Lok Sabha Question No. 788 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-17
Subject: Drinking Water Scarcity
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Pinaki Misra

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 788 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.09.2020

## DRINKING WATER SCARCITY

## 788. SHRI PINAKI MISHRA:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of urban and rural districts with drinking water scarcity, State/UT-wise including Odisha;
- (b) the details of central financial and technical assistance provided to States under the Jal Jeevan Mission during the last three years, including Odisha;
- (c) the details of the criteria for allocating funds to States thereunder; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  would  consider  providing  emergency  assistance  to  Odisha  due  to recent floods in the State, and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a)As reported by States/ UTs, including Odisha, as on 14.09.2020, 79.16% rural habitations having 77.69% population have provision of minimum 40 litre per capita per day (lpcd) of potable drinking water and 17.69% 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. State/ UT-wise details are annexed .

- (b) Government of India has released a sum of Rs. 22,386.2 Crore as financial assistance to States/ UTs in 2019-20 under Jal Jeevan Mission and in 2018-19 & 2017-18 under erstwhile National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP).

Based on requirement, Govt. of India provides technical inputs to States/ UTs especially while approving the schemes by States.

- (c) The approved criteria for allocation of fund under JJM is as under:

|   S. No. | Criteria                                                                                         |   Weightage in% |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|        1 | Rural population (as per last census)                                                            |              30 |
|        2 | Rural SC and ST population (as per last census)                                                  |              10 |
|        3 | States under Desert Development Programme (DDP), Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP), Hill Area |              30 |

|    | Development Programme (HADP) and special category Hill States in terms of rural areas                                                                    |     |
|----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|
| 4. | Population (as per IMIS) residing in habitations affected by chemical contaminants including heavy metals (as on 31st March of preceding financial year) |  10 |
| 5. | Weightage for balance individual household connections to be provided                                                                                    |  20 |
|    | Total                                                                                                                                                    | 100 |

(d)  There  is  a  provision  under  JJM,  in  consonance  with  guidelines  of  Ministry  of  Finance  dated 06.09.2016 on Flexi Fund for Centrally Sponsored Schemes, wherein upto 25% of the fund available with the States, can be set aside by States, including Odisha inter-alia , for undertaking mitigation/ restoration activities in case of natural calamities, including flood.

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 788 due for reply on 17.09.2020

State/ UT-wise details of coverage of rural habitations

(As on 14.09.2020)

