Lok Sabha Question No. 28 (STARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Availability of Drinking Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Faizal P.P. Mohammed

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *28

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03/02/2022

## AVAILABILITY OF DRINKING WATER

## *28. SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P.:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether  there  is  any  flagship  programme  of  the  Government  which  specifically  aims  at streamlining drinking water availability/facilities across the country;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c)   whether any plan has been evolved to complete the pending projects aimed at improving the availability of drinking water in the country;
- (d)   if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)   if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (e) A statement is laid on the table of the House.

## Statement  referred  in  reply  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.  28  to  be  answered  on 03.02.2022

(a) & (b) Since August 2019, Government of India in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), after subsuming erstwhile National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), to make provision of tap water supply to every rural household by 2024.

At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission, out of 18.93 Crore rural households, 3.23 Crore (17%) households were reported to have tap water connections. So far, 5.67 Crore (29.2%) rural households have been provided with tap water connections in last 29 months. Thus, as of date,  out  of  19.28  Crore  rural  households  in  the  country,  8.90  Crore  (46.2%)  households  are reported to have tap water supply in their homes.

(c)  to  (e)  The  year-wise  timelines  finalized  by  States/  UTs  for  making  provision  of  tap  water supply to every rural household is as under:

| 2020   | 2021                                                                      | 2022                                                                                               | 2023                                                                                               | 2024                                                                                  |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Goa    | Telangana Bihar Puducherry A &NIslands Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | Gujarat Himachal Pradesh Haryana Uttarakhand Ladakh Manipur Meghalaya Punjab Sikkim Jammu &Kashmir | Arunachal Pradesh Chhattisgarh Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Mizoram Nagaland Tamil Nadu Tripura | Assam Andhra Pradesh Jharkhand Maharashtra Odisha Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh West Bengal |

In Goa, Telangana, Haryana, Puducherry, A & N Islands, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu; provision for tap water supply to all rural households has been made.

Number of steps have been taken to plan and implement JJM in the whole country with speed, inter alia ,  which includes joint discussion and finalization of saturation plan and annual action plan (AAP) of States/ UTs, regular review of implementation, workshops/ conferences/ webinars for  capacity  building,  training,  knowledge  sharing,  field  visits  by  multi-disciplinary  team  to provide technical support, etc.  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 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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