Lok Sabha Question No. 3902 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Har Ghar Jal Yojana
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sudarshan Bhagat

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3902 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23/03/2023

## Har Ghar Jal Yojana

## †3902. SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether maximum number of villages in the country have been linked by the Government under the Har Ghar Jal Yojana;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (c)   if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) To enable every rural household in all villages across the country to have provision of tap  water  supply,  Government  of  India  in  partnership  with  States  is  implementing  Jal  Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal, since August 2019.

At  the  time  of  announcement  of  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  in  August  2019,  3.23  Crore  (17%)  rural households were reported to have tap water connections. So far, as reported by States/ UTs as on 20.03.2023,  additional  8.26  Crore  rural  households  have  been  provided  with  tap  water connections in last three and half years under JJM. Thus, as on 20.03.2023, out of 19.43 Crore rural households in the country, around 11.49 Crore (59%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes. State/ UT-wise details are annexed .

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3902 due for reply on 23.03.2023

## State/ UT-wise status of tap water connections in rural households (as on 20.03.2023)

(Number in lakhs)

| S. No.   | State/ UT     | Total rural HHs as on date   | Rural HHs with tap water connection as on 15.8.2019   | Rural HHs with tap water supply   | Rural HHs with tap water supply   |
|----------|---------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State/ UT     | Total rural HHs as on date   | Rural HHs with tap water connection as on 15.8.2019   | No.                               | In%                               |
| 1.       | A &NIslands   | 0.62                         | 0.29                                                  | 0.62                              | 100.00                            |
| 2.       | Andhra Pr.    | 95.55                        | 30.74                                                 | 66.31                             | 69.40                             |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pr. | 2.30                         | 0.23                                                  | 1.68                              | 72.93                             |
| 4.       | Assam         | 67.46                        | 1.11                                                  | 31.06                             | 46.04                             |
| 5.       | Bihar         | 1,66.30                      | 3.16                                                  | 159.05                            | 95.64                             |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh  | 50.08                        | 3.20                                                  | 20.53                             | 40.99                             |
| 7.       | DNH and D&D   | 0.85                         | 0.00                                                  | 0.85                              | 100.00                            |
| 8.       | Goa           | 2.63                         | 1.99                                                  | 2.63                              | 100.00                            |
| 9.       | Gujarat       | 91.18                        | 65.16                                                 | 91.18                             | 100.00                            |
| 10.      | Haryana       | 30.41                        | 17.66                                                 | 30.41                             | 100.00                            |
| 11.      | Himachal Pr.  | 17.09                        | 7.63                                                  | 16.73                             | 97.91                             |
| 12.      | J&K           | 18.68                        | 5.75                                                  | 10.78                             | 57.74                             |
| 13.      | Jharkhand     | 61.19                        | 3.45                                                  | 20.00                             | 32.68                             |
| 14.      | Karnataka     | 1,01.16                      | 24.51                                                 | 66.60                             | 65.83                             |
| 15.      | Kerala        | 70.73                        | 16.64                                                 | 33.24                             | 46.99                             |
| 16.      | Ladakh        | 0.43                         | 0.01                                                  | 0.31                              | 71.82                             |
| 17.      | Lakshadweep   | 0.13                         | 0.00                                                  | -                                 | -                                 |
| 18.      | Madhya Pr.    | 1,19.88                      | 13.53                                                 | 57.21                             | 47.72                             |
| 19.      | Maharashtra   | 1,46.73                      | 48.44                                                 | 108.54                            | 73.97                             |
| 20.      | Manipur       | 4.52                         | 0.26                                                  | 3.45                              | 76.31                             |
| 21.      | Meghalaya     | 6.35                         | 0.05                                                  | 2.97                              | 46.83                             |
| 22.      | Mizoram       | 1.33                         | 0.09                                                  | 1.06                              | 79.30                             |
| 23.      | Nagaland      | 3.70                         | 0.14                                                  | 2.28                              | 61.61                             |
| 24.      | Odisha        | 88.57                        | 3.11                                                  | 52.03                             | 58.74                             |
| 25.      | Puducherry    | 1.15                         | 0.94                                                  | 1.15                              | 100.00                            |
| 26.      | Punjab        | 34.26                        | 16.79                                                 | 34.26                             | 100.00                            |
| 27.      | Rajasthan     | 1,07.78                      | 11.74                                                 | 36.98                             | 34.31                             |
| 28.      | Sikkim        | 1.32                         | 0.70                                                  | 1.06                              | 80.60                             |
| 29.      | Tamil Nadu    | 1,25.52                      | 21.76                                                 | 78.59                             | 62.61                             |
| 30.      | Telangana     | 53.98                        | 15.68                                                 | 53.98                             | 100.00                            |
| 31.      | Tripura       | 7.42                         | 0.25                                                  | 4.44                              | 59.87                             |
| 32.      | Uttar Pr.     | 2,65.18                      | 5.16                                                  | 90.10                             | 33.98                             |
| 33.      | Uttarakhand   | 14.94                        | 1.30                                                  | 11.22                             | 75.07                             |
| 34.      | West Bengal   | 1,83.21                      | 2.15                                                  | 57.74                             | 31.52                             |
|          | Total         | 19,42.65                     | 3,23.63                                               | 11,49.03                          | 59.15                             |

Source: JJM - IMIS

HH: Household

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