Lok Sabha Question No. 1769 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Jal Jeevan Mission
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Nihal Chand Chauhan, Jaskaur Meena

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1769 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2021

## Jal Jeevan Mission

## †1769.SHRI NIHAL CHAND : SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA :

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI pleased to state:

- (a)   the salient features of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM);
- (b)   the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized in Rajasthan under JJM during the last three years;
- (c)   the  details  of  the  number  of  villages  in  Ganganagar  and  Dausa  districts  in  Rajasthan covered thereunder;
- (d)   the  details  of  the  targets  set  and  achievements  made  under  JJM  so  far  particularly  in regard to Ganganagar district; and
- (e)   the steps taken by the Government to ensure speedy implementation of this Mission with a view to realizing its objectives in Rajasthan?

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

(a) The key features of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) are provisioning of potable water to every rural household through Functional Household Tap Connections (FHTCs) at a service level of 55 litre per capita per day (lpcd) of prescribed quality (BIS:10500) and supply on a regular and long-term basis.

(b) The year-wise details of the Central fund allocated and drawn by the State of Rajasthan under erstwhile National Rural Drinking Water Programme (2017-18 & 2018-19) and JJM (2019-20) in last three years, is asunder:

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

|                | Central Fund    | Central Fund   | Central Fund            | Central Fund         | State share   |
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------------|----------------------|---------------|
| Financial Year | Opening Balance | Fund allocated | Fund drawn by the State | Expenditure reported | expenditure   |
| 2017-18        | 550.09          | 891.95         | 714.24                  | 728.81               | 1,253.68      |
| 2018-19        | 536.75          | 692.13         | 655.41                  | 878.48               | 887.05        |
| 2019-20        | 313.67          | 1,301.71       | 1,301.71                | 620.31               | 698.54        |

(c)   The details of villages in Ganganagar and Dausa districts in Rajasthan as reported by the State is as under:

(HHs in lakhs)

|               |                       | Villages with Piped Water Supply (PWS) system   | Villages with Piped Water Supply (PWS) system   | Villages with Piped Water Supply (PWS) system   | Villages without PWS system   | Villages without PWS system   |
|---------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| District Name | Total no. of villages | No. of villages                                 | No. of households                               | No. of Households with tap connection           | No. of Villages               | No. of households             |
| Dausa         | 1,071                 | 661                                             | 1.81                                            | 0.19                                            | 410                           | 0.70                          |
| Ganganagar    | 2,853                 | 1,912                                           | 2.32                                            | 0.60                                            | 941                           | 0.64                          |

(Source: JJM - IMIS)

(d)   At  the  time  of  announcement of  JJM, 17%  (3.23  Crore) rural  households  (HHs)  in  the country were having tap water connections and by 31.3.2021, it was planned to have tap water supply  in  34%  rural  households.  Against  this,  so  far  3.43  Crore  households  have  been provided with tap water connections and as on date, 34.80% (6.67 Crore) rural households have tap water supply in the country.

Since launch of JJM, 6.23 lakh (6.15%) households in Rajasthan have been provided with tap water connections.  In  the  same  period,  about  46  thousand  (15.52%)  households  have  been provided with tap water connections in Ganganagar district.

(e)   A  number  of  steps  have  been  taken  to  plan and  implement  JJM  with  speed, inter  alia which includes planning, regular review of implementation, workshops and conferences for capacity  building  and  knowledge  sharing,  field  visits by  multi-disciplinary  team  to  provide technical  support,  etc.  A  detailed  Operational  Guidelines  for  the  implementation  of  JJM, Margdarshika for the use of Gram Panchayats/ Village Water & Sanitation Committee/ Pani Samiti  and  100-days  campaign  guidelines  have  been  provided  to  States/  UTs  to  facilitate planning and implementation. For online monitoring, JJM-Integrated Management Information  System  and  JJM-Dashboard  has  been  put  in  place  along  with  provision  for transparent  online  financial  management  through  Public  Financial  Management  System (PFMS).

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