| S. No.   | State             | No. of rural habitations provided with 40 lpcd or more of potable water   | 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 provided with less than 40 lpcd of potable water   | No. of rural habitations having water sources with quality issues   | No. of rural habitations having water sources with quality issues   |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State             | Habitations                                                               | Population                                                                | Habitation                                                                  | Population                                                                  | Habitation                                                          | Population                                                          |
| 1        | A &NIslands       | 324                                                                       | 2.35                                                                      | 76                                                                          | 0.3                                                                         | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    | 36,984                                                                    | 266.02                                                                    | 11,351                                                                      | 114.56                                                                      | 126                                                                 | 0.88                                                                |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh | 2,817                                                                     | 5                                                                         | 4,567                                                                       | 6.7                                                                         | 231                                                                 | 0.93                                                                |
| 4        | Assam             | 40,614                                                                    | 137.27                                                                    | 25,568                                                                      | 97.86                                                                       | 21,759                                                              | 82.72                                                               |
| 5        | Bihar             | 84,926                                                                    | 737.63                                                                    | 20,166                                                                      | 209.97                                                                      | 5,412                                                               | 55.13                                                               |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      | 73,275                                                                    | 202.52                                                                    | 1,444                                                                       | 5.95                                                                        | 210                                                                 | 0.84                                                                |
| 7        | Goa               | 363                                                                       | 11.17                                                                     | 15                                                                          | 0.2                                                                         | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 8        | Gujarat           | 35,996                                                                    | 439.8                                                                     | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 9        | Haryana           | 7,264                                                                     | 178.21                                                                    | 136                                                                         | 4.06                                                                        | 33                                                                  | 0.52                                                                |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh  | 42,487                                                                    | 58.28                                                                     | 12,792                                                                      | 16.97                                                                       | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 11       | Jammu And Kashmir | 8,702                                                                     | 58.75                                                                     | 7,496                                                                       | 50.22                                                                       | 4                                                                   | 0.12                                                                |
| 12       | Jharkhand         | 1,19,934                                                                  | 284.54                                                                    | 690                                                                         | 2.69                                                                        | 329                                                                 | 1.02                                                                |
| 13       | Karnataka         | 26,713                                                                    | 246.71                                                                    | 33,360                                                                      | 172.87                                                                      | 218                                                                 | 2.15                                                                |
| 14       | Kerala            | 5,701                                                                     | 102.69                                                                    | 10,154                                                                      | 182.94                                                                      | 111                                                                 | 1.88                                                                |
| 15       | Ladakh            | 421                                                                       | 0.94                                                                      | 1,000                                                                       | 1.61                                                                        | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 16       | Madhya Pradesh    | 1,28,152                                                                  | 584.97                                                                    | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                           | 337                                                                 | 3.06                                                                |
| 17       | Maharashtra       | 77,395                                                                    | 482.51                                                                    | 22,097                                                                      | 186.98                                                                      | 114                                                                 | 2.1                                                                 |
| 18       | Manipur           | 1,988                                                                     | 16.97                                                                     | 988                                                                         | 7.27                                                                        | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 19       | Meghalaya         | 2,451                                                                     | 9.03                                                                      | 7,195                                                                       | 24.01                                                                       | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 20       | Mizoram           | 333                                                                       | 3.02                                                                      | 389                                                                         | 3.36                                                                        | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 21       | Nagaland          | 528                                                                       | 7.16                                                                      | 974                                                                         | 12.47                                                                       | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 22       | Odisha            | 1,53,552                                                                  | 360.12                                                                    | 36                                                                          | 0.06                                                                        | 3,501                                                               | 6.9                                                                 |
| 23       | Puducherry        | 284                                                                       | 5.36                                                                      | 1                                                                           | 0                                                                           | 7                                                                   | 0.23                                                                |
| 24       | Punjab            | 11,730                                                                    | 149.99                                                                    | 2,424                                                                       | 20.64                                                                       | 1,147                                                               | 14.06                                                               |
| 25       | Rajasthan         | 51,874                                                                    | 278.77                                                                    | 56,304                                                                      | 241.67                                                                      | 13,800                                                              | 51.54                                                               |
| 26       | Sikkim            | 860                                                                       | 1.82                                                                      | 1,349                                                                       | 3.06                                                                        | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 27       | Tamil Nadu        | 57,363                                                                    | 344.09                                                                    | 21,577                                                                      | 122.06                                                                      | 455                                                                 | 2.84                                                                |
| 28       | Telangana         | 24,041                                                                    | 208.82                                                                    | 1                                                                           | 0                                                                           | 0                                                                   | 0                                                                   |
| 29       | Tripura           | 4,978                                                                     | 21.17                                                                     | 1,893                                                                       | 6.93                                                                        | 1,852                                                               | 6.86                                                                |
| 30       | Uttar Pradesh     | 2,53,884                                                                  | 1,656.87                                                                  | 5,247                                                                       | 30.68                                                                       | 608                                                                 | 7.26                                                                |
| 31       | Uttarakhand       | 23,756                                                                    | 42.31                                                                     | 14,902                                                                      | 26.32                                                                       | 9                                                                   | 0.51                                                                |
| 32       | West Bengal       | 67,059                                                                    | 437.19                                                                    | 36,711                                                                      | 274.91                                                                      | 3,426                                                               | 38.93                                                               |
|          | Total             | 13,46,749                                                                 | 7,342.05                                                                  | 3,00,903                                                                    | 1,827.32                                                                    | 53,689                                                              | 280.48                                                              |
|          | Percentage        | 79.16                                                                     | 77.69                                                                     | 17.69                                                                       | 19.34                                                                       | 3.15                                                                | 2.97                                                                |

Source: IMIS, DDWS