Lok Sabha Question No. 1916 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-09
Subject: Jal Jeevan Misson in Assam
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Kripanath Mallah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1916

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09/12/2021

## JAL JEEVAN MISSION IN ASSAM

## 1916. SHRI KRIPANATH MALLAH:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   the salient features of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM);
- (b)   the details of the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized under this mission within Assam during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) the details of the target set and achievements made so far;
- (d)   the number of districts covered under this mission within Assam so far; and
- (e)   the steps being taken by the Government to cover all corners of Assam under this mission?

## ANSWER

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

(a)   Since  August  2019,  Government  of  India  in  partnership  with  States,  is  implementing  Jal Jeevan  Mission  (JJM)  by  subsuming  erstwhile  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme (NRDWP) to make provision of tap  water  supply  to every  rural  household  of  the  country  by 2024. The key features of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) are to make provision of potable water to every rural household through tap water connection at a service level of 55 litre per capita per day (lpcd), of prescribed quality (BIS:10500), on regular and long-term basis.

(b)   The details of Central fund allocated, released/ drawn by the State Government and reported utilization  in  Assam  under  the  then  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme  (NRDWP)  in 2018-19 and under JJM in 2019-20, 2020-21 & 2021-22 (as on 06.12.2021) is as under:

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

| Year    | Central share   | Central share   | Central share           | Central share        | Central share        | Expenditure under State share   |
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|         | Opening Balance | Allocation      | Fund drawn by the State | Total fund available | Reported utilization |                                 |
| 2018-19 | 394.85          | 567.89          | 300.76                  | 695.61               | 336.25               | 48.34                           |
| 2019-20 | 359.35          | 694.95          | 442.36                  | 801.71               | 358.87               | 29.01                           |
| 2020-21 | 452.45          | 1,608.51        | 551.77                  | 1,004.22             | 880.44               | 90.02                           |
| 2021-22 | 123.78          | 5,601.16        | 1,400.29                | 1,532.37             | 1,051.15             | 101.07                          |

Source: JJM, IMIS

(c) to (e)  As reported, out of total 63.35 lakh rural households in 33 districts of Assam, so far, 17.04 lakh (26.9%) households have been provided tap water connections. The State has planned to provide tap water connections to remaining 46.31 lakh rural households by 2024.

A number of steps have been taken to plan and implement JJM in the whole country including Assam with speed and scale, inter alia which includes joint discussion and finalization of annual action plan (AAP) as well as saturation plan of States/ UTs, regular review of implementation, workshops/ conferences/ webinars for capacity building and knowledge sharing, field visits by multi-disciplinary  team  to provide  technical  support,  etc.  A detailed  Operational  Guideline  for the  implementation  of  JJM;  Margdarshika  for  Gram  Panchayats  &  VWSCs  to  provide  safe drinking water in rural households and Guidelines on a special campaign to provide piped water supply  in  anganwadi  centres,  ashramshalas  and  schools  have  been  shared  with  States/  UTs, including  Assam  to  facilitate  planning  and  implementation  of  Jal  Jeevan  Mission.  For  online monitoring,  JJM-Integrated Management Information  System  (IMIS)  and JJM-Dashboard has been  put  in  place.  Provision  has  also  been  made  for  transparent  online  financial  management through Public Financial Management System (PFMS).

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