Lok Sabha Question No. 2992 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: Water Testing Laboratories
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Arun Kumar Sagar

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2992

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2021

## WATER TESTING LABORATORIES

## †2992. SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether  the  Union  Government  is  contemplating  any  proposal  in  regard  to  setting  up  of water testing laboratories in the country especially in each district of backward regions;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof especially in backward and rural regions;
- (c)   whether any proposal has been received by the Union Government from some States to set up water testing laboratories in each district during the last three years;
- (d)   if so, the details thereof especially about the backward and rural regions; and
- (e)   the action taken or being taken by the Union Government thereon?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e) To  make  provision  of  potable  tap  water  supply  in  adequate  quantity,  of  prescribed quality and on regular & long-term basis to every rural household by 2024, since August, 2019, Government of India in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal.

Under JJM, States/ UTs can utilize upto 2% of their annual allocation for taking up water quality monitoring & surveillance activities. States/ UTs have been advised to upgrade different levels of laboratories i.e. State, district, sub-division and/ or block level and get NABL accreditation and/  or  recognition.  As  reported  by  States/  UTs,  State-wise  number  of  various  level  drinking water quality testing laboratories set up in the country as on 13.12.2021, is annexed . States/ UTs have been advised to open these water quality laboratories to general public so that they can get their water samples tested on nominal  rates.

Drinking  Water  being  a  State  subject,  it  is  States  who  plan,  design,  approve  and  implement drinking water supply schemes including setting up of labs. As such individual projects/ schemes for rural water supply are not approved at the Government of India level.

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2992 due for reply on 16.12.2021

States/ UTs-wise details of drinking water quality testing laboratories (as on 13.12.2021)

| S. No.   | State             | No. of drinking water quality testing laboratories   | No. of drinking water quality testing laboratories   | No. of drinking water quality testing laboratories   | No. of drinking water quality testing laboratories   | No. of drinking water quality testing laboratories   |
|----------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State             | State level                                          | District level                                       | Block/ sub- Division level                           | Mobile                                               | Total                                                |
| 1.       | A &NIslands       | 1                                                    | -                                                    | -                                                    | 2                                                    | 3                                                    |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh    | 1                                                    | 13                                                   | 98                                                   | -                                                    | 112                                                  |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                                                    | 17                                                   | 30                                                   | 1                                                    | 49                                                   |
| 4.       | Assam             | 1                                                    | 25                                                   | 51                                                   | 3                                                    | 80                                                   |
| 5.       | Bihar             | 1                                                    | 38                                                   | 75                                                   | 9                                                    | 123                                                  |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh      | 1                                                    | 27                                                   | 22                                                   | 18                                                   | 68                                                   |
| 7.       | Goa               | 1                                                    | -                                                    | 13                                                   | -                                                    | 14                                                   |
| 8.       | Gujarat           | 1                                                    | 32                                                   | 47                                                   | 1                                                    | 81                                                   |
| 9.       | Haryana           | 1                                                    | 21                                                   | 21                                                   | 1                                                    | 44                                                   |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 1                                                    | 14                                                   | 43                                                   | -                                                    | 58                                                   |
| 11.      | Jammu &Kashmir    | -                                                    | 20                                                   | 72                                                   | -                                                    | 92                                                   |
| 12.      | Jharkhand         | 1                                                    | 24                                                   | 5                                                    | -                                                    | 30                                                   |
| 13.      | Karnataka         | 2                                                    | 30                                                   | 47                                                   | 1                                                    | 80                                                   |
| 14.      | Kerala            | 1                                                    | 14                                                   | 37                                                   | -                                                    | 52                                                   |
| 15.      | Ladakh            | -                                                    | 2                                                    | 4                                                    | -                                                    | 6                                                    |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 1                                                    | 51                                                   | 103                                                  | -                                                    | 155                                                  |
| 17.      | Maharashtra       | -                                                    | 34                                                   | 143                                                  | -                                                    | 177                                                  |
| 18.      | Manipur           | 1                                                    | 12                                                   | -                                                    | -                                                    | 13                                                   |
| 19.      | Meghalaya         | -                                                    | 7                                                    | 24                                                   | -                                                    | 31                                                   |
| 20.      | Mizoram           | 1                                                    | 8                                                    | 18                                                   | -                                                    | 27                                                   |
| 21.      | Nagaland          | 1                                                    | 10                                                   | -                                                    | 1                                                    | 12                                                   |
| 22.      | Odisha            | 1                                                    | 32                                                   | 44                                                   | -                                                    | 77                                                   |
| 23.      | Puducherry        | -                                                    | 2                                                    | -                                                    | -                                                    | 2                                                    |
| 24.      | Punjab            | 2                                                    | 22                                                   | 8                                                    | 1                                                    | 33                                                   |
| 25.      | Rajasthan         | 1                                                    | 32                                                   | -                                                    | 21                                                   | 54                                                   |
| 26.      | Sikkim            | -                                                    | 2                                                    | -                                                    | -                                                    | 2                                                    |
| 27.      | Tamil Nadu        | 1                                                    | 31                                                   | 81                                                   | -                                                    | 113                                                  |
| 28.      | Telangana         | 1                                                    | 19                                                   | 55                                                   | -                                                    | 75                                                   |
| 29.      | Tripura           | 1                                                    | 8                                                    | 12                                                   | -                                                    | 21                                                   |
| 30.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 1                                                    | 75                                                   | -                                                    | 5                                                    | 81                                                   |
| 31.      | Uttarakhand       | 1                                                    | 13                                                   | 13                                                   | -                                                    | 27                                                   |
| 32.      | West Bengal       | 1                                                    | 21                                                   | 196                                                  | 2                                                    | 220                                                  |
| Total    | Total             | 28                                                   | 656                                                  | 1,262                                                | 66                                                   | 2,012                                                |

Source: JJM-IMIS