Lok Sabha Question No. 1582 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-10
Subject: Nal Jal Yojana in Madhya Pradesh
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Uday Pratap Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1582

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2022

## NAL JAL YOJANA IN MADHYA PRADESH

## †1582:   SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  water  supply  agencies  working  to  provide  water  supply  through  Nal  Jal Yojana to cent percent rural households in Madhya Pradesh under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM);
- (b) the details of districts in the State in which water supply connections have been provided to cent percent rural households so far;
- (c) the expenditure being incurred in one Gram Sabha or Gram Panchayat under JJM;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  received  complaints  regarding  sub  standard  work  and irregularities in execution of work under the said scheme and if so, the action taken by the Government in this regard;
- (e) whether the Government has taken any steps to check negligence and irregularities being committed by the concerned agencies, contractors and officials in this regard; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), in partnership with States to make provision of tap water supply to every rural household across all districts in the country by 2024. As per the operational  guidelines  for  the  implementation  of  JJM,  rural  water  supply  schemes  are planned, approved and implemented by the States/ UTs, including Madhya Pradesh, through their  institutional  mechanism  viz.  State  Water  and  Sanitation  Mission  (SWSM),  District Water and Sanitation Mission (DWSM), Gram Panchayat or its sub-committee, i.e. Village Water  and  Sanitation  Committee  (VWSC)  etc.  Details  of  agencies  engaged  by  the  States/ UTs and their institutions are not maintained by this Department.

(b) As informed by the State Government of Madhya Pradesh, Burhanpur district has 100% coverage of rural households in terms of tap water supply.

(c)  Gram Panchayat or Gram Sabha wise allocation of funds is not made by Government of India.  Accordingly,  Gram  Sabha  or  Gram  Panchayat  wise  expenditure  under  JJM  is  not maintained by the Department.

(d)  Water  being  a  State  subject,  the  States/  UTs  have  power  to  plan,  design,  approve, implement,  operate  and  maintain  the  rural  water  supply  schemes.  Grievances/  complaints received  in  this  Department,  regarding  these  schemes,  are  forwarded  to  respective  State Governments for taking necessary action.

(e) & (f) The SWSM, Public Health Engineering Department (PHED)/ Rural Water Supply Department, DWSMs, etc. monitor and review the implementation of JJM work in the State.

The operational guidelines for the implementation of JJM have several features for promoting transparency and accountability in the implementation of the mission. The local community has a central role in the planning and implementation of JJM and a 10-15 members Village Water  &  Sanitation  Committee  (VWSC)  or  Pani  Samiti  with  50%  women  and  25%  from weaker sections of society, proportionate to their population, is to be formed. This committee is to be empowered to plan, implement, operate and maintain their own water supply system in villages. The details of the proposed scheme(s) are to be presented in the Gram Sabha for its approval before implementation. Provisions have also been made to involve NGOs, CBOs, Self-Help Groups, etc. to help the village community as Implementation Support Agencies (ISAs).

Under  JJM,  technology  is  utilized  to  ensure  transparency  and  accountability.  Progress  is reported  on  JJM-Integrated  Management  Information  Systems  (IMIS)  and  all  tap  water connections provided, are to be linked with Aadhar number of the head of the household. The operational guidelines for the implementation of JJM mandate geo-tagging of assets created under JJM, and further prescribe that States/ UTs are required to empanel and deploy third party verification agencies to check the quality of work executed, quality of materials used for  construction  and  quality  of  machinery  installed  in  each  of  the  scheme  before  making payment to the contracting agencies executing the work.

Further,  State,  district  and  village-wise  information  related  to  JJM  is  placed  in  the  public domain, which is available on JJM dashboard at:

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

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