Lok Sabha Question No. 3772 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Progress of JJM
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: S.R. Parthiban

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3772. ANSWERED ON 23.03.2023.

## Progress of JJM

## 3772. SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R.:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the progress made so far under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) towards achieving the objective to enable every rural household with assured and clean water supply through functional household tap connections by 2024, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of the villages having functional village water and sanitation facility in the State of Tamil Nadu;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  modify  the  guidelines  for  ensuring  effective implementation of JJM; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) on 15th August, 2019, 3.23 crore (16.66%) rural households had potable tap water supply. As on date, 11.49 Crore (59.15%) rural households have provision of potable tap water supply. The State-wise progress under JJM is annexed.

Also, State/ UT, district and village-wise progress as well as status of provision of tap water supply is available in public domain at:

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

- (b) Tamil Nadu has reported that all 12,525 villages (100%) in the State have  piped water supply.  Further,  as  on  20.03.2023,  2,279  villages  are  reported  as  'Har  Ghar  Jal'  i.e.  100  % households of these villages have individual tap connection. Details of these villages are available in public domain at:

## https://tinyurl.com/2p8xtbsn

Regarding sanitation, as reported, 11,983 villages are ODF (Open Defecation Free)  plus, out of which 11,917 villages are ODF plus aspiring villages, 46 are ODF plus rising villages, and 20 are ODF plus model villages. Details of these villages are available in public domain at:

(c) &  (d) To  achieve the goal of JJM  in the whole  country with speed and scale, Operational guidelines for the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission - Har Ghar Jal were firmed up in consultation with State Governments and other stakeholders working in water sector and the same was shared with States. Further, Government of India is handholding the States through number of steps inter alia, which includes joint discussion and finalization of 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 teams and National WASH experts, to  provide  technical  support,  etc. Moreover, as  per feedback  received from the States/  UTs through regular reviews & follow-ups and to address the problems being faced  by the State  implementing  agencies, necessary amendments are  made in  the  operational guidelines, from time to time.

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## Annex  referred  in  the  reply  to  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  3772  answered  on 23.03.2023

## State/ UT-wise progress of rural households (HHs) under Jal Jeevan Mission

|   S. No. | State/ UT         | Total No. of Rural Households   | No. of rural households with tap water supply as on 15.08.2019   |   %age of rural households with tap water supply as on 15.08.2019 | No. of rural households with tap water supply as on 20.03.2023   |   %age of rural households with tap water supply as on 20.03.2023 |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | A &NIslands       | 62,037                          | 28,547                                                           |                                                             46.02 | 62,037                                                           |                                                            100    |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    | 95,54,684                       | 30,74,310                                                        |                                                             32.18 | 66,30,811                                                        |                                                             69.4  |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 2,30,275                        | 22,796                                                           |                                                              9.9  | 1,67,946                                                         |                                                             72.93 |
|        4 | Assam             | 67,46,485                       | 1,11,311                                                         |                                                              1.65 | 31,05,748                                                        |                                                             46.04 |
|        5 | Bihar             | 1,66,29,754                     | 3,16,391                                                         |                                                              1.9  | 1,59,05,410                                                      |                                                             95.64 |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh      | 50,08,375                       | 3,19,741                                                         |                                                              6.38 | 20,53,009                                                        |                                                             40.99 |
|        7 | D&NH and D&D      | 85,156                          | 0                                                                |                                                              0    | 85,156                                                           |                                                            100    |
|        8 | Goa               | 2,63,013                        | 1,99,094                                                         |                                                             75.7  | 2,63,013                                                         |                                                            100    |
|        9 | Gujarat           | 91,18,449                       | 65,16,258                                                        |                                                             71.46 | 91,18,449                                                        |                                                            100    |
|       10 | Haryana           | 30,41,314                       | 17,66,363                                                        |                                                             58.08 | 30,41,314                                                        |                                                            100    |
|       11 | Himachal Pradesh  | 17,08,925                       | 7,62,721                                                         |                                                             44.63 | 16,73,230                                                        |                                                             97.91 |
|       12 | Jammu& Kashmir    | 18,67,573                       | 5,75,466                                                         |                                                             30.81 | 10,78,311                                                        |                                                             57.74 |
|       13 | Jharkhand         | 61,19,343                       | 3,45,165                                                         |                                                              5.64 | 19,99,639                                                        |                                                             32.68 |
|       14 | Karnataka         | 1,01,16,480                     | 24,51,220                                                        |                                                             24.23 | 66,59,601                                                        |                                                             65.83 |
|       15 | Kerala            | 70,73,449                       | 16,64,091                                                        |                                                             23.53 | 33,23,507                                                        |                                                             46.99 |
|       16 | Ladakh            | 42,651                          | 1,414                                                            |                                                              3.32 | 30,632                                                           |                                                             71.82 |
|       17 | Lakshadweep       | 13,370                          |                                                                  |                                                              0    | 0                                                                |                                                              0    |
|       18 | Madhya Pradesh    | 1,19,88,414                     | 13,53,151                                                        |                                                             11.29 | 57,20,859                                                        |                                                             47.72 |
|       19 | Maharashtra       | 1,46,73,230                     | 48,43,832                                                        |                                                             33.01 | 1,08,53,643                                                      |                                                             73.97 |
|       20 | Manipur           | 4,51,566                        | 25,920                                                           |                                                              5.74 | 3,44,604                                                         |                                                             76.31 |
|       21 | Meghalaya         | 6,35,032                        | 4,550                                                            |                                                              0.72 | 2,97,412                                                         |                                                             46.83 |
|       22 | Mizoram           | 1,33,060                        | 9,201                                                            |                                                              6.91 | 1,05,513                                                         |                                                             79.3  |
|       23 | Nagaland          | 3,69,794                        | 13,882                                                           |                                                              3.75 | 2,27,831                                                         |                                                             61.61 |
|       24 | Odisha            | 88,57,063                       | 3,10,866                                                         |                                                              3.51 | 52,03,012                                                        |                                                             58.74 |
|       25 | Puducherry        | 1,14,969                        | 93,506                                                           |                                                             81.33 | 1,14,969                                                         |                                                            100    |

| 26    | Punjab        | 34,25,723    | 16,78,558   |   49.00 | 34,25,723    |    100 |
|-------|---------------|--------------|-------------|---------|--------------|--------|
| 27    | Rajasthan     | 1,07,77,833  | 11,74,131   |   10.89 | 36,98,229    |  34.31 |
| 28    | Sikkim        | 1,31,880     | 70,345      |   53.34 | 1,06,294     |  80.6  |
| 29    | Tamil Nadu    | 1,25,51,705  | 21,76,071   |   17.34 | 78,58,686    |  62.61 |
| 30    | Telangana     | 53,98,219    | 15,68,301   |   29.05 | 53,98,219    | 100    |
| 31    | Tripura       | 7,41,945     | 24,502      |    3.3  | 4,44,193     |  59.87 |
| 32    | Uttar Pradesh | 2,65,18,259  | 5,16,221    |    1.95 | 90,09,692    |  33.98 |
| 33    | Uttarakhand   | 14,94,338    | 1,30,325    |    8.72 | 11,21,861    |  75.07 |
| 34    | West Bengal   | 1,83,20,835  | 2,14,588    |    1.17 | 57,74,294    |  31.52 |
| Total | Total         | 19,42,65,198 | 3,23,62,838 |   16.66 | 11,49,02,847 |  59.15 |

Source: JJM IMIS