Lok Sabha Question No. 144 (STARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Availability of Potable Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 144(4 th  Position) TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2021

## Availability of Potable Water

## *144. DR. HEENA GAVIT: SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) aims to provide piped potable water to every rural household by 2024 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the budgetary allocation made for the Mission, State-wise;
- (c) the details of blocks covered in Jalga on, Nandurbar, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Ahmednagar and Thane districts of Maharashtra;
- (d) the details of the number of households in Maharashtra that have received piped potable water under the Mission, district-wise;
- (e) whether any problem is being faced in implementation of the JJM and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether the  Government has recently reviewed the performance of JJM in the country including Bihar and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER FOR JAL SHAKTI (GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) to (f) A Statement of reply is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 144 due for reply on 11.02.2021

- (a) Yes Sir.  Government  of  India  in  partnership  with  States,  is  implementing  Jal  Jeevan Mission  (JJM)  -  Har  Ghar  Jal  to  provide  functional  tap  water  connection  to  every  rural household in the country by 2024. The estimated outlay of the mission is Rs. 3.60 lakh Crore. Under the mission, every household to get potable drinking water supply in adequate quantity of prescribed quality on long-term and regular basis.
- (b) The details of budgetary allocations made under JJM for the year 2019-20 and 2020-21 is annexed.
- (c) &(d) As on 08.02.2021, as reported by the State of Maharashtra, out of 1.42 Crore rural households in the State, 86.16 lakh (60.52%) have tap water connections. District and village -wise  details  of  number  of  households  with  tap  water  connections,  including  in  Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Ahmednagar and Thane districts of Maharashtra, is in public domain and available on the JJM dashboard:

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

- (e) Some  major  challenges,  viz.  presence  of  contaminants  in  ground  water,  paucity  of dependable water sources in water-stressed areas and capacity of Gram Panchayats and local communities  to  plan,  manage,  operate  &  maintain  the  water  supply  schemes,  and  delay  in release of the matching State share in some States especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, etc. are being faced in the implementation of JJM.
- (f) Govt. of India has been regularly reviewing the implementation of JJM with States/ UTs including  Bihar.  Several  meetings  including  conferences,  workshops,  review  meetings through video conferences, field visits,  etc.  are being  held  from time to  time.  During  these reviews, States/ UTs are advised to expedite the implementation to achieve the goal in a timebound manner.

## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 144 due for reply on 11.02.2021

## State/ UT-wise allocation of Central fund under Jal Jeevan Mission in 2019-20 & 2020-21

(Amount Rs. in Crore)

|   S. No. | State/ UT         | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | A &NIslands       | 1.78      | 2.93      |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    | 372.64    | 790.48    |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 132.55    | 254.85    |
|        4 | Assam             | 694.95    | 1,608.51  |
|        5 | Bihar             | 787.31    | 1,839.16  |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh      | 208.04    | 445.52    |
|        7 | Goa               | 7.57      | 12.41     |
|        8 | Gujarat           | 390.31    | 883.08    |
|        9 | Haryana           | 149.95    | 289.52    |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh  | 148.67    | 326.20    |
|       11 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 322.03    | 681.77    |
|       12 | Jharkhand         | 267.69    | 572.24    |
|       13 | Karnataka         | 546.06    | 1,189.40  |
|       14 | Kerala            | 248.76    | 404.24    |
|       15 | Ladakh            | 166.65    | 352.09    |
|       16 | Madhya Pradesh    | 571.60    | 1,280.13  |
|       17 | Maharashtra       | 847.97    | 1,828.92  |
|       18 | Manipur           | 67.69     | 131.80    |
|       19 | Meghalaya         | 86.02     | 174.92    |
|       20 | Mizoram           | 39.87     | 79.30     |
|       21 | Nagaland          | 56.49     | 114.09    |
|       22 | Odisha            | 364.74    | 812.15    |
|       23 | Puducherry        | 2.50      | 4.64      |
|       24 | Punjab            | 227.46    | 362.79    |
|       25 | Rajasthan         | 1,301.71  | 2,522.03  |
|       26 | Sikkim            | 15.41     | 31.36     |
|       27 | Tamil Nadu        | 373.87    | 921.99    |
|       28 | Telangana         | 259.14    | 412.19    |
|       29 | Tripura           | 107.64    | 156.61    |
|       30 | Uttar Pradesh     | 1,514.13  | 2,570.94  |
|       31 | Uttarakhand       | 170.53    | 362.58    |
|       32 | West Bengal       | 995.33    | 1,614.18  |