Lok Sabha Question No. 2909 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-05
Subject: Tap Water Access
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sushil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOKSABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2909

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2021

## TAP WATER ACCESS

## 2909.  SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH :

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether 10 million homes in encephalitis hot spots will be getting tap water access through Jal Jeevan Mission;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof;
- (c)   the peculiar features of the mission;
- (d)   the  details  of  the  States  that  have  performed  better  as  compared  to  their  counterparts  in providing  tapped water to households; and
- (e)   the details of the States where the overall percentage of tap water connection are still low?

## ANSWER

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

(a)& (b)   Government  of  India  in  partnership  with  States,  is  implementing  Jal  Jeevan Mission (JJM) to make provision of potable tap water supply to every rural household in the country, by 2024, inter alia which includes all households in JE-AES affected districts, on priority. As reported by 5 affected States, as on 02.08.2021, details of rural households having  tap  water  supply  in  61  (then  60)  Japanese  Encephalitis-Acute  Encephalitis Syndrome (JE-AES) affected priority districts of 5 States, namely Assam, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, is at Annex-I .

(c)  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  is  a  decentralized,  demand-driven  and  community-managed programme.  Water  supply  system  are  to  be  operated  and  maintained  by  the  Gram Panchayat  or  its  sub-committee  i.e.  Village  Water  &  Sanitation  Committee  (VWSC)  or Pani Samiti, having 10-15 members with 50% women and proportionate representation to weaker sections of the village. Village Action Plan of each village is to be prepared which includes  strengthening  of  drinking  water  sources,  in-village  water  supply  system,  grey water management, and operation & maintenance for long-term water supply.

(d) & (e)  State/ UT-wise details of rural households having provision of tap water supply and progress made in providing tap water connections to households since launch of JJM, is at Annex-II. The same is in public domain and available on the JJM dashboard at:

https://ejalshakti.gov.in/jjmreport/JJMIndia.aspx

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2909 due for reply on 05.08.2021

## State-wise detail of rural households with provision of tap water supply in JE-AES affected priority districts

(As on 02.08.2021)

| S. No.   | State         | No. of JE-AES affected priority districts   |   Total rural households in JE-AES affected priority districts(in lakh) |   Households with tap water supply(in lakh) |
|----------|---------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|          | Assam         | 10                                          |                                                                   22.43 |                                        3.44 |
|          | Bihar         | 15                                          |                                                                   88.89 |                                       78.26 |
|          | Tamil Nadu    | 5 (now 6)                                   |                                                                   22.58 |                                        7.29 |
|          | Uttar Pradesh | 20                                          |                                                                   91.77 |                                       11.97 |
|          | West Bengal   | 10                                          |                                                                   78.69 |                                        8.4  |
| Total    | Total         | 60 (now 61)                                 |                                                                  304.36 |                                      109.36 |

Source: JJM-IMIS

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2909 due for reply on 05.08.2021 State/ UT-wise details of rural households (HHs) with provision of tap water supply

## Annex-II

(Numbers in lakh)

|       |                   | Rural HHs as on 15.8.2019   | Rural HHs as on 15.8.2019            | Rural HHs as on 15.8.2019   | Rural HHs as on 01.8.2021   | Rural HHs as on 01.8.2021            | Rural HHs as on 01.8.2021   | Progress so far                                             | Progress so far   |
|-------|-------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| S.No. | State/UTs         | Total No. of HHs            | No. of HHs with tap water connection | %age                        | Total No. of HHs            | No. of HHs with tap water connection | %age                        | No. of HHs provided tap water connection since start of JJM | %age              |
| 1.    | D&NHand D&D       | data not reported           | data not reported                    | data not reported           | 0.85                        | 0.85                                 | 100                         | 0.85                                                        | 100.00            |
| 2.    | Bihar             | 1,83.54                     | 3.16                                 | 1.72                        | 172.21                      | 148.56                               | 86.27                       | 145.40                                                      | 84.43             |
| 3.    | Telangana         | 54.38                       | 15.68                                | 28.84                       | 54.06                       | 54.06                                | 100.00                      | 38.38                                                       | 70.99             |
| 4.    | A &NIslands       | 0.65                        | 0.29                                 | 43.85                       | 0.62                        | 0.62                                 | 100.00                      | 0.33                                                        | 53.98             |
| 5.    | Manipur           | 4.52                        | 0.26                                 | 5.74                        | 4.52                        | 2.32                                 | 51.45                       | 2.06                                                        | 45.71             |
| 6.    | Haryana           | 28.94                       | 17.66                                | 61.03                       | 30.97                       | 30.61                                | 98.83                       | 12.94                                                       | 41.80             |
| 7.    | Arunachal Pradesh | 2.18                        | 0.23                                 | 10.47                       | 2.18                        | 1.11                                 | 51.23                       | 0.89                                                        | 40.75             |
| 8.    | Mizoram           | 1.27                        | 0.09                                 | 7.25                        | 1.27                        | 0.60                                 | 46.93                       | 0.50                                                        | 39.67             |
| 9.    | Uttarakhand       | 14.62                       | 1.30                                 | 8.91                        | 15.18                       | 6.79                                 | 44.70                       | 5.48                                                        | 36.11             |
| 10.   | Himachal Pradesh  | 17.04                       | 7.63                                 | 44.75                       | 17.28                       | 13.64                                | 78.91                       | 6.01                                                        | 34.77             |
| 11.   | Punjab            | 35.07                       | 16.79                                | 47.86                       | 34.73                       | 28.76                                | 82.79                       | 11.97                                                       | 34.47             |
| 12.   | Maharashtra       | 1,42.36                     | 48.44                                | 34.02                       | 142.36                      | 92.21                                | 64.77                       | 43.77                                                       | 30.75             |
| 13.   | Odisha            | 83.06                       | 3.11                                 | 3.74                        | 85.67                       | 27.50                                | 32.11                       | 24.40                                                       | 28.48             |
| 14.   | Tripura           | 8.01                        | 0.25                                 | 3.06                        | 8.01                        | 2.48                                 | 30.97                       | 2.24                                                        | 27.91             |
| 15.   | J&K               | 18.17                       | 5.75                                 | 31.66                       | 18.35                       | 10.23                                | 55.75                       | 4.48                                                        | 24.39             |
| 16.   | Goa               | 2.63                        | 1.99                                 | 75.70                       | 2.63                        | 2.63                                 | 100.00                      | 0.64                                                        | 24.30             |

