Lok Sabha Question No. 2610 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-22
Subject: Households with Piped Drinking Water Supply
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2610

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.12.2022

## Households with Piped Drinking Water Supply

## 2610.  DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   the percentage of households having piped drinking water supply, State/ UT-wise including Jharkhand especially in Santhal Pargana; and
- (b)  the percentage of households using other sources of water for drinking purpose, State/UTwise?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)  Since  August,  2019,  to  make  provision  of  potable  tap  water  supply  to  every  rural household  of the country, including those in Santhal Pargana  of Jharkhand, by 2024, Government of India in partnership with States is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM).

At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission, 3.23 Crore (17%) households were reported to  have  tap  water  connections.  So  far,  around  7.54  Crore  (38%)  rural  households  have  been provided  with  tap  water  connections.  Thus,  as  on  20.12.2022,  out  of  19.36  Crore  rural households  in  the  country,  around  10.77  Crore  (55.62%)  households  are  reported  to  have  tap water supply in their homes. Apart from the households that have tap water connection in their homes,  43.72%  rural  households  are  covered  through  drinking  water  source  at  reasonable distance. State/ UT-wise details are annexed .

Further,  as  reported,  out  of  15.37  lakh  rural  households  in  Santhal  Pargana  area  of  Jharkhand which comprises 6 districts, as on 20.12.2022, 3.26 lakh (21%) households are getting potable water through tap connections.

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## Annex

## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2610 due for reply on 22.12.2022 State/ UT-wise status of tap water connections in rural households

(as on 20.12.2022)

(Number in lakhs)

| S. No.   | State/ UT     | Total rural HHs as on date   | Rural HHs with tap water connection as on 15.8.2019   | Rural HHs with tap water supply   | Rural HHs with tap water supply   | %of other HHs covered with drinking water source at reasonable distance   |
|----------|---------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State/ UT     | Total rural HHs as on date   | Rural HHs with tap water connection as on 15.8.2019   | No.                               | In%                               | %of other HHs covered with drinking water source at reasonable distance   |
| 1.       | A &NIslands   | 0.62                         | 0.29                                                  | 0.62                              | 100                               | -                                                                         |
| 2.       | Andhra Pr.    | 95.69                        | 30.74                                                 | 64.35                             | 67.25                             | 32.75                                                                     |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pr. | 2.29                         | 0.23                                                  | 1.56                              | 67.97                             | 30.45                                                                     |
| 4.       | Assam         | 65.68                        | 1.11                                                  | 27.46                             | 41.81                             | 49.13                                                                     |
| 5.       | Bihar         | 1,66.98                      | 3.16                                                  | 159.90                            | 95.76                             | 4.20                                                                      |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh  | 50.07                        | 3.20                                                  | 17.65                             | 35.25                             | 64.75                                                                     |
| 7.       | DNH and D&D   | 0.85                         | 0.00                                                  | 0.85                              | 100                               | -                                                                         |
| 8.       | Goa           | 2.63                         | 1.99                                                  | 2.63                              | 100                               | -                                                                         |
| 9.       | Gujarat       | 91.73                        | 65.16                                                 | 91.73                             | 100                               | -                                                                         |
| 10.      | Haryana       | 30.41                        | 17.66                                                 | 30.41                             | 100                               | -                                                                         |
| 11.      | Himachal Pr.  | 17.19                        | 7.63                                                  | 16.70                             | 97.17                             | 2.83                                                                      |
| 12.      | J&K           | 18.35                        | 5.75                                                  | 10.64                             | 57.95                             | 42.05                                                                     |
| 13.      | Jharkhand     | 61.22                        | 3.45                                                  | 16.76                             | 27.38                             | 72.57                                                                     |
| 14.      | Karnataka     | 1,01.18                      | 24.51                                                 | 59.81                             | 59.11                             | 40.89                                                                     |
| 15.      | Kerala        | 70.67                        | 16.64                                                 | 31.97                             | 45.25                             | 54.36                                                                     |
| 16.      | Ladakh        | 0.43                         | 0.01                                                  | 0.30                              | 71.37                             | 28.63                                                                     |
| 17.      | Lakshadweep   | 0.13                         | 0.00                                                  | -                                 | 0                                 | -                                                                         |
| 18.      | Madhya Pr.    | 1,20.07                      | 13.53                                                 | 55.31                             | 46.07                             | 53.93                                                                     |
| 19.      | Maharashtra   | 1,45.87                      | 48.44                                                 | 105.45                            | 72.29                             | 27.71                                                                     |
| 20.      | Manipur       | 4.52                         | 0.26                                                  | 3.38                              | 74.94                             | 25.06                                                                     |
| 21.      | Meghalaya     | 6.30                         | 0.05                                                  | 2.78                              | 44.1                              | 55.90                                                                     |
| 22.      | Mizoram       | 1.34                         | 0.09                                                  | 0.96                              | 71.76                             | 28.24                                                                     |
| 23.      | Nagaland      | 3.77                         | 0.14                                                  | 2.14                              | 56.64                             | 43.36                                                                     |
| 24.      | Odisha        | 88.57                        | 3.11                                                  | 48.85                             | 55.15                             | 44.26                                                                     |
| 25.      | Puducherry    | 1.15                         | 0.94                                                  | 1.15                              | 100                               | -                                                                         |
| 26.      | Punjab        | 34.26                        | 16.79                                                 | 34.24                             | 99.93                             | 0.04                                                                      |
| 27.      | Rajasthan     | 1,05.78                      | 11.74                                                 | 31.52                             | 29.79                             | 66.14                                                                     |
| 28.      | Sikkim        | 1.32                         | 0.70                                                  | 0.98                              | 74.42                             | 25.58                                                                     |
| 29.      | Tamil Nadu    | 1,25.02                      | 21.76                                                 | 72.96                             | 58.36                             | 41.64                                                                     |
| 30.      | Telangana     | 53.87                        | 15.68                                                 | 53.87                             | 100                               | -                                                                         |
| 31.      | Tripura       | 7.42                         | 0.25                                                  | 4.17                              | 56.17                             | 39.52                                                                     |
| 32.      | Uttar Pr.     | 2,64.49                      | 5.16                                                  | 62.88                             | 23.77                             | 75.96                                                                     |
| 33.      | Uttarakhand   | 14.94                        | 1.30                                                  | 10.39                             | 69.53                             | 30.05                                                                     |
| 34.      | West Bengal   | 1,81.18                      | 2.15                                                  | 52.46                             | 28.95                             | 70.80                                                                     |

Source: JJM - IMIS

HH: Household