Lok Sabha Question No. 2715 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-22
Subject: Pure Water in Rural Areas
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Joshi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2715

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.12.2022

## Pure Water in Rural Areas

## †2715. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether the Government has prepared any plan to provide pure water to the rural areas of the country during the next five years;
- (b)  if so, the details of the plan to provide pure water to all households in Rajasthan, districtwise; and
- (c)   the details of the number of households in Rajasthan which have been supplied pure water in Rajasthan so far, district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a)to (c) To make provision of tap water supply to every rural household across the country by 2024,  Government of  India,  is  implementing  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  (JJM)  since  August  2019,  in partnership with States.

At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission on 15 th August 2019, 3.23 Crore (17%) rural households  were  reported  to  have  tap  water  connections.  So  far,  around  7.52  Crore  (38%) additional households have been provided with tap water connections. Thus, as on 19.12.2022, out of 19.36 Crore rural households in the country, more than 10.75 Crore (55.54%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes.

Similarly,  at  the  time  of  announcement  of  Jal  Jeevan  Mission,  11.74  lakh  (11.10%)  rural households were reported to have tap water connections in the State of Rajasthan. So far, around 19.70lakh (18.62%) additional households have been provided with tap water connections. Thus, as on 19.12.2022, out of 105.78 lakh rural households in Rajasthan, more than 31.44 (29.72%) households  are  reported  to  have  tap  water  supply  in  their  homes.  The  State  Government  has planned to cover the remaining 74.34 lakh rural households by 2024. District-wise details of tap water connections provided so far are annexed .

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Annex

## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †2715 due for reply on 22.12.2022

## Rajasthan: District-wise status of tap water connections in rural households

## (as on 19.12.2022)

(Numbers in lakh)

| S. No.   | District       | Total rural HHs as on date   | HHs with tap water connections as on 15.08.2019   | HHs given tap water connections since 15.08.2019   | HHs given tap water connections since 15.08.2019   | Rural HHs with tap water supply as on date   | Rural HHs with tap water supply as on date   |
|----------|----------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | District       | Total rural HHs as on date   | HHs with tap water connections as on 15.08.2019   | No.                                                | In%                                                | No.                                          | In%                                          |
| 1.       | Ajmer          | 3.29                         | 0.36                                              | 0.71                                               | 24.10                                              | 1.06                                         | 32.37                                        |
| 2.       | Alwar          | 5.77                         | 0.50                                              | 0.72                                               | 13.74                                              | 1.22                                         | 21.19                                        |
| 3.       | Banswara       | 3.36                         | 0.15                                              | 0.28                                               | 8.77                                               | 0.43                                         | 12.77                                        |
| 4.       | Baran          | 2.28                         | 0.14                                              | 0.34                                               | 16.00                                              | 0.48                                         | 21.23                                        |
| 5.       | Barmer         | 4.47                         | 0.21                                              | 0.46                                               | 10.83                                              | 0.68                                         | 15.12                                        |
| 6.       | Bharatpur      | 4.06                         | 0.09                                              | 0.46                                               | 11.52                                              | 0.54                                         | 13.42                                        |
| 7.       | Bhilwara       | 4.39                         | 0.73                                              | 1.20                                               | 32.71                                              | 1.93                                         | 43.94                                        |
| 8.       | Bikaner        | 2.69                         | 0.44                                              | 0.37                                               | 16.63                                              | 0.81                                         | 30.29                                        |
| 9.       | Bundi          | 1.93                         | 0.13                                              | 0.45                                               | 25.16                                              | 0.58                                         | 30.23                                        |
| 10.      | Chittaurgarh   | 2.91                         | 0.28                                              | 0.40                                               | 15.27                                              | 0.68                                         | 23.38                                        |
| 11.      | Churu          | 3.11                         | 0.27                                              | 0.89                                               | 31.47                                              | 1.17                                         | 37.50                                        |
| 12.      | Dausa          | 2.60                         | 0.13                                              | 0.30                                               | 12.24                                              | 0.43                                         | 16.60                                        |
| 13.      | Dhaulpur       | 1.96                         | 0.06                                              | 0.19                                               | 10.03                                              | 0.25                                         | 12.78                                        |
| 14.      | Dungarpur      | 2.74                         | 0.11                                              | 0.22                                               | 8.52                                               | 0.33                                         | 12.21                                        |
| 15.      | Ganganagar     | 3.04                         | 0.15                                              | 1.37                                               | 47.63                                              | 1.53                                         | 50.25                                        |
| 16.      | Hanumangarh    | 2.97                         | 0.78                                              | 0.75                                               | 34.39                                              | 1.53                                         | 51.58                                        |
| 17.      | Jaipur         | 5.83                         | 0.94                                              | 1.34                                               | 27.30                                              | 2.27                                         | 38.98                                        |
| 18.      | Jaisalmer      | 1.18                         | 0.02                                              | 0.06                                               | 5.05                                               | 0.08                                         | 7.02                                         |
| 19.      | Jalor          | 3.77                         | 0.67                                              | 0.42                                               | 13.63                                              | 1.09                                         | 28.90                                        |
| 20.      | Jhalawar       | 2.53                         | 0.18                                              | 0.75                                               | 31.92                                              | 0.93                                         | 36.83                                        |
| 21.      | Jhunjhunun     | 3.36                         | 0.60                                              | 0.38                                               | 13.63                                              | 0.98                                         | 29.02                                        |
| 22.      | Jodhpur        | 4.24                         | 0.28                                              | 0.92                                               | 23.36                                              | 1.20                                         | 28.43                                        |
| 23.      | Karauli        | 2.32                         | 0.15                                              | 0.44                                               | 20.02                                              | 0.58                                         | 25.13                                        |
| 24.      | Kota           | 1.71                         | 0.11                                              | 0.25                                               | 15.65                                              | 0.36                                         | 21.07                                        |
| 25.      | Nagaur         | 5.46                         | 0.87                                              | 1.96                                               | 42.73                                              | 2.83                                         | 51.82                                        |
| 26.      | Pali           | 3.90                         | 1.13                                              | 0.59                                               | 21.18                                              | 1.72                                         | 44.00                                        |
| 27.      | Pratapgarh     | 1.85                         | 0.06                                              | 0.19                                               | 10.37                                              | 0.25                                         | 13.28                                        |
| 28.      | Rajsamand      | 2.25                         | 0.66                                              | 0.50                                               | 31.50                                              | 1.16                                         | 51.51                                        |
| 29.      | Sawai Madhopur | 2.36                         | 0.18                                              | 0.59                                               | 27.05                                              | 0.77                                         | 32.53                                        |
| 30.      | Sikar          | 3.66                         | 0.44                                              | 0.83                                               | 25.65                                              | 1.26                                         | 34.51                                        |
| 31.      | Sirohi         | 1.89                         | 0.43                                              | 0.21                                               | 14.50                                              | 0.64                                         | 33.80                                        |
| 32.      | Tonk           | 2.27                         | 0.09                                              | 0.55                                               | 25.17                                              | 0.64                                         | 28.24                                        |
| 33.      | Udaipur        | 5.64                         | 0.42                                              | 0.60                                               | 11.43                                              | 1.01                                         | 17.94                                        |
| Total    | Total          | 1,05.78                      | 11.74                                             | 19.70                                              | 18.62                                              | 31.44                                        | 29.72                                        |