Lok Sabha Question No. 504 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-22
Subject: Pure Drinking Water for All
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Jugal Kishore Sharma, Dileshwar Kamait

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 504

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2021

## PURE DRINKING WATER FOR ALL

†504. SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA: SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the target achieved so far to provide safe and clean drinking water to every citizen of the country as on date, State-wise;

(b) whether water conservation awareness programmes are organised; and

(c) if so, the details of the programmes organised in Jammu & Kashmir and Bihar, districtwise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) To enable every rural household to have potable tap water supply in adequate quantity, of prescribed  quality  and  on  regular  and  long-term  basis  by  2024,  Government  of  India,  in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal.

At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission on 15th August, 2019, out of 18.93 Crore rural households, 3.23 Crore households (17%) were reported to have tap water connections. As of date, out of 18.98 Crore rural households across the country, 7.76 Crore households (40.89%) are reported to have potable tap water supply in their homes. The State/ UT-wise details of rural households having tap water connection is annexed . (b) & (c) In 2019-20, Government of India had launched Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA), a water conservation campaign, which was implemented in two phases in 1,592 blocks of 256 waterstressed  districts,including  1  in  Jammu  &  Kashmir  and  12  in  Bihar.  During  the  campaign, officers, groundwater experts and scientists from the Government of India have worked with State  and  District  officials,  Panchayati  Raj  institutions,  civil  society,  local  community,  in these  districts  to  promote  water  conservation  activities.  Presently,  country-wide  'Jal  Shakti Abhiyan - Catch the rain' is underway for water conservation including Bihar and Jammu & Kashmir.

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Annex

## Annex referred in the statement of reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 504 due for reply on 22.07.2021

## State/ UT-wise status of tap water connections in rural households

(as on 19.07.2021)

(Number in lakhs)

