Lok Sabha Question No. 1653 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-28
Subject: Jal Jeevan Mission
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: S. Jothimani

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1653 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.11.2019

## Jal Jeevan Mission

## 1653. SHRIMATI S. JOTHIMANI:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  measures  taken/  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide financial and technical assistance to States under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM);
- (b)  the  details  of  the  Functional  Household  Tap  Connections  (FHTC)  installed  under JJM in rural households during the last five years;
- (c)  whether the Government will be able to cover FHTC to all rural households by its target of 2024; and
- (d) the details of allocation of funds for Tamil Nadu, district and State-wise?

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

- (a)  Under  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  (JJM),  a budgetary  allocation  of 10,000.66 Crore has been  made  for  the  year  2019-20  and  first  instalment  has  been  released  to  eligible States/ UTs. Further, the planned outlay of JJM in five years is 3.60 lakh Crore, out of which Central Share is about 2.08 lakh Crore. 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.  In  addition,  regular  review  of  the  programme  is  also  held  with States/ UTs.
- (b) As reported, the number of household connection with Piped Water Supply installed during  the  last  five  years  under  erstwhile  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme (NRDWP) [now restructured and subsumed into JJM] in rural areas across country is as below:

| Year    | No. of household connectionsprovided   |
|---------|----------------------------------------|
| 2014-15 | 17,10,138                              |
| 2015-16 | 12,94,045                              |
| 2016-17 | 11,92,606                              |
| 2017-18 | 6,32,614                               |
| 2018-19 | 9,65,587                               |

(c) Jal Jeevan Missionaims at providing potable water to every rural household through Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) by 2024. (d) The State-wise fund allocation under JJM including Tamil Nadu for the year 2019-20

is annexed.

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1653 due for reply on 28/11/2019

## State/ UT-wise fund allocation under JJM in 2019-2020

|   S. No. | State/ UT                 | Allocation (in Crore)*   |
|----------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1.45                     |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh            | 303.47                   |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh         | 110.47                   |
|        4 | Assam                     | 679.26                   |
|        5 | Bihar                     | 741.66                   |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh              | 169.42                   |
|        7 | Goa                       | 6.16                     |
|        8 | Gujarat                   | 317.85                   |
|        9 | Haryana                   | 122.12                   |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh          | 121.07                   |
|       11 | Jammu & Kashmir           | 262.24                   |
|       12 | Jharkhand                 | 218.00                   |
|       13 | Ladakh                    | 135.71                   |
|       14 | Karnataka                 | 444.69                   |
|       15 | Kerala                    | 202.58                   |
|       16 | Madhya Pradesh            | 465.49                   |
|       17 | Maharashtra               | 690.55                   |
|       18 | Manipur                   | 56.41                    |
|       19 | Meghalaya                 | 71.69                    |
|       20 | Mizoram                   | 33.22                    |
|       21 | Nagaland                  | 47.07                    |
|       22 | Odisha                    | 297.03                   |
|       23 | Puducherry                | 2.03                     |
|       24 | Punjab                    | 185.24                   |
|       25 | Rajasthan                 | 856.47                   |
|       26 | Sikkim                    | 12.85                    |
|       27 | Tamil Nadu                | 304.82                   |
|       28 | Telangana                 | 211.04                   |
|       29 | Tripura                   | 89.71                    |
|       30 | Uttar Pradesh             | 1,390.37                 |
|       31 | Uttarakhand               | 138.87                   |
|       32 | West Bengal               | 910.82                   |