Lok Sabha Question No. 722 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: Jal Jeevan Mission in Chhattisgarh
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Santosh Pandey

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 722

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2021

## JAL JEEVAN MISSION IN CHHATTISGARH

## †722: SHRI SANTOSH PANDEY:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether the State Government of Chhattisgarh is cooperating with the Union Government to implement Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM);
- (b) The details of the funds allocated to Chhattisgarh under the mission since its inception;
- (c) Whether the State of Chhattisgarh ranked last in providing piped drinking water to each household; and
- (d) If so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)   Since August, 2019, Government of India is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in partnership with States including Chhattisgarh, to make provision of potable tap water supply to every rural household by 2024.

(b) The details of fund allocated to State, fund drawn and reported utilization in Chhattisgarh under JJM in 2019-20, 2020-21 & as on date in 2021-22, is as under:

(Amount in ₹ Crore)

|         | Central share   | Central share   | Central share   | Central share        | Central share        | Expenditure under State   |
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
| Year    | Opening Balance | Allocation      | Fund drawn      | Total fund available | Reported expenditure | share                     |
| 2019-20 | 31.58           | 208.04          | 65.82           | 97.4                 | 39.23                | 37.55                     |
| 2020-21 | 58.17           | 445.52          | 334.14          | 392.31               | 223.8                | 221.1                     |
| 2021-22 | 168.52          | 1,908.96        | 453.71          | 625.38               | 117.17               | 159.03                    |

Source: JJM-IMIS

(c) and (d)  At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission in August, 2019, out of total 48.59 lakh rural households in Chhattisgarh, only 3.19 lakh (6.6%) households were reported to  have  tap  water connections.  Since  then,  provision  of tap  water  supply  has  been  made  to 4.02 lakh households. Thus, as on date, out of 48.59 lakh rural households in the State, 7.21 lakh (14.8%) households have provision of tap water supply. Under Jal Jeevan Mission, the State Government of Chhattisgarh has planned to make provision of potable tap water supply to every rural household by 2023.

State/ UT-wise details of rural households having provision of tap water supply and progress made in providing tap water connections to households since launch of JJM, is annexed . The same is in public domain and available on the JJM dashboard at:

https://ejalshakti.gov.in/jjmreport/JJMIndia.aspx

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State/ UT-wise details of progress since launch of Jal Jeevan Mission and status of rural households (HHs) with provision of tap water supply (as on 28.11.2021)

(Numbers in Lakhs)

| S. No.   | States/ UTs       | Rural HHs provided tap water connection since launch of JJM   | Rural HHs provided tap water connection since launch of JJM   | Rural HHs with potable tap supply as on 28.11.2021   | Rural HHs with potable tap supply as on 28.11.2021   |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | States/ UTs       | in numbers                                                    | in%                                                           | in numbers                                           | in%                                                  |
| 1.       | D&NH andD&D       | 0.85                                                          | 100                                                           | 0.85                                                 | 100                                                  |
| 2.       | Bihar             | 149.5                                                         | 87                                                            | 152.66                                               | 89                                                   |
| 3.       | Telangana         | 38.38                                                         | 71                                                            | 54.06                                                | 100                                                  |
| 4.       | A &NIslands       | 0.33                                                          | 54                                                            | 0.62                                                 | 100                                                  |
| 5.       | Manipur           | 2.36                                                          | 52                                                            | 2.62                                                 | 58                                                   |
| 6.       | Himachal Pradesh  | 7.76                                                          | 45                                                            | 15.38                                                | 89                                                   |
| 7.       | Haryana           | 13.3                                                          | 43                                                            | 30.97                                                | 100                                                  |
| 8.       | Punjab            | 14.64                                                         | 43                                                            | 31.43                                                | 91                                                   |
| 9.       | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.91                                                          | 41                                                            | 1.14                                                 | 52                                                   |
| 10.      | Uttarakhand       | 6.12                                                          | 40                                                            | 7.42                                                 | 49                                                   |
| 11.      | Mizoram           | 0.53                                                          | 39                                                            | 0.62                                                 | 46                                                   |
| 12.      | Odisha            | 31.07                                                         | 36                                                            | 34.18                                                | 40                                                   |
| 13.      | Tripura           | 2.62                                                          | 35                                                            | 2.87                                                 | 38                                                   |
| 14.      | Maharashtra       | 47.46                                                         | 33                                                            | 95.9                                                 | 67                                                   |
| 15.      | Meghalaya         | 1.81                                                          | 31                                                            | 1.85                                                 | 31                                                   |
| 16.      | Nagaland          | 1.01                                                          | 27                                                            | 1.15                                                 | 30                                                   |
| 17.      | Jammu &Kashmir    | 4.61                                                          | 25                                                            | 10.36                                                | 56                                                   |
| 18.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 30.53                                                         | 25                                                            | 44.06                                                | 36                                                   |
| 19.      | Assam             | 15.59                                                         | 25                                                            | 16.71                                                | 26                                                   |
| 20.      | Goa               | 0.64                                                          | 24                                                            | 2.63                                                 | 100                                                  |
| 21.      | Ladakh            | 0.1                                                           | 23                                                            | 0.12                                                 | 26                                                   |
| 22.      | Tamil Nadu        | 27.69                                                         | 22                                                            | 49.45                                                | 39                                                   |
| 23.      | Andhra Pradesh    | 18.4                                                          | 19                                                            | 49.15                                                | 52                                                   |
| 24.      | Puducherry        | 0.21                                                          | 19                                                            | 1.15                                                 | 100                                                  |
| 25.      | Gujarat           | 17.12                                                         | 18                                                            | 82.28                                                | 89                                                   |
| 26.      | Karnataka         | 16.53                                                         | 17                                                            | 41.04                                                | 42                                                   |
| 27.      | West Bengal       | 25.31                                                         | 14                                                            | 27.46                                                | 15                                                   |
| 28.      | Kerala            | 9.47                                                          | 13                                                            | 26.11                                                | 37                                                   |
| 29.      | Sikkim            | 0.12                                                          | 12                                                            | 0.83                                                 | 79                                                   |
| 30.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 29.06                                                         | 11                                                            | 34.22                                                | 13                                                   |
| 31.      | Jharkhand         | 6.13                                                          | 10                                                            | 9.58                                                 | 16                                                   |
| 32.      | Rajasthan         | 9.88                                                          | 10                                                            | 21.62                                                | 21                                                   |
| 33.      | Chhattisgarh      | 4                                                             | 8                                                             | 7.2                                                  | 15                                                   |
| Total    | Total             | 534.04                                                        | 27%                                                           | 858.52                                               | 45                                                   |

Source: JJM, IMIS