Lok Sabha Question No. 1381 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-15
Subject: Toilets under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Mondal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1381 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2022

## Toilets under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

## 1381. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has been successful in providing twelve million toilets as claimed under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan or under other schemes, as according to a UN report, forty four per cent of the total population continues to defecate in the open still in the country;

- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor and the time by which it would be completed?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c)   Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) [SBM(G)] was launched by the Government on 2 nd  October, 2014 with the main aim to make the country Open Defecation Free (ODF) by 2 nd October, 2019, by providing access to toilets to all the rural households. All the villages had declared  themselves  ODF  by  2 nd October,  2019.  The  States/UTs  were,  however,  advised  to cover any left out households under the programme and to ensure that no one is left behind. Having achieved the ODF status, Phase-II of SBM(G) has been launched with effect from 1 st April, 2020 with focus to sustain the ODF status and to cover all the villages with Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM), i.e. to convert villages from ODF to ODF Plus, by 202425.

As per the findings of the Swachh Survekshan Grameen, 2022, conducted by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation through an independent agency, 95.4% households were found to have access to toilets.

Under SBM(G) Phase-II also,  provision  for  providing  financial  incentive  for  construction  of individual  household  latrines  (IHHLs)  for  new  or  any  left  out  households  has  been  kept.  As reported by the States/UTs on the online Integrated Management Information System (IMIS), since the launch of SBM(G) on 2 nd October, 2014, 11.09 crore IHHLs have been constructed under the programme so far.  State/UT-wise details are given at Annexure .

## State/UT-wise, No. of Individual household latrines (IHHLs) constructed under SBM(G) since 2.10.2014

| S.N.   | State/UT              | No. of IHHLs constructed since 2.10.2014   |
|--------|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1      | A &NISLANDS           | 22,527                                     |
| 2      | ANDHRA PRADESH        | 42,78,472                                  |
| 3      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH     | 1,48,035                                   |
| 4      | ASSAM                 | 41,14,535                                  |
| 5      | BIHAR                 | 1,23,46,133                                |
| 6      | CHHATTISGARH          | 34,55,947                                  |
| 7      | D&NHAVELIANDDAMAN&DIU | 22,562                                     |
| 8      | GOA                   | 28,637                                     |
| 9      | GUJARAT               | 42,36,276                                  |
| 10     | HARYANA               | 6,94,800                                   |
| 11     | HIMACHAL PRADESH      | 2,03,695                                   |
| 12     | JAMMU &KASHMIR        | 13,13,302                                  |
| 13     | JHARKHAND             | 41,56,776                                  |
| 14     | KARNATAKA             | 46,32,294                                  |
| 15     | KERALA                | 2,43,492                                   |
| 16     | LADAKH                | 18,516                                     |
| 17     | LAKSHADWEEP           | 0                                          |
| 18     | MADHYA PRADESH        | 73,03,605                                  |
| 19     | MAHARASHTRA           | 69,13,882                                  |
| 20     | MANIPUR               | 2,72,354                                   |
| 21     | MEGHALAYA             | 2,91,499                                   |
| 22     | MIZORAM               | 46,125                                     |
| 23     | NAGALAND              | 1,49,242                                   |
| 24     | ODISHA                | 72,13,828                                  |
| 25     | PUDUCHERRY            | 29,695                                     |
| 26     | PUNJAB                | 5,32,730                                   |
| 27     | RAJASTHAN             | 82,94,142                                  |
| 28     | SIKKIM                | 13,878                                     |
| 29     | TAMILNADU             | 55,51,973                                  |
| 30     | TELANGANA             | 31,07,081                                  |
| 31     | TRIPURA               | 4,53,808                                   |
| 32     | UTTAR PRADESH         | 2,25,58,260                                |
| 33     | UTTARAKHAND           | 5,31,218                                   |
| 34     | WEST BENGAL           | 77,22,817                                  |
|        | GRAND TOTAL           | 11,09,02,136                               |