| S. No.   | State/ UT      | Total rural HHs as on 15.08.2019   | Rural HHs with tap water connection as on 15.8.2019   | Rural HHs with tap water connection as on 15.8.2019   | Total rural HHs as on date   | Rural HHs given tap water connections since 15.8.2019   | Rural HHs given tap water connections since 15.8.2019   | Rural HHs with tap water supply as on 19.7.2021   | Rural HHs with tap water supply as on 19.7.2021   |
|----------|----------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State/ UT      | Total rural HHs as on 15.08.2019   | No.                                                   | %age                                                  | Total rural HHs as on date   | No.                                                     | %age                                                    | No.                                               | %age                                              |
| 1.       | A&NIslands     | 0.65                               | 0.29                                                  | 43.85                                                 | 0.62                         | 0.33                                                    | 53.98                                                   | 0.62                                              | 100                                               |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh | 95.66                              | 30.74                                                 | 32.14                                                 | 95.17                        | 17.02                                                   | 17.89                                                   | 47.77                                             | 50.19                                             |
| 3.       | Arunachal      | 2.18                               | 0.23                                                  | 10.47                                                 | 2.18                         | 0.86                                                    | 39.63                                                   | 1.09                                              | 50.1                                              |
| 4.       | Pradesh Assam  | 63.35                              | 1.11                                                  | 1.76                                                  | 63.35                        | 7.83                                                    | 12.36                                                   | 8.95                                              | 14.12                                             |
| 5.       | Bihar          | 1,83.54                            | 3.16                                                  | 1.72                                                  | 1,72.21                      | 143.52                                                  | 83.34                                                   | 1,46.68                                           | 85.18                                             |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh   | 45.48                              | 3.2                                                   | 7.03                                                  | 45.48                        | 2.59                                                    | 5.70                                                    | 5.79                                              | 12.73                                             |
| 7.       | DNH andD&D     | 0.60                               | NR                                                    | NR                                                    | 0.85                         | 0.84                                                    | 99.14                                                   | 0.84                                              | 99.14                                             |
| 8.       | Goa            | 2.63                               | 1.99                                                  | 75.7                                                  | 2.63                         | 0.64                                                    | 24.30                                                   | 2.63                                              | 100                                               |
| 9.       | Gujarat        | 93.03                              | 65.16                                                 | 70.05                                                 | 92.92                        | 13.19                                                   | 14.20                                                   | 78.35                                             | 84.32                                             |
| 10.      | Haryana        | 28.94                              | 17.66                                                 | 61.03                                                 | 30.99                        | 12.12                                                   | 39.10                                                   | 29.78                                             | 96.1                                              |
| 11.      | Himachal       | 17.04                              | 7.63                                                  | 44.75                                                 | 17.04                        | 5.95                                                    | 34.90                                                   | 13.57                                             | 79.67                                             |
| 12.      | Pradesh J&K    | 18.17                              | 5.75                                                  | 31.66                                                 | 18.35                        | 4.43                                                    | 24.15                                                   | 10.19                                             | 55.51                                             |
| 13.      | Jharkhand      | 54.09                              | 3.45                                                  | 6.38                                                  | 59.23                        | 4.51                                                    | 7.61                                                    | 7.96                                              | 13.44                                             |
| 14.      | Karnataka      | 89.61                              | 24.51                                                 | 27.35                                                 | 91.19                        | 5.92                                                    | 6.49                                                    | 30.43                                             | 33.37                                             |
| 15.      | Kerala         | 67.15                              | 16.64                                                 | 24.78                                                 | 70.69                        | 6.93                                                    | 9.80                                                    | 23.57                                             | 33.34                                             |
| 16.      | Ladakh         | 0.44                               | 0.01                                                  | 3.21                                                  | 0.44                         | 0.04                                                    | 8.13                                                    | 0.05                                              | 11.34                                             |
| 17.      | Madhya Pradesh | 1,21.24                            | 13.53                                                 | 11.16                                                 | 1,22.28                      | 25.78                                                   | 21.08                                                   | 39.31                                             | 32.15                                             |
| 18.      | Maharashtra    | 1,42.36                            | 48.44                                                 | 34.02                                                 | 1,42.36                      | 43.53                                                   | 30.58                                                   | 91.97                                             | 64.61                                             |
| 19.      | Manipur        | 4.52                               | 0.26                                                  | 5.74                                                  | 4.52                         | 2.05                                                    | 45.51                                                   | 2.31                                              | 51.25                                             |
| 20.      | Meghalaya      | 5.90                               | 0.05                                                  | 0.77                                                  | 5.90                         | 1.14                                                    | 19.37                                                   | 1.19                                              | 20.14                                             |
| 21.      | Mizoram        | 1.27                               | 0.09                                                  | 7.25                                                  | 1.27                         | 0.50                                                    | 39.67                                                   | 0.60                                              | 46.93                                             |
| 22.      | Nagaland       | 3.86                               | 0.14                                                  | 3.6                                                   | 3.86                         | 0.68                                                    | 17.62                                                   | 0.82                                              | 21.22                                             |
| 23.      | Odisha         | 83.06                              | 3.11                                                  | 3.74                                                  | 85.67                        | 23.38                                                   | 27.30                                                   | 26.49                                             | 30.93                                             |
| 24.      | Puducherry     | 1.15                               | 0.94                                                  | 81.37                                                 | 1.15                         | 0.21                                                    | 18.63                                                   | 1.15                                              | 100                                               |
| 25.      | Punjab         | 35.07                              | 16.79                                                 | 47.86                                                 | 34.73                        | 11.55                                                   | 33.24                                                   | 28.33                                             | 81.57                                             |
| 26.      | Rajasthan      | 1,01.32                            | 11.74                                                 | 11.59                                                 | 1,01.32                      | 8.69                                                    | 8.57                                                    | 20.43                                             | 20.16                                             |
| 27.      | Sikkim         | 1.05                               | 0.7                                                   | 66.96                                                 | 1.05                         | 0.12                                                    | 11.16                                                   | 0.82                                              | 78.11                                             |
| 28.      | Tamil Nadu     | 1,26.89                            | 21.76                                                 | 17.15                                                 | 1,26.89                      | 20.20                                                   | 15.92                                                   | 41.96                                             | 33.07                                             |
| 29.      | Telangana      | 54.38                              | 15.68                                                 | 28.84                                                 | 54.06                        | 38.38                                                   | 70.99                                                   | 54.06                                             | 100                                               |
| 30.      | Tripura        | 8.01                               | 0.25                                                  | 3.06                                                  | 8.01                         | 2.18                                                    | 27.21                                                   | 2.42                                              | 30.27                                             |
| 31.      | Uttar Pradesh  | 2,63.39                            | 5.16                                                  | 1.96                                                  | 2,63.39                      | 26.21                                                   | 9.95                                                    | 31.37                                             | 11.91                                             |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand    | 14.62                              | 1.3                                                   | 8.91                                                  | 15.18                        | 5.44                                                    | 35.81                                                   | 6.74                                              | 44.39                                             |
| 33.      | West Bengal    | 1,63.26                            | 2.15                                                  | 1.31                                                  | 1,63.26                      | 15.78                                                   | 9.66                                                    | 17.92                                             | 10.98                                             |
|          | Total          | 18,93.91                           | 3,23.62                                               | 17.07                                                 | 18,98.22                     | 452.55                                                  | 23.84                                                   | 7,76.18                                           | 40.89                                             |

Source: JJM - IMIS

NR: Not Reported

HH: Households