Lok Sabha Question No. 603 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-13
Subject: Sanitation Targets under SBM
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE, Shrirang Appa Barne, DHARMENDRA YADAV

## Government of India

## Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 603 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13-12-2018

## Sanitation Targets under SBM

## 603. SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

DR. PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

## SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

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

- (a) whether more than 732 million people in the country still defecate in the open or in unsafe and unhygienic toilets,  even  after the  launch  of  the  Swachh  Bharat Abhiyaan  (Clean  India Mission);
- (b) if so, the facts thereof and State-wise data thereof;
- (c) whether SBM has generated significant interest in addressing the urgent sanitation issue in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Union Government has set target of 100% open-defecation free India;
- (f) if so, the details thereof;
- (g) the names of the States who are lagging behind to achieve the target; and
- (h) the remedial measures taken by the Union Government to achieve the target?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

(a) and (b)  Since the launch of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) on 2 nd October 2014, 8.9 crore individual household toilets have been built. As a result, the national rural sanitation coverage  has  increased  from  about 39%  in  2014 to over  96%  as on 7.12.2018. India  is  on track  to  become  Open  Defecation  Free  (ODF)  in  2019.  State/UT-wise  sanitation  coverage isgiven at Annexure .

(c) and (d) Since the launch of SBM(G) on 2 nd October, 2014, 891.12 lakh toilets have been constructed under SBM(G) as on 07.12.2018. 5,34,350 villages, 2,42,986 Gram Panchayats, 5592  Blocks,  546  Districts,  and  25  States/UTs,  namely,  A  &  N  Islands,  Andhra  Pradesh, Arunachal  Pradesh,  Chandigarh,  Chhattisgarh,  D  &  N  Haveli,  Daman  &  Diu,  Gujarat, Haryana,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  Kerala,  Lakshadweep,  Madhya  Pradesh, Maharashtra,  Manipur,  Meghalaya,  Mizoram,  Nagaland,  Puducherry,  Punjab,  Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF).

(e) to (h) Union Government has set target of 100% open-defecation free India by 2 nd October, 2019. So far, 25 States/UTs have been declared ODF. The remaining States are on track to become ODF by 2 nd October, 2019.

## Statement referred in part (a) and (b) of the reply to Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No.603 due for reply on 13-12-2018

| State/UT-wise percentage of rural households which have access to toilets facilities as on 07.12.2018   | State/UT-wise percentage of rural households which have access to toilets facilities as on 07.12.2018   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UT                                                                                                | %of rural households with access to toilets                                                             |
| A &NISLANDS                                                                                             | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                                                                          | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH                                                                                       | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| ASSAM                                                                                                   | 98.58                                                                                                   |
| BIHAR                                                                                                   | 87.29                                                                                                   |
| CHANDIGARH                                                                                              | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| CHHATTISGARH                                                                                            | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| D &NHAVELI                                                                                              | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| DAMAN &DIU                                                                                              | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| GOA                                                                                                     | 76.22                                                                                                   |
| GUJARAT                                                                                                 | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| HARYANA                                                                                                 | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH                                                                                        | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| JAMMU&KASHMIR                                                                                           | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| JHARKHAND                                                                                               | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                               | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| KERALA                                                                                                  | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| LAKSHADWEEP                                                                                             | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| MADHYA PRADESH                                                                                          | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                                                             | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| MANIPUR                                                                                                 | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| MEGHALAYA                                                                                               | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| MIZORAM                                                                                                 | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| NAGALAND                                                                                                | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| ODISHA                                                                                                  | 73.97                                                                                                   |
| PUDUCHERRY                                                                                              | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| PUNJAB                                                                                                  | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| RAJASTHAN                                                                                               | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| SIKKIM                                                                                                  | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| TAMIL NADU                                                                                              | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| TELANGANA                                                                                               | 94.07                                                                                                   |
| TRIPURA                                                                                                 | 94.81                                                                                                   |
| UTTAR PRADESH                                                                                           | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| UTTARAKHAND                                                                                             | 100.00                                                                                                  |
| WEST BENGAL                                                                                             | 98.16                                                                                                   |
| India                                                                                                   | 96.98                                                                                                   |