Lok Sabha Question No. 1577 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-10
Subject: Nal Jal Yojana
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Chunni Lal Sahu

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1577

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2022

## NAL JAL YOJANA

## † 1577:   SHRI CHUNNI  LAL SAHU:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the agencies engaged by the Government to provide water through Nal Jal Yojana in States to hundred per cent rural houses under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM);
- (b) the  number  of  districts  in  the  State  of  Chhattisgarh  where  all  rural  houses  have  been provided water connections under the scheme so far;
- (c) the total number of families benefitted as a result thereof and the funds allocated for the purpose;
- (d) whether it has come to the notice of the Government that some agencies are not working properly and if so, the details of action taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (e) the time by which all districts in the country are targeted to be covered under JJM?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI PRAHLAD  SINGH  PATEL)

a)  and  e)  Department of  Drinking  Water  &  Sanitation,  Ministry  of  Jal  Shakti,  Government  of India is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), in partnership with States to make provision of tap water supply to every rural household across all districts in the country by 2024. As per the operational  guidelines  for  the  implementation  of  Jal  Jeevan  Mission,  State  Governments/  UT administrations  including  Chhattisgarh  are  responsible  for  planning  and  implementation  of  Jal Jeevan Mission through  its agencies  like Public  Health Engineering Department/ Rural  Water Supply Department, State Water and Sanitation Mission, District Water and Sanitation Mission, etc.  Water  supply  schemes  are  designed  and  implemented  by  the  State  Govt.  The  record  of agencies engaged by State Government for implementation of JJM is not centrally maintained.

b) No district in Chhattisgarh has so far attained 100% coverage of rural households in terms of tap water connections.

- c) The water supply schemes, under JJM, for providing tap water connections to rural households are under implementation in the State. A total of 5.18 lakh (10.68%) rural households have been provided with tap water connections in Chhattisgarh since the launch of Jal Jeevan Mission on 15.08.2019. As on 07.02.2022, a total of 8.38 lakh (17.26%) rural households have the provision of tap water connection in Chhattisgarh.

The  details  of  fund  allocated,  released  and  reported  utilization  in  Chhattisgarh  under  JJM  in 2019-20, 2020-21 & 2021-22 (as on 7.02.2022), are as under:

(Amount in Crore)

| Year    | Central share   | Central share   | Central share   | Central share        | Central share        | State share expenditure   |
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
| Year    | Opening balance | Allocation      | Fund drawn      | Total fund available | Reported expenditure |                           |
| 2019-20 | 31.58           | 208.04          | 65.82           | 97.40                | 39.23                | 37.55                     |
| 2020-21 | 58.17           | 445.52          | 334.14          | 392.31               | 223.80               | 221.10                    |
| 2021-22 | 168.52          | 1,908.96        | 453.71          | 625.38               | 311.07               | 307.81                    |

Source: JJM, IMIS

- d) Water is a State subject. Under JJM, power to plan, approve, implement, operate and maintain water supply schemes are vested with States. Accordingly, monitoring of agencies deployed for implementing schemes under JJM is undertaken by the States.

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