Lok Sabha Question No. 157 (STARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Piped Drinking Water Supply
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Bholanath (B.P. Saroj)

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 157(17 th position) TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2021

## Piped Drinking Water Supply

*157:SHRI BHOLANATH (B. P. SAROJ):

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the  percentage  of  households  having  piped  drinking  water  supply,  State/  UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh; and
- (b) the  percentage  of  households using  hand pump water for drinking purpose, State/ UTwise?

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

- (a) & (b) A Statement of reply is laid on the Table of the House.
- Statement referred to in the reply to the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 157 due for reply on 11.2.2021 (a) As  on  date,  out  of  19.18  Crore  rural  households  in  the  country,6.64  Crore  (34.63%) households are reported to have tap water supply. As reported by States/ UTs including Uttar Pradesh, number of households with functional tap water connection, is at Annex-I .  These details are in public domain and available on the JJM dashboard at https://ejalshakti.gov.in/jjmreport/JJMIndia.aspx. This Department does not maintain data related to percentage of households using hand pump water for drinking purpose. However, State/ UT-wise number of hand pumps installed,

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- (b) is at Annex-II.

## Annex-I as referred in the reply of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 157 due for reply on 11.02.2021

Number of rural households having piped drinking water supply

(as on 08.02.2021)

| S.No.   | States/ UTs       | Total rural households   | Households with tap water connections   | Households with tap water connections   |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|         |                   | (in Lakhs)               | Number (in Lakhs)                       | in%                                     |
| 1.      | A&NIslands        | 0.62                     | 0.54                                    | 88.24                                   |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh    | 95.66                    | 37.63                                   | 39.34                                   |
| 3.      | Arunachal Pradesh | 2.17                     | 0.69                                    | 31.74                                   |
| 4.      | Assam             | 63.35                    | 4.06                                    | 6.4                                     |
| 5.      | Bihar             | 197.57                   | 126.67                                  | 64.11                                   |
| 6.      | Chhattisgarh      | 45.48                    | 5.66                                    | 12.46                                   |
| 7.      | Goa               | 2.63                     | 2.63                                    | 100                                     |
| 8.      | Gujarat           | 92.92                    | 76.30                                   | 82.12                                   |
| 9.      | Haryana           | 31.03                    | 26.57                                   | 85.63                                   |
| 10.     | Himachal Pradesh  | 17.03                    | 12.88                                   | 75.64                                   |
| 11.     | Jammu &Kashmir    | 18.15                    | 9.12                                    | 50.24                                   |
| 12.     | Jharkhand         | 58.95                    | 6.26                                    | 10.62                                   |
| 13.     | Karnataka         | 91.19                    | 26.14                                   | 28.67                                   |
| 14.     | Kerala            | 67.14                    | 19.11                                   | 28.46                                   |
| 15.     | Ladakh            | 0.44                     | 0.03                                    | 7.54                                    |
| 16.     | Madhya Pradesh    | 123.05                   | 32.41                                   | 26.34                                   |
| 17.     | Maharashtra       | 142.36                   | 86.16                                   | 60.52                                   |
| 18.     | Manipur           | 4.51                     | 1.88                                    | 41.74                                   |
| 19.     | Meghalaya         | 5.89                     | 0.61                                    | 10.36                                   |
| 20.     | Mizoram           | 1.26                     | 0.45                                    | 35.89                                   |
| 21.     | Nagaland          | 3.85                     | 0.42                                    | 10.91                                   |
| 22.     | Odisha            | 83.06                    | 13.95                                   | 16.8                                    |
| 23.     | Puducherry        | 1.14                     | 1.01                                    | 88.21                                   |
| 24.     | Punjab            | 35.05                    | 24.15                                   | 68.9                                    |
| 25.     | Rajasthan         | 101.32                   | 17.96                                   | 17.73                                   |
| 26.     | Sikkim            | 1.05                     | 0.76                                    | 73.01                                   |
| 27.     | Tamil Nadu        | 126.89                   | 33.94                                   | 26.75                                   |
| 28.     | Telangana         | 54.06                    | 54.06                                   | 100                                     |
|         | Tripura           | 8.00                     | 1.84                                    | 23.02                                   |
| 29.     | Uttar Pradesh     | 263.38                   | 24.02                                   | 9.12                                    |
| 30. 31. | Uttarakhand       | 14.61                    | 5.95                                    | 40.73                                   |
| 32.     | West Bengal       | 163.25                   | 10.07                                   | 6.17                                    |
| Total   | Total             | 1,917.81                 | 664.04                                  | 34.63                                   |

(Source: JJM - IMIS)

## Annex-II as referred in the reply of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 157 due for reply on 11.02.2021

## State/ UT-wise number of handpumps installed

(As on 8.2.2021)

| S.No.   | States/ UTs       | No. of Hand pumps   |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------|
| 1.      | A&NIslands        | 1                   |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh    | 2,34,029            |
| 3.      | Arunachal Pradesh | 362                 |
| 4.      | Assam             | 24,363              |
| 5.      | Bihar             | 3,72,426            |
| 6.      | Chhattisgarh      | 2,27,385            |
| 7.      | Goa               | -                   |
| 8.      | Gujarat           | 5,785               |
| 9.      | Haryana           | 134                 |
| 10.     | Himachal Pradesh  | 19,331              |
| 11.     | Jammu &Kashmir    | 8,699               |
| 12.     | Jharkhand         | 4,08,375            |
| 13.     | Karnataka         | 64,655              |
| 14.     | Kerala            | 18                  |
| 15.     | Ladakh            | 990                 |
| 16.     | Madhya Pradesh    | 6,65,816            |
| 17.     | Maharashtra       | 50,419              |
| 18.     | Manipur           | 211                 |
| 19.     | Meghalaya         | 335                 |
| 20.     | Mizoram           | 22                  |
| 21.     | Nagaland          | 9                   |
| 22.     | Odisha            | 4,76,347            |
| 23.     | Puducherry        | -                   |
| 24.     | Punjab            | 2,001               |
| 25.     | Rajasthan         | 1,14,389            |
| 26.     | Sikkim            | -                   |
| 27.     | Tamil Nadu        | 1,38,131            |
| 28.     | Telangana         | 1,72,515            |
| 29.     | Tripura           | 13,989              |
| 30.     | Uttar Pradesh     | 24,75,461           |
| 31.     | Uttarakhand       | 2,997               |
| 32.     | West Bengal       | 3,52,058            |
| Total   | Total             | 58,31,253           |

(Source: JJM - IMIS)