Lok Sabha Question No. 3061 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-04
Subject: Funds for Public Toilets
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Talari Rangaiah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3061

## To BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 04, 2022

## FUNDS FOR PUBLIC TOILETS

NO. 3061. DR. TALARI RANGAIAH:

Will the Minister of State for HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- a) whether the Government has provided funds for construction of
2. public toilets;
3. (b) if so, the total funds spent these public toilets
4. amount of on during the last five years, State-wise;
5. whether the Government has conducted any survey on the utilisation of public toilets and if SO, the details thereof;
6. (d) whether the Government has assessed the spending on the unit cost of public toilets and observed that it is sufficient or not and if sO, the details thereof; and
7. (e)
8. the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a) & (b) The State-wise details Central Share (CS) funds released for construction of Communityl Public toilets (CTIPTs) to Statesl Union Territories (UTs) since October, 2014 under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U), is annexed: 2nd
- (c): National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) had conducted an impartial assessment of the SBM-U in 2018. In its report of the 76th Round (with the theme of Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing conditions of India : July-December, 2018), the study found

that 98% of the toilets are being used in the urban areas: Niti Ayog further evaluated the scheme during 2020-21 and in its report dated 18th January, 2021, recommended for continued investment in CTIPTs- The Utilization of CTI PTs constructed under SBM-U are also assessed by an independent third party during the Open Defecation Free (ODF)++ certification process as well as during Swachh Sarvekshan, the annual cleanliness survey:

(d) & (e) As per Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U), 2.0, Operational Guidelines, the cost for construction of per CTIPT seat is calculated as Rs.1,50,000/and Rs.2,50,000/per seat for Aspirational public toilets.

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Annexure

| No   | State/ UTs           |   2014-15 | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |   2019-20 |   2020-21 | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | Total   |
|------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
|      | A&N Islands          |      0    | 0.03      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |      0.91 |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.94    |
|      | Andhra Pradesh       |      1.87 | 3.95      | 0.00      | 14.12     | 34.77     |     34.77 |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 89.48   |
| 3    | Arunachal Pradesh    |      0.06 |           | O.00      |           | 0.22      |      0    |      0    |           |           | 0.28    |
|      | Assam                |      0    | 0.00      | 0.52      | 1.03      | 0.00      |      0.76 |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 2.31    |
| 5    | Bihar                |      2.14 | 0.00      | 0.73      | 32.34     | 0.00      |      0    |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 35.21   |
| 6    | Chandigarh           |      0    | 0.13      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.13      |      0    |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.26    |
|      | Chhattisgarh_        |      9.75 | 7.08      | 6.57      | 15.60     | 0.00      |      0    |      0    |           |           | 39      |
| 8    | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.05      | 0.00      |      0    |      0    |           |           | 0.05    |
| 9    | Daman & Diu          |      0    |           | O.00      |           | 0.06      |      0    |      0    |           |           | 0.06    |
| 10   | Delhi                |      0.26 | 4.89      | 0.00      |           | 0.00      |      0    |      0    |           |           | 5.15    |
| 11   | Goa                  |      0.1  | 0.12      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |      0.16 |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.38    |
| 12   | Gujarat              |      0    | 0.00      | 13.99     | 0.00      | 0.00      |      0    |      0.2  | 0.20      | 0.00      | 14.39   |
| 13   | Haryana              |      0.68 | 0.00      | 0.00      | 23.42     | 0.00      |      0    |      0    |           | 0.00      | 24.1    |
| 14   | Himachal Pradesh     |      0.51 |           | 0.00      |           | 0.82      |      0    |      0    |           |           | 5.1     |
| 15   | Jammu & Kashmir      |      0.13 | 0.00      | 1.25      | 3.77      | 5.24      |      0.68 |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 11.07   |
| 16   | Jharkhand            |      0.22 | 0.00      | 3.94      | 0.00      | 0.00      |      0    |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 4.16    |
| 17   | Karnataka            |     15.54 | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 25.49     |      0    |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 41.03   |
| 18   | Kerala               |      0    |           | 0.00      |           | 0.00      |      0    |      0    |           |           |         |
| 19   | Madhya Pradesh       |      0.23 | 15.54     | 49.60     | 0.05      | 0.00      |     10.98 |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 76.4    |
| 20   | Maharashtra          |     33.34 | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 12.12     |     12.11 |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 57.57   |
| 21   | Manipur              |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.28      |      0    |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.28    |
| 22   | Meghalaya            |      0.04 |           | 0.00      |           | 0.00      |      0.13 |      0    |           |           | 0.17    |
| 23   | Mizoram              |      0.08 |           | O.00      |           | 0.00      |      2.55 |      0    | 2.55      |           | 5.18    |
| 24   | Nagaland             |      0.61 | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      |      0.84 |      0.84 | 0.00      | 0.00      | 2.29    |
| 25   | Odisha               |      0.65 | 0.00      | 15.49     | 0.00      | 12.39     |      0    |      3.13 | 0.19      | 0.00      | 31.85   |
| 26   | Puducherry           |      0.01 | 0.00      | 1.10      | 0.00      | 0.00      |      0    |      0    |           | 0.00      | 1.11    |
| 27   | Punjab               |      0    |           | 0.00      | 15.95     | 0.00      |     15.95 |      0    |           |           | 31.9    |
| 28   | Rajasthan            |      0.13 | 3.25      | 10.07     | 27.73     | 0.00      |      0    |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 41.18   |
| 29   | Sikkim               |      0.05 | 0.00      | 0.09      | 0.16      | 0.00      |      0.65 |      0    | 0.85      | 0.00      | 1.8     |
| 30   | Tamil Nadu           |      4.91 | 0.00      | 48.35     | 0.00      | 18.11     |      0    |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 71.37   |
| 31   | Telangana            |      1.34 |           | O.00      |           | 0.00      |      0    |      7.93 | 7.93      |           | 17.2    |
| 32   | Tripura              |      0    |           | 0.16      |           | 1.81      |      0    |      1.36 |           |           | 3.33    |
| 33   | Uttar Pradesh        |      9.09 | 0.00      | 0.00      | 86.57     | 77.04     |      0    |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 172.7   |
| 34   | Uttarakhand          |      0.26 | 0.00      | 0.52      | 4.44      |           |      3.51 |      1.3  | 0.00      | 0.00      | 11.99   |
| 35   | West Bengal          |      3.07 | 0.00      | 5.20      | 0.00      | 1.96 0.00 |      0    |      0    | 0.00      | 0.00      | 8.27    |