Lok Sabha Question No. 2822 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-05
Subject: Review of implementation of JJM
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Girish Bhalchandra Bapat, Pritam Gopinath Munde, Rahul Ramesh Shewale

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2822 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2021

## REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF JJM

## 2822.     SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT: DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)   whether the Union Government has reviewed implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission with a view to accelerate the pace of implementation;

(b)   if so, the outcome thereof;

(c)   the shortcomings noticed in the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission, State-wise;

(d)   whether  the  Union  Government  has  fixed  target  to  provide  tap  water  supply  to  the remaining households in the country by 2023;

(e)   if so, the number of households still remaining for tap water in Maharashtra;

(f)   whether the Union Government has instructed the State Governments to review the Jal Jeevan Mission on monthly basis to achieve the target; and

(g)   if  so,  the  progress  made in this regard on all  India basis, State-wise and particularly  in Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (g)  Implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission is being regularly reviewed with States/ UTs to accelerate the pace of implementation to make provision of tap water supply to every rural household in the country by 2024. Annual Action Plan (2021-22) of all the States/ UTs were discussed during April-July, 2021, inter alia which included review of progress made so far and detailed planning for implementation of Jal  Jeevan Mission to make provision of 'Har Ghar Jal' in a time-bound manner.

State governments, through the provisions of the Operational Guidelines for the implementation of  the  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  and  during  meetings,  visits  to  States/  UTs,  have been advised to review the  implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission  in their respective State/ UTon regular basis to achieve the goal in a time-bound manner.

Government of India is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in partnership with States to provide tap water connection to every rural household in the country by 2024. At the time of launch of Jal Jeevan Mission on 15 th August, 2019, out of total 18.93 Crore rural households in  the  country,  3.23  Crore  (17%)  households  had  tap  water  connections.  Since  then,  4.63 Crore  (24.23%)  households  have  been  provided  with  tap  water  connections.  Thus,  as  on 02.08.2021,  7.87  Crore  (41.15%)  households  in  the  country,  have  provision  of  tap  water supply. State-wise details of households,  which have been  provided with tap water connections including that of Maharashtra, is annexed .

At  the  time  of  launch  of  Jal  Jeevan  Mission,  in  Maharashtra,  out  of  142.36  lakh  rural households, 48.44 lakh (34%) households had piped water connections. Since then, 43.77 lakh (30.75%) households have been provided tap water connections, thus provision of tap water supply has increased to 92.21 lakh (64.77%) households. Remaining 50.15 lakh households are planned to be provided with tap water connections by 2024.

Presence  of  contaminants  in  ground  water,  sustainability  of  drinking  water  sources  and systems, lack of regular operation and maintenance resulting into systems becoming defunct, delay  in  release  of  the  matching  State  share  in  some  States  especially  after  Covid-19 pandemic, are few challenges being noticed in the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission.

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2822 due for reply on 05.08.2021

## State-wise details of number of rural households (HHs) having tap water connections

(Nos. in lakh)

| S. No.   | States/ UTs       | Total HHs   |   Total HHs with tap connections (as on15.08.2019) |   No. of HHs provided tap water connections since 15.08.2019 |   No. of HHs withtap water supply (as on 02.08.2021) |
|----------|-------------------|-------------|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | A &NIslands       | 0.62        |                                               0.29 |                                                         0.33 |                                                 0.62 |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh    | 95.17       |                                              30.74 |                                                        17.47 |                                                48.21 |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh | 2.18        |                                               0.23 |                                                         0.89 |                                                 1.11 |
| 4.       | Assam             | 63.35       |                                               1.11 |                                                         8.59 |                                                 9.71 |
| 5.       | Bihar             | 172.21      |                                               3.16 |                                                       145.4  |                                               148.56 |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh      | 45.48       |                                               3.2  |                                                         2.68 |                                                 5.87 |
| 7.       | D&NHand D&D       | 0.85        |                                               0    |                                                         0.85 |                                                 0.85 |
| 8.       | Goa               | 2.63        |                                               1.99 |                                                         0.64 |                                                 2.63 |
| 9.       | Gujarat           | 92.92       |                                              65.16 |                                                        14.12 |                                                79.29 |
| 10.      | Haryana           | 30.97       |                                              17.66 |                                                        12.94 |                                                30.61 |
| 11.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 17.28       |                                               7.63 |                                                         6.01 |                                                13.64 |
| 12.      | Jammu &Kashmir    | 18.35       |                                               5.75 |                                                         4.48 |                                                10.23 |
| 13.      | Jharkhand         | 59.23       |                                               3.45 |                                                         4.67 |                                                 8.12 |
| 14.      | Karnataka         | 91.19       |                                              24.51 |                                                         6.63 |                                                31.14 |
| 15.      | Kerala            | 70.69       |                                              16.64 |                                                         7.16 |                                                23.8  |
| 16.      | Ladakh            | 0.44        |                                               0.01 |                                                         0.04 |                                                 0.05 |
| 17.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 122.28      |                                              13.53 |                                                        26.13 |                                                39.66 |
| 18.      | Maharashtra       | 142.36      |                                              48.44 |                                                        43.77 |                                                92.21 |
| 19.      | Manipur           | 4.52        |                                               0.26 |                                                         2.06 |                                                 2.32 |
| 20.      | Meghalaya         | 5.90        |                                               0.05 |                                                         1.22 |                                                 1.27 |
| 21.      | Mizoram           | 1.27        |                                               0.09 |                                                         0.5  |                                                 0.6  |
| 22.      | Nagaland          | 3.86        |                                               0.14 |                                                         0.7  |                                                 0.84 |
| 23.      | Odisha            | 85.67       |                                               3.11 |                                                        24.4  |                                                27.5  |
| 24.      | Puducherry        | 1.15        |                                               0.94 |                                                         0.21 |                                                 1.15 |
| 25.      | Punjab            | 34.73       |                                              16.79 |                                                        11.97 |                                                28.76 |
| 26.      | Rajasthan         | 101.32      |                                              11.74 |                                                         8.84 |                                                20.58 |
| 27.      | Sikkim            | 1.05        |                                               0.7  |                                                         0.12 |                                                 0.82 |
| 28.      | Tamil Nadu        | 126.89      |                                              21.76 |                                                        21.21 |                                                42.97 |
| 29.      | Telangana         | 54.06       |                                              15.68 |                                                        38.38 |                                                54.06 |
| 30.      | Tripura           | 8.01        |                                               0.25 |                                                         2.24 |                                                 2.48 |
| 31.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 263.39      |                                               5.16 |                                                        26.73 |                                                31.9  |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand       | 15.18       |                                               1.3  |                                                         5.48 |                                                 6.79 |
| 33.      | West Bengal       | 177.23      |                                               2.15 |                                                        16.55 |                                                18.7  |
|          | Total             | 1,912.41    |                                             323.63 |                                                       463.41 |                                               787.03 |

(Source: JJM-IMIS)