Lok Sabha Question No. 2774 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-05
Subject: Drinking Water Supply in Backward Areas
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Arun Kumar Sagar

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2774

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2021

## DRINKING WATER SUPPLY IN BACKWARD AREAS

## †2774. SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether  any  funds  have  been  allocated  to  supply  drinking  water  especially  in  the backward areas of the country during the last three years and if so, the details thereof, Statewise particularly in Shahjahanpur Constituency of Uttar Pradesh;

- (b) if not, whether the Government contemplates to allocate funds for the same;
- (c) whether  some  drinking  water  schemes  of  several  States  are  under  consideration/ pending with the Union Government;

(d) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise  especially  of  the  backward  areas  along  with  the reasons for delay in sanctioning these schemes; and

- (e) the steps taken by the Government to resolve the problem of drinking water so far?

## ANSWER

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

(a), (b) & (e) Since  August,  2019,  Government  of  India  in  partnership  with  States,  is implementing  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  (JJM)  after  subsuming  the  then  National  Rural  Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) to make provision of tap water supply to every rural household by 2024. The estimated outlay of the mission is Rs. 3.60 lakh Core, out of which Government of India's share is Rs. 2.08 lakh Crore.

Under JJM, States/ UTs to give priority to provide tap water connections  in water qualityaffected habitations, SC/ ST majority villages, villages in Aspirational and JE -AES affected districts,  villages falling in drought prone & desert areas and Sansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) villages.

Details of State/ UT-wise allocation of Central fund, in 2018-19 under the then NRDWP and under JJM, in 2019-20 & 2020-21, are annexed. District/ Constituency-wise fund allocation are not maintained by this ministry.

(c) Water  being  a  State  subject,  it  is  States  who  plan,  design,  approve  and  implement drinking  water  supply  schemes.  As  such  individual  project  for  rural  water  supply  are  not approved at the Government of India level.

(d) Doesn't arise.

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha unstarred Question No. 2774 due for reply on 05.08.2021

## Fund allocated under NRDWP in 2018-19 and under JJM in 2019-20 & 2020-21

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

|   S. No. | State/ UT         | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | A &NIslands       | 0.62      | 1.78      | 2.93      |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    | 197.56    | 372.64    | 790.48    |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 96.95     | 132.55    | 254.85    |
|        4 | Assam             | 567.89    | 694.95    | 1,608.51  |
|        5 | Bihar             | 476.63    | 787.31    | 1,839.16  |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh      | 95.47     | 208.04    | 445.52    |
|        7 | Goa               | 3.34      | 7.57      | 12.41     |
|        8 | Gujarat           | 237.09    | 390.31    | 883.08    |
|        9 | Haryana           | 81.88     | 149.95    | 289.52    |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh  | 91.12     | 148.67    | 326.20    |
|       11 | Jammu &Kashmir    | 309.07    | 322.03    | 681.77    |
|       12 | Jharkhand         | 207.97    | 267.69    | 572.24    |
|       13 | Karnataka         | 331.04    | 546.06    | 1,189.40  |
|       14 | Kerala            | 90.37     | 248.76    | 404.24    |
|       15 | Ladakh            | NA        | 166.65    | 352.09    |
|       16 | Madhya Pradesh    | 274.09    | 571.60    | 1,280.13  |
|       17 | Maharashtra       | 474.16    | 847.97    | 1,828.92  |
|       18 | Manipur           | 40.25     | 67.69     | 131.80    |
|       19 | Meghalaya         | 52.43     | 86.02     | 174.92    |
|       20 | Mizoram           | 28.00     | 39.87     | 79.30     |
|       21 | Nagaland          | 34.72     | 56.49     | 114.09    |
|       22 | Odisha            | 154.99    | 364.74    | 812.15    |
|       23 | Puducherry        | 1.29      | 2.50      | 4.64      |
|       24 | Punjab            | 125.97    | 227.46    | 362.79    |
|       25 | Rajasthan         | 692.13    | 1,301.71  | 2,522.03  |
|       26 | Sikkim            | 11.62     | 15.41     | 31.36     |
|       27 | Tamil Nadu        | 180.99    | 373.87    | 921.99    |
|       28 | Telangana         | 131.40    | 259.14    | 412.19    |
|       29 | Tripura           | 55.18     | 107.64    | 156.61    |
|       30 | Uttar Pradesh     | 713.95    | 1,206.28  | 2,570.94  |
|       31 | Uttarakhand       | 99.17     | 170.53    | 362.58    |
|       32 | West Bengal       | 917.82    | 995.33    | 1,614.18  |

NA: Not Applicable