Lok Sabha Question No. 688 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: Atal Bhujal Yojana
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †688

ANSWERED ON 04.02.2021

## ATAL BHUJAL YOJANA

## †688. SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has launched Atal Bhujal Yojana in view of the water scarcity du drought in many parts of the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the house s provided with water connection in the country under the Nal Se Jal from December 2019 to till date;
- (c) the funds spent so far under the said scheme, district and State - wise;
- (d) whether Latur district has also been covered under Nal Se Jal sche me;
- (e) if so, the number of villages and the houses covered thereunder during the above said per
- (f) the details of the funds spent in Latur district under this scheme?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a) Atal Bhujal Yojana (ATAL JAL) is a Central Sector Scheme of the Government of India wi Bank assistance, having an outlay of Rs.6000 crore, with focus on community participation side intervention s for sustainable ground water management in identified water stressed areas. is being taken up for a period of 5 years from 1.4.2020 in  9000 Gram panchayats  of  222 b in 80 districts of seven States, viz. Gujarat, Haryana, Karn ataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

(b) to (f) Government of India, in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission -Har Ghar Jal , which aims at providing potable water through tap water connection to every rural hous the country including those of Latur district of Maharashtra by 2024.  Since launch of Jal Jeevan Missio , more  than  81  thousand  houses  of  Latur  District  o f  Maharashtra  as  well  as about  3. 32 Crore  rural households in the country have been provided with tap water connections (till 31 .01.2021 ) . Further, 163 villages of Latur district of Maharashtra have become 'Har Ghar Jal Village' i.e. every householdis get ting assured tap water supplyas on 31.01.2021 .

The total estimat ed outlay of the Mission is Rs. 3.60 lakh Crore , out of which Rs. 2.08 lakh Crore is central share. The details of State - wise fund release under JJM for Financial Year 2019 - 20 & 2020 - 21 (as  on31.01.2021) is  enclosed  at A nnex- I .  Further,  'water'  being  a  State  subject,  the  power  to  plan, implement and operations & maintenance of water supply schemes lies with State Government, district - wise allocation/ release is not done by this Departm ent .

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Annexure referred to in reply to part s (b ) to (f) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †688 to be answered on 04.02.2021 on ' ATAL BHUJAL YOJANA .

State - wise fund release under JJM for Financial Year 2019 -20 & 2020- 21 Amount in Rs. Crore

|   S. No. | State                  | Central Release 2019-20   |   Central Release 2020-21 (as on 31.01.2021) |
|----------|------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman& Nicobar       | 0.5                       |                                         0.66 |
|        2 | Islands Andhra Pradesh | 372.64                    |                                       162.59 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh      | 177.47                    |                                       254.85 |
|        4 | Assam                  | 442.36                    |                                       523.62 |
|        5 | Bihar                  | 417.35                    |                                       350.42 |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh           | 65.82                     |                                       222.76 |
|        7 | Goa                    | 3.08                      |                                         3.1  |
|        8 | Gujarat                | 390.31                    |                                       662.31 |
|        9 | Haryana                | 149.95                    |                                        72.38 |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh       | 205.83                    |                                       326.2  |
|       11 | Jammu &Kashmir         | 322.03                    |                                        53.72 |
|       12 | Jharkhand              | 291.19                    |                                       143.06 |
|       13 | Karnataka              | 546.06                    |                                       296.29 |
|       14 | Kerala                 | 101.29                    |                                       101.06 |
|       15 | Ladakh                 | 67.86                     |                                         0    |
|       16 | Madhya Pradesh         | 571.6                     |                                       640.06 |
|       17 | Maharashtra            | 345.28                    |                                       457.23 |
|       18 | Manipur                | 91.17                     |                                        98.85 |
|       19 | Meghalaya              | 43.01                     |                                        87.46 |
|       20 | Mizoram                | 68.05                     |                                        79.3  |
|       21 | Nagaland               | 56.49                     |                                        57.05 |
|       22 | Odisha                 | 364.74                    |                                       609.11 |
|       23 | Puducherry             | 0                         |                                         1.06 |
|       24 | Punjab                 | 227.46                    |                                         0    |
|       25 | Rajasthan              | 1,301.71                  |                                       630.51 |
|       26 | Sikkim                 | 26.15                     |                                        15.68 |
|       27 | Tamil Nadu             | 373.1                     |                                       458.72 |
|       28 | Telangana              | 105.52                    |                                        82.71 |
|       29 | Tripura                | 145.37                    |                                        39.15 |
|       30 | Uttar Pradesh          | 1,513.14                  |                                       682.13 |
|       31 | Uttarakhand            | 170.53                    |                                        90.64 |
|       32 | West Bengal            | 994.75                    |                                       778.52 |

Source: IMIS, DWS

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