Lok Sabha Question No. 264 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: Safe Drinking Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Kunwar Danish Ali

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. †* 264

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16/12/2021

## SAFE DRINKING WATER

## †*264.  KUNWAR DANISH ALI:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that about 40 per cent of the population in the country are not getting safe drinking water even today;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government in this regard during the last five years; and
- (d)  the amount of funds spent in this regard so far along with the outcome thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF JAL SHAKTI (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) to (d) A statement is laid on the table of the House.

## Statement  referred  in  reply  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.  264  to  be  answered  on 16.12.2021

(a) & (b)  As reported by States/ UTs, as on 07.12.2021, out of 17.01 lakh rural habitations in the country, 13.46 lakh (79.10%) habitations having  79.43% population  have provision of potable drinking water with supply level of more than 40 litre per capita per day (lpcd) and 3.18 lakh (18.73%) rural habitations having 18.81% population with supply level of less than 40 lpcd with sources  at  a  reasonable  distance.  Further,  0.37  lakh  (2.17%)  rural  habitations  having  1.76% population are reported to have water quality issues in drinking water sources.

(c) & (d)  Since August 2019, Government of India in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), after subsuming erstwhile National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), to make provision of tap water supply  to every rural household of the country by 2024. At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission, out of 18.93 Crore rural households, 3.23 Crore (17%) households were reported to have tap water connections. Since then, tap water connections has been provided to additional 5.43 Crore (28.2%) rural households. Thus, as of date, out of 19.22 Crore rural households in the country, provision of tap water supply has been made to 8.66 Crore (45%) households.

The  details  of  budgetary  allocation,  fund drawn  and  reported  utilization  by  States/  UTs  under erstwhile  NRDWP  during  2016-17  to  2018-19  and  under  JJM  during  2019-20,  2020-21  and 2021-22 (as on 13.12.2021) is as under:

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

| Year    | Central share   | Central share        | Central share             | Central share        | Central share        | Expenditure under State share   |
|---------|-----------------|----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
| Year    | Opening Balance | Budgetary Allocation | Fund drawn by States/ UTs | Total available fund | Reported utilization | Expenditure under State share   |
| 2016-17 | 1,463.88        | 6,000.00             | 5,875.16                  | 7,369.37             | 5,325.53             | 6,741.50                        |
| 2017-18 | 2,043.80        | 7,050.00             | 6,968.15                  | 9,035.05             | 6,071.72             | 7,057.49                        |
| 2018-19 | 2,963.21        | 5,500.00             | 5,466.24                  | 8,472.26             | 6,035.91             | 5,685.70                        |
| 2019-20 | 2,436.37        | 10,000.66            | 9,951.81                  | 12,388.18            | 5,998.99             | 4,066.88                        |
| 2020-21 | 6,431.85        | 11,000.00            | 10,917.86                 | 17,349.71            | 12,542.03            | 7,803.36                        |
| 2021-22 | 4,826.95        | 50,000.11            | 23,056.54                 | 27,902.61            | 11,119.66            | 6,793.06                        |

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