Lok Sabha Question No. 3892 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: JJM in Haryana
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Nayab Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†3892 ANSWERED ON 23/03/2023.

## JJM IN HARYANA

## †3892. SHRI NAYAB SINGH

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:-

(a) the details of the rural and urban beneficiaries under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in the State of Haryana, especially in Kurukshetra Parliamentary Constituency;

(b) whether the Government has been able to systematically implement this scheme across the country and if so, the details thereof along with the details of the beneficiaries under the said mission;

(c) the percentage of the target achieved by the Government till date under the said mission; and

(d)  whether the Government is likely to complete the target set under the said mission by the stipulated time of 2024 and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR JALSHAKTI (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a) & (d) Since August 2019, Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), a centrally sponsored scheme, is being implemented in partnership with States, to make provision of potable tap water supply to every rural household of the country including Haryana, on regular and long-term basis. As reported by the  State  Government  of  Haryana  on  JJM  dashboard,  as  on  20 th March,  2023,  all  30.41  Lakh (100%) rural households in Haryana have been provided with tap water connection, of which about 12.75 lakh connections have been provided under Jal Jeevan Mission. Similarly, in Kurukshetra district of Haryana, all 1.39 Lakhs rural households have been provided tap water connections, out of which, around 57 thousand tap connections have been provided under JJM.

As reported by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), for urban areas, Atal Mission for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation  (AMRUT)  2.0  Mission  has  been  launched  on  1 st October 2021 to provide functional  tap  connections  to  all  the  Statutory  towns  of  the  country, including  State  of  Haryana  and  ULBs  of  Kurukshetra  Parliamentary  Constituency.  Under  the Mission, States have been given freedom to plan, prioritize, design and implement the projects. MoHUA only approves the plans submitted by the States on broad contour of Mission guidelines. So far in Kurukshetra Parliamentary Constituency, 24 projects worth ₹179.97 crore have been grounded. Of this, 23 projects worth ₹146.27 crore have been completed and One sewerage project ₹33.75 is in progress.

(b) To implement the JJM in the whole country including Haryana, a number of steps have been taken inter alia , which includes joint discussion and finalization of annual action plan (AAP) of

States/  UTs, regular review of implementation, workshops/ conferences/ webinars for capacity building  and  knowledge  sharing,  field  visits  by  multi-disciplinary  team  to  provide  technical support, etc. For online monitoring, JJM-Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) and JJM-Dashboard  has  been  put  in  place.  Provision  has  also  been  made  for  transparent  online financial management through Public Financial Management System (PFMS). Since launch of JJM, about 8.25 Crore rural households have been provided a tap water connection across the country.

Further, AMRUT 2.0 targets to provide universal coverage of water supply in all the statutory towns / cities across the country & universal coverage of sewerage/septage management in 500 AMRUT cities. It is envisaged that Mission will provide new household tap connections to around 2.68 crore uncovered households and around 2.64 crore uncovered household will be covered through new sewer connections septage facilities.

(c) Under JJM, as on date, around 59% rural households in the country have been provided tap connection.

Under AMRUT, of the approved plan size of ₹77,640 crore, a significant amount of ₹39,011 crore (~50%) has been approved for water supply sector. So far, 137 lakh new/ rehabilitated water tap connections have been provided under AMRUT and convergence, against the target of 139 lakh water tap connections to achieve universal coverage.

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