Lok Sabha Question No. 553 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-22
Subject: Funds Allocated under NRDWP
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Pradeep Kumar Singh, Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel, Sumedhanand Saraswati, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Bhagirath Chaudhary, Balak Nath, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 553

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2021

## FUNDS ALLOCATED UNDER NRDWP

†553. SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL:

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY:

SHRI BALAK NATH:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the details of allocation of funds made  under National Rural Drinking  Water Programme (NRDWP) in the country during the last three years, year and State-wise;

(b) the details of allocation of funds made in Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Churu, Jaipur, Ajmer and Alwar districts of Rajasthan, Satara, Solapur and Latur districts of Maharashtra, Araria district in  Bihar  and  in  Gujarat  under  NRDWP  along  with  the  works  done  in  this  regard  and  the number of people benefitted therefrom during the said period, year/district/village-wise;

(c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  sanction  any  special  package  under  the  said programme during the financial year 2021-22 with a view to prevent Kyphosis (hunchback) disease in the states of Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan caused due to weak bones and teeth affected by drinking water containing fluoride, nitrate and brackish water;

- (d) if so, the time by which it is likely to be done along with the details in this regard; and

(e) the  present  status  along  with  details  of  funds  allocation  for  construction  of  canal proposed  twenty  years  ago  for  taking  water  of  Bhima  Kore  dam  situated  in  Madha Parliamentary Constituency to the rural areas of Satara and Solapur districts?

## ANSWER

## 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) - Har Ghar Jal after subsuming the then National Rural Drinking Water  Programme  (NRDWP) to provide  tap  water  connection  to  every rural household  by 2024.  Details  of  State/  UT-wise  allocation  of  Central  fund,  in  2018-19  under  the  then NRDWP and under JJM, in 2019-20 & 2020-21, are annexed .

(b) Under Jal Jeevan Mission, district-wise fund allocation  is  not  made  at  Govt. of  India level.  However,  the  district-wise  status  of  physical  progress  made  under  JJM  across  the country, including Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Churu, Jaipur, Ajmer and Alwar districts of Rajasthan, Satara, Solapur and Latur districts of Maharashtra, Araria district in Bihar and in Gujarat, is available on JJM dashboard at:

## https://ejalshakti.gov.in/jjmreport/JJMIndia.aspx.

(c) & (d) Under  JJM,  priority  is  given  to  quality-affected  habitations,  while  planning water supply schemes to provide tap water supply to households. Further, at the time of fund allocation to States/ UTs, 10% weightage is given to the population residing in habitations affected  by  chemical  contaminants  viz.  Arsenic,  Fluoride,  Iron,  heavy  metals,  nitrate  and salinity. Allocation of funds under JJM has increased fourfold in the current financial year vis-à-vis last year. However, in 2021-22, the State of Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Bihar are yet to draw any fund.

In  March  2017,  to  provide  potable  drinking  water  to  identified  27,544  Arsenic/  Fluorideaffected  habitations  in  the  country,  National  Water  Quality  Sub-Mission  (NWQSM)  was launched, which has now been subsumed under JJM. For identified 6,849 Fluoride affected habitations  of  Rajasthan,  Rs.  1,145.50  Crore  and  for  100  Fluoride  affected  habitations  of Maharashtra,  an  amount  of  Rs.  18.79  Crore  and  for  1,043Fluoride  affected  habitations  of Bihar, an amount of Rs. 171.96 Crore has been released under NWQSM. As reported, in all Fluoride-affected habitations of Gujarat, provision of safe drinking water has been made.

As planning, implementation and commissioning of piped water supply schemes based on a safe water source takes time, purely as an interim measure, States/ UTs have been advised to install community water purification plants (CWPPs) in such habitations to provide potable water to every household at the rate of 8-10 litre per capita per day to meet their drinking and cooking requirements.

- (e) No such project is being funded by the Ministry.

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 553 due for reply on 22.07.2021

## Fund allocated under NRDWP in 2018-19 and under JJM in 2019-20 & 2020-21

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

|   S. No. | State/ UT         | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | A &NIslands       | 0.62      | 1.78      | 2.93      |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    | 197.56    | 372.64    | 790.48    |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 96.95     | 132.55    | 254.85    |
|        4 | Assam             | 567.89    | 694.95    | 1,608.51  |
|        5 | Bihar             | 476.63    | 787.31    | 1,839.16  |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh      | 95.47     | 208.04    | 445.52    |
|        7 | Goa               | 3.34      | 7.57      | 12.41     |
|        8 | Gujarat           | 237.09    | 390.31    | 883.08    |
|        9 | Haryana           | 81.88     | 149.95    | 289.52    |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh  | 91.12     | 148.67    | 326.20    |
|       11 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 309.07    | 322.03    | 681.77    |
|       12 | Jharkhand         | 207.97    | 267.69    | 572.24    |
|       13 | Karnataka         | 331.04    | 546.06    | 1,189.40  |
|       14 | Kerala            | 90.37     | 248.76    | 404.24    |
|       15 | Ladakh            | NA        | 166.65    | 352.09    |
|       16 | Madhya Pradesh    | 274.09    | 571.60    | 1,280.13  |
|       17 | Maharashtra       | 474.16    | 847.97    | 1,828.92  |
|       18 | Manipur           | 40.25     | 67.69     | 131.80    |
|       19 | Meghalaya         | 52.43     | 86.02     | 174.92    |
|       20 | Mizoram           | 28.00     | 39.87     | 79.30     |
|       21 | Nagaland          | 34.72     | 56.49     | 114.09    |
|       22 | Odisha            | 154.99    | 364.74    | 812.15    |
|       23 | Puducherry        | 1.29      | 2.50      | 4.64      |
|       24 | Punjab            | 125.97    | 227.46    | 362.79    |
|       25 | Rajasthan         | 692.13    | 1,301.71  | 2,522.03  |
|       26 | Sikkim            | 11.62     | 15.41     | 31.36     |
|       27 | Tamil Nadu        | 180.99    | 373.87    | 921.99    |
|       28 | Telangana         | 131.40    | 259.14    | 412.19    |
|       29 | Tripura           | 55.18     | 107.64    | 156.61    |
|       30 | Uttar Pradesh     | 713.95    | 1,206.28  | 2,570.94  |
|       31 | Uttarakhand       | 99.17     | 170.53    | 362.58    |
|       32 | West Bengal       | 917.82    | 995.33    | 1,614.18  |

NA: Not Applicable