

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

|   S. No. | State/ UT         | Fund released in 2019-20   | Allocation in 2020-21   |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|        1 | A&NIslands        | 0.5                        | 2.93                    |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    | 372.64                     | 790.48                  |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 177.47                     | 254.85                  |
|        4 | Assam             | 442.36                     | 1,408.51                |
|        5 | Bihar             | 417.35                     | 1,839.16                |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh      | 65.82                      | 445.52                  |
|        7 | Goa               | 3.08                       | 12.41                   |
|        8 | Gujarat           | 390.31                     | 883.08                  |
|        9 | Haryana           | 149.95                     | 289.52                  |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh  | 205.83                     | 326.2                   |
|       11 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 322.03                     | 681.77                  |
|       12 | Jharkhand         | 291.19                     | 572.24                  |
|       13 | Karnataka         | 546.06                     | 1,189.40                |
|       14 | Kerala            | 101.29                     | 404.24                  |
|       15 | Ladakh            | 67.86                      | 352.09                  |
|       16 | Madhya Pradesh    | 571.6                      | 1,280.13                |
|       17 | Maharashtra       | 345.28                     | 1,828.92                |
|       18 | Manipur           | 91.17                      | 131.8                   |
|       19 | Meghalaya         | 43.01                      | 174.92                  |
|       20 | Mizoram           | 68.05                      | 79.3                    |
|       21 | Nagaland          | 56.49                      | 114.09                  |
|       22 | Odisha            | 364.74                     | 812.15                  |
|       23 | Puducherry        | ND                         | 4.64                    |
|       24 | Punjab            | 227.46                     | 362.79                  |
|       25 | Rajasthan         | 1,301.71                   | 2,522.03                |
|       26 | Sikkim            | 26.15                      | 31.36                   |
|       27 | Tamil Nadu        | 373.1                      | 921.99                  |
|       28 | Telangana         | 105.52                     | 412.19                  |
|       29 | Tripura           | 145.37                     | 156.61                  |
|       30 | Uttar Pradesh     | 1,513.14                   | 2,550.94                |
|       31 | Uttarakhand       | 170.53                     | 362.58                  |
|       32 | West Bengal       | 994.75                     | 1,614.18                |

Source:IMIS,DDWS

ND: Not Drawn