Lok Sabha Question No. 3610 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-10
Subject: Shortage of Drinking Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Haji Fazlur Rehman

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-†3610

ANSWERED ON-10/08/2023

## SHORTAGE OF DRINKING WATER

## †3610.  SHRI HAJI FAZLUR REHMAN:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:-

(a) the number of villages in rural and tribal areas of the country where there is shortage of quality drinking water, State-wise;

(b) whether the Government has fixed any target to provide clean drinking water in rural and tribal areas;

(c) if so, the funds released and utilized during the last three years and the current year, Statewise and the achievements made thereunder; and

(d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to provide drinking water in rural and tribal areas of the country at the earliest?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE OF JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a) & (b) Since August 2019, Government of India is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal in partnership with States to make provision of tap water supply to every rural household of the country, including those in tribal areas, by 2024.

As on date, all habitation with Arsenic and Fluoride contamination in ground water have been provided  with  access  to  safe  water  at  least  for  drinking  and  cooking  purposes.  As  on 07.08.2023,  as  reported  by  States/  UTs,  out  of  16.89  Lakh  rural  habitations  there  are only17,207 habitations that have water quality issues in drinking water sources. The State-wise details are at Annex-I.

(c)  Year-wise  and  State/  UT-wise  details  of  Central  fund  allocated,  fund  drawn  and  fund utilization reported by the States/ UTs under Jal Jeevan Mission in 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 & 2023-24 (as on 07.08.2023) are at Annex-II .

As on 07.08.2023, 9 States/UTs, 140 Districts, 1,436 Blocks, 87,171 Gram Panchayats and 1,81,030 villages are reported as 'Har Ghar Jal'.

(d) To achieve the goal of JJM in the whole country, including those in the tribal areas, with speed and scale, Government of India is handholding the States, to expedite the implementation of  the  mission  through  number  of  steps inter  alia ,  which  includes  joint  discussion  and finalization of annual action plan (AAP) of States/ UTs, regular review of implementation, workshops/ conferences/ webinars for capacity building and knowledge sharing, field visits by multi- disciplinary team to provide technical support, etc. A detailed Operational Guideline for the implementation of JJM; Margdarshika for Gram Panchayats & VWSCs to provide safe drinking water in rural households and Guidelines on a special campaign to provide piped water supply in anganwadi centres, ashramshalas and schools have been shared with States/ UTs to facilitate planning and implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission. For online monitoring, JJMIntegrated Management Information System (IMIS) and JJM-Dashboard has been put in place. Provision  has  also  been  made  for  transparent  online  financial  management  through  Public Financial Management System (PFMS).

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## Annex referred in the reply to part (a) & (b)of Lok Sabha UQ No. †3610 answered on 10.08.2023

## State wise details of water quality affected habitations

| S. No   | State             | Nos. of quality affected habitations   |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Arunachal Pradesh | 33                                     |
| 2.      | Assam             | 6208                                   |
| 3.      | Bihar             | 66                                     |
| 4.      | Kerala            | 83                                     |
| 5.      | Lakshadweep       | 10                                     |
| 6.      | Odisha            | 1084                                   |
| 7.      | Punjab            | 46                                     |
| 8.      | Rajasthan         | 9260                                   |
| 9.      | Tripura           | 316                                    |
| 10.     | Uttar Pradesh     | 95                                     |
| 11.     | Uttarakhand       | 3                                      |
| 12.     | West Bengal       | 3                                      |
| Total   | Total             | 17,207                                 |

## Annex  referred  in  the  reply  to  part  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  UQ  No.  †3610  answered  on 10.08.2023

Jal Jeevan Mission: Central fund allocated, drawn and reported utilization in 2020-21 (Amount in Rs. Crore)

| S. No.   | State/ UT         | Central share   | Central share   | Central share   | Central share   | Central share        | Expenditure under State share   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State/ UT         | Opening Balance | Fund allocated  | Fund drawn      | Available fund  | Reported utilization |                                 |
| 1.       | A & N Islands     | 0.50            | 2.93            | 1.46            | 1.96            | 1.45                 | NR                              |
| 2.       | Andhra Pr.        | 276.76          | 790.48          | 297.62          | 574.38          | 427.73               | 180.97                          |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pr.     | 57.56           | 254.85          | 344.85          | 402.41          | 392.43               | 32.05                           |
| 4.       | Assam             | 452.45          | 1,608.51        | 551.77          | 1,004.22        | 880.44               | 90.02                           |
| 5.       | Bihar             | 257.18          | 1,839.16        | 353.60          | 610.78          | 551.82               | 374.42                          |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh      | 58.17           | 445.52          | 334.14          | 392.31          | 223.80               | 221.10                          |
| 7.       | Goa               | -               | 12.41           | 6.20            | 6.20            | 2.99                 | 13.49                           |
| 8.       | Gujarat           | 5.70            | 883.08          | 983.08          | 988.78          | 838.50               | 883.43                          |
| 9.       | Haryana           | 90.80           | 289.52          | 72.38           | 163.18          | 130.94               | 120.17                          |
| 10.      | Himachal Pr.      | 7.95            | 326.20          | 547.48          | 555.43          | 329.01               | 42.25                           |
| 11.      | Jammu&            | 148.92          | 681.77          | 53.72           | 202.64          | 88.69                | 5.17                            |
| 12.      | Kashmir Jharkhand | 268.39          | 572.24          | 143.06          | 411.45          | 286.62               | 177.73                          |
| 13.      | Karnataka         | 80.42           | 1,189.40        | 446.36          | 526.78          | 349.62               | 416.38                          |
| 14.      | Kerala            | 41.18           | 404.24          | 303.18          | 344.36          | 304.29               | 311.25                          |
| 15.      | Ladakh            | 75.96           | 352.09          | ND              | 75.96           | 9.43                 | NR                              |
| 16.      | Madhya Pr.        | 246.21          | 1,280.13        | 960.09          | 1,206.30        | 1,014.70             | 875.99                          |
| 17.      | Maharashtra       | 285.35          | 1,828.92        | 457.23          | 742.58          | 473.59               | 324.16                          |
| 18.      | Manipur           | 62.96           | 131.80          | 141.80          | 204.76          | 189.14               | 18.52                           |
| 19.      | Meghalaya         | 17.46           | 174.92          | 184.92          | 202.48          | 188.30               | 20.44                           |
| 20.      | Mizoram           | 30.77           | 79.30           | 104.30          | 135.07          | 107.90               | 10.13                           |
| 21.      | Nagaland          | 34.90           | 114.09          | 85.57           | 120.47          | 91.95                | 10.00                           |
| 22.      | Odisha            | 90.50           | 812.15          | 609.11          | 699.61          | 688.69               | 673.00                          |
| 23.      | Puducherry        | 0.30            | 4.64            | 1.06            | 1.38            | 0.20                 | 1.00                            |
| 24.      | Punjab            | 257.10          | 362.79          | ND              | 257.10          | 146.74               | 104.95                          |
| 25.      | Rajasthan         | 995.07          | 2,522.03        | 630.51          | 1,625.58        | 762.04               | 789.05                          |
| 26.      | Sikkim            | 12.30           | 31.36           | 39.36           | 51.66           | 43.43                | 3.75                            |
| 27.      | Tamