Lok Sabha Question No. 1871 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-09
Subject: National Rural Drinking Water Programme
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ashok Mahadeorao Nete

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1871

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09/12/2021

## NATIONAL RURAL DRINKING WATER PROGRAMME

## †1871. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether  all  the  public  places  under  each  panchayat  would  be  provided  with  safe  drinking water under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP);
- (b)  if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)   the details of number of Panchayats where safe drinking water has been provided at public places under the programme, State-wise and the special efforts being made to meet the target during the current financial year?

## ANSWER

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

(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  and  public institutions in villages like schools, anganwadi centres, ashramshalas (tribal residential schools), health and wellness centres, Gram Panchayat building, etc., by 2024.

(c) State/  UT-wise details of  tap  water  connections  reported to  have  been  provided  at  public places including that in Panchayats is annexed . A number of steps have been taken to plan and implement JJM with speed and scale, inter alia which includes joint discussion and finalization of  saturation  plan  as  well  as  annual  action  plan  (AAP)  of  States/  UTs,  regular  review  of implementation, workshops/ conferences/ webinars for capacity building and knowledge sharing, field visits by  multi-disciplinary team to provide  technical support, etc. A 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  schools,  anganwadi  centres  and  ashramshalas  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).

The  detailed  information  related  to  status  as  well  as  progress  in  making  the  provision  of  tap water supply to rural households and public institutions in villages is in public domain on JJM dashboard, and available at:

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

## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1871 due for reply on 09.12.2021

## State/ UT-wise status of tap water connections in public institutions

(as on 06.12.2021)

(Number in thousands)

| S. No.   | State/ UT         | Schools   | Anganwadi centres   | Public Institutions [GP Building/ Panchayat Ghar, Health Centre, Community Centres, etc.]   | Total    |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
| 1.       | A&NIslands        | 0.37      | 0.56                | 0.29                                                                                        | 1.22     |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh    | 41.57     | 42.60               | 26.46                                                                                       | 1,10.63  |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh | 2.27      | 3.43                | 3.55                                                                                        | 9.26     |
| 4.       | Assam             | 25.88     | 11.18               | 0.55                                                                                        | 37.61    |
| 5.       | Bihar             | 70.71     | 95.44               | 10.14                                                                                       | 1,76.29  |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh      | 32.69     | 25.85               | 14.57                                                                                       | 73.11    |
| 7.       | D&NH andD&D       | 0.41      | 0.37                | 0.19                                                                                        | 0.97     |
| 8.       | Goa               | 1.10      | 0.53                | 0.39                                                                                        | 2.02     |
| 9.       | Gujarat           | 29.75     | 42.28               | 0.00                                                                                        | 72.04    |
| 10.      | Haryana           | 12.99     | 21.79               | 18.07                                                                                       | 52.85    |
| 11.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 17.30     | 17.77               | 8.27                                                                                        | 43.34    |
| 12.      | Jammu &Kashmir    | 22.42     | 23.93               | 5.27                                                                                        | 51.61    |
| 13.      | Jharkhand         | 7.45      | 1.75                | 5.72                                                                                        | 14.92    |
| 14.      | Karnataka         | 42.02     | 53.70               | 12.07                                                                                       | 1,07.79  |
| 15.      | Kerala            | 10.88     | 26.78               | 0.18                                                                                        | 37.84    |
| 16.      | Ladakh            | 0.84      | 0.83                | 0.22                                                                                        | 1.89     |
| 17.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 68.00     | 40.06               | 9.68                                                                                        | 1,17.73  |
| 18.      | Maharashtra       | 72.04     | 73.42               | 20.71                                                                                       | 1,66.17  |
| 19.      | Manipur           | 3.26      | 7.58                | 0.01                                                                                        | 10.86    |
| 20.      | Meghalaya         | 7.28      | 2.44                | 0.34                                                                                        | 10.07    |
| 21.      | Mizoram           | 1.86      | 1.37                | 0.72                                                                                        | 3.95     |
| 22.      | Nagaland          | 1.97      | 1.65                | 0.64                                                                                        | 4.27     |
| 23.      | Odisha            | 35.62     | 28.12               | 19.13                                                                                       | 82.87    |
| 24.      | Puducherry        | 0.39      | 0.41                | 0.29                                                                                        | 1.10     |
| 25.      | Punjab            | 22.39     | 22.12               | 2.43                                                                                        | 46.94    |
| 26.      | Rajasthan         | 57.29     | 28.19               | 20.12                                                                                       | 1,05.60  |
| 27.      | Sikkim            | 0.73      | 1.23                | 0.70                                                                                        | 2.66     |
| 28.      | Tamil Nadu        | 37.74     | 39.46               | 74.83                                                                                       | 1,52.03  |
| 29.      | Telangana         | 22.88     | 27.31               | 13.28                                                                                       | 63.47    |
| 30.      | Tripura           | 3.33      | 4.60                | 1.35                                                                                        | 9.27     |
| 31.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 1,03.61   | 1,72.85             | 53.91                                                                                       | 3,30.36  |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand       | 19.25     | 16.43               | 4.28                                                                                        | 39.95    |
| 33.      | West Bengal       | 53.11     | 35.34               | 5.85                                                                                        | 94.30    |
| Total    | Total             | 8,29.40   | 8,71.35             | 3,34.20                                                                                     | 20,34.95 |

Source: JJM - IMIS