Lok Sabha Question No. 396 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-08
Subject: Clean Drinking Water in West Bengal
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Dilip Ghosh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 396 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08/12/2022

## Clean Drinking Water in West Bengal

## 396. SHRI DILIP GHOSH:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   the steps taken by the Government to provide clean drinking water in the country including West Bengal (WB);
- (b)  the  details  of  the  financial  assistance  provided  to  West  Bengal  under  National  Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) or other Centrally Sponsored Schemes during the last five years and the utilisation thereof; and
- (c) the  details  of  central  assistance  for  the  Solid  and  Liquid  Waste  Management  (SLWM) projects  during  the  last  five  years,  in  West  Bengal  along  with  its  utilisation,  project  and year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)  Since  August  2019,  Government  of  India  is  implementing  Jal  Jeevan  Mission,  in partnership with States after subsuming erstwhile National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) to make provision of tap water supply to every rural household, including those in West Bengal, by 2024.

Details of Central fund allocated, fund drawn and fund utilization reported by the State of West Bengal under erstwhile NRDWP in 2017-18 & 2018-19 and under Jal Jeevan Mission in 201920, 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23 (as on 05.12.2022) is as under:

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

|         | Central share   | Central share   | Central share           | Central share        | Central share        | Expenditure under State   |
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
| Year    | Opening Balance | Allocation      | Fund drawn by the State | Total fund available | Reported utilization | share                     |
| 2017-18 | 20.78           | 810.48          | 996.68                  | 1,017.46             | 599.45               | 1,035.51                  |
| 2018-19 | 418.02          | 917.82          | 890.28                  | 1,308.3              | 547.47               | 362.38                    |
| 2019-20 | 760.82          | 995.33          | 994.75                  | 1,755.57             | 609.00               | 445.03                    |
| 2020-21 | 1,146.58        | 1,614.18        | 807.08                  | 1,953.66             | 1,196.07             | 641.17                    |
| 2021-22 | 757.58          | 6,998.97        | 1,404.61                | 2,162.19             | 1,547.52             | 725.77                    |

|         | Central share   | Central share   | Central share           | Central share        | Central share        | Expenditure under State share   |
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
| Year    | Opening Balance | Allocation      | Fund drawn by the State | Total fund available | Reported utilization |                                 |
| 2022-23 | 614.67          | 6,180.25        | 1,036.47                | 1,651.14             | 843.69               | 1,281.02                        |

Source: JJM, IMIS

- (c)  Under  Swachh  Bharat  Mission-Grameen  (SBM-G),  consolidated  funds  are  released  for various components of the  programme inter alia including Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) components. Year-wise details of Central funds drawn by the State and reported utilization in West Bengal during the last 5 years under SBM (G) is as follows:

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

|         | Central Share   | Central Share   | Central Share            | Central Share            | Central Share         | Central Share        |
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
| Year    | Opening balance | Allocation      | Funds drawn by the State | Other receipts/ Interest | Total funds available | Reported utilization |
| 2017-18 | 366.44          | 583.23          | 583.23                   | 30.28                    | 979.95                | 502.15               |
| 2018-19 | 477.80          | 534.26          | 534.25                   | 18.09                    | 1,030.14              | 499.91               |
| 2019-20 | 530.23          | 808.18          | 808.18                   | 14.86                    | 1,353.27              | 654.52               |
| 2020-21 | 698.75          | 414.59          | 261.31                   | 39.82                    | 999.88                | 642.13               |
| 2021-22 | 357.75          | 645.07          | 135.45                   | 18.97                    | 512.17                | 270.22               |

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