|       |                | Rural HHs as on 15.8.2019   | Rural HHs as on 15.8.2019            | Rural HHs as on 15.8.2019   | Rural HHs as on 01.8.2021   | Rural HHs as on 01.8.2021            | Rural HHs as on 01.8.2021   | Progress so far                                             | Progress so far   |
|-------|----------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| S.No. | State/UTs      | Total No. of HHs            | No. of HHs with tap water connection | %age                        | Total No. of HHs            | No. of HHs with tap water connection | %age                        | No. of HHs provided tap water connection since start of JJM | %age              |
| 17.   | Madhya Pradesh | 1,21.24                     | 13.53                                | 11.16                       | 122.28                      | 39.66                                | 32.43                       | 26.13                                                       | 21.37             |
| 18.   | Meghalaya      | 5.90                        | 0.05                                 | 0.77                        | 5.90                        | 1.27                                 | 21.47                       | 1.22                                                        | 20.70             |
| 19.   | Puducherry     | 1.15                        | 0.94                                 | 81.37                       | 1.15                        | 1.15                                 | 100.00                      | 0.21                                                        | 18.63             |
| 20.   | Andhra Pradesh | 95.66                       | 30.74                                | 32.14                       | 95.17                       | 48.21                                | 50.66                       | 17.47                                                       | 18.35             |
| 21.   | Nagaland       | 3.86                        | 0.14                                 | 3.60                        | 3.86                        | 0.84                                 | 21.82                       | 0.70                                                        | 18.22             |
| 22.   | Tamil Nadu     | 1,26.89                     | 21.76                                | 17.15                       | 126.89                      | 42.97                                | 33.86                       | 21.21                                                       | 16.71             |
| 23.   | Gujarat        | 93.03                       | 65.16                                | 70.05                       | 92.92                       | 79.29                                | 85.33                       | 14.12                                                       | 15.20             |
| 24.   | Assam          | 63.35                       | 1.11                                 | 1.76                        | 63.35                       | 9.71                                 | 15.32                       | 8.59                                                        | 13.56             |
| 25.   | Sikkim         | 1.05                        | 0.70                                 | 66.96                       | 1.05                        | 0.82                                 | 78.26                       | 0.12                                                        | 11.31             |
| 26.   | Uttar Pradesh  | 2,63.39                     | 5.16                                 | 1.96                        | 263.39                      | 31.90                                | 12.11                       | 26.73                                                       | 10.15             |
| 27.   | Kerala         | 67.15                       | 16.64                                | 24.78                       | 70.69                       | 23.80                                | 33.67                       | 7.16                                                        | 10.13             |
| 28.   | West Bengal    | 1,63.26                     | 2.15                                 | 1.31                        | 177.23                      | 18.70                                | 10.55                       | 16.55                                                       | 9.34              |
| 29.   | Rajasthan      | 1,01.32                     | 11.74                                | 11.59                       | 101.32                      | 20.58                                | 20.31                       | 8.84                                                        | 8.72              |
| 30.   | Ladakh         | 0.44                        | 0.01                                 | 3.21                        | 0.44                        | 0.05                                 | 11.75                       | 0.04                                                        | 8.54              |
| 31.   | Jharkhand      | 54.09                       | 3.45                                 | 6.38                        | 59.23                       | 8.12                                 | 13.71                       | 4.67                                                        | 7.88              |
| 32.   | Karnataka      | 89.61                       | 24.51                                | 27.35                       | 91.19                       | 31.14                                | 34.15                       | 6.63                                                        | 7.27              |
| 33.   | Chhattisgarh   | 45.48                       | 3.20                                 | 7.03                        | 45.48                       | 5.87                                 | 12.92                       | 2.68                                                        | 5.89              |
|       | Total          | 18,93.30                    | 3,23.63                              | 17.09                       | 1912.41                     | 787.03                               | 41.15                       | 463.41                                                      | 24.23             |

(Source: JJM - IMIS)

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