Lok Sabha Question No. 1533 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-10
Subject: Toilets built under Swachh Bharat Mission
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Diya Kumari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1533

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2022

## TOILETS BUILT UNDER SWACHH BHARAT MISSION

## 1533. MS. DIYA KUMARI:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has records of the number of toilets built under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) with active water supply and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(b)  the  total  number  of  toilets  built  under  the  SBM  including  the  number  of  toilets  with  an active  water  supply  and  the  number  of  toilets  lacking  active  water  supply  for  the  State  of Rajasthan, district-wise; and

(c) whether  the  Government has noted underutilization of toilets built under the mission due to lack of active water supply; and

(d) if so, the steps being taken by the Union Government to address the issue?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) Government had launched Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) [SBM(G)] with effect from  2 nd October,  2014  with  the  main  aim  to  make  the  rural  areas  of  the  country  open defecation  free  (ODF)  by  2 nd October,  2019,  by  providing  access  to  toilets  to  all  the  rural households. About 10.9 crore individual household latrines (IHHLs) have been constructed in the country under SBM (G). The State/UT-wise numbers of IHHLs constructed, as reported by the States/UTs on the online integrated management information system (IMIS) of SBM (G) are  given  at Annexure-1. All  the  villages  had  declared  themselves  ODF  as  on  2 nd October, 2019.

As  sanitation  is  a  State  subject,  SBM  (G)  is  being  implemented  by  the  State  Governments. Government  of  India  provides  technical  and  financial  support  to  the  States  and  issues guidelines.

Under  SBM  (G),  the  incentive  for  construction  of  IHHL  was  enhanced  from  Rs.10,000  to Rs.12,000  to  provide  for  water  storage  facility  for  hand-washing  and  cleaning  of  the  toilet. Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation had undertaken three rounds of National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS)  from  2017-18  to 2019-20 through an independent verification agency under World Bank support to SBM (G).  One of the key indicators for the survey was availability of water for toilet usage.  As per the results of NARSS 2019-20, 99.6% of  the  households  who  had  access  to  toilets,  had  availability  of  water,  and  95.2%  of  rural population  who  had  access  to  a  toilet,  were  using  it.  Further,  Government  has  launched  Jal Jeevan Mission in 2019 with the goal to provide functional household tap connection to every rural household by 2024.

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## Statement referred in part (a) to (d) of the reply to Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.1533 due for reply on 10-02-2022

State/UT-wise number of IHHLs constructed under SBM(G) from 2.10.2014 to 07.02.2022

| Sl.No.   | State/UT                           | No. of IHHLs constructed   |
|----------|------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 22,378                     |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 42,71,773                  |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 1,44,608                   |
| 4        | Assam                              | 40,05,740                  |
| 5        | Bihar                              | 1,21,26,567                |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh                       | 33,78,655                  |
| 7        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 21,906                     |
| 8        | Goa                                | 28,637                     |
| 9        | Gujarat                            | 41,89,006                  |
| 10       | Haryana                            | 6,89,186                   |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh                   | 1,91,546                   |
| 12       | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 12,61,757                  |
| 13       | Jharkhand                          | 41,29,545                  |
| 14       | Karnataka                          | 46,31,316                  |
| 15       | Kerala                             | 2,39,360                   |
| 16       | Ladakh                             | 17,241                     |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh                     | 71,93,976                  |
| 18       | Maharashtra                        | 67,93,541                  |
| 19       | Manipur                            | 2,68,348                   |
| 20       | Meghalaya                          | 2,64,828                   |
| 21       | Mizoram                            | 44,141                     |
| 22       | Nagaland                           | 1,41,246                   |
| 23       | Odisha                             | 70,79,564                  |
| 24       | Puducherry                         | 29,628                     |
| 25       | Punjab                             | 5,11,223                   |
| 26       | Rajasthan                          | 81,20,658                  |
| 27       | Sikkim                             | 11,209                     |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu                         | 55,11,791                  |
| 29       | Telangana                          | 31,01,859                  |
| 30       | Tripura                            | 4,40,514                   |
| 31       | Uttar Pradesh                      | 2,22,10,649                |
| 32       | Uttarakhand                        | 5,24,076                   |
| 33       | West Bengal                        | 74,49,451                  |
|          | Total                              | 10,90,45,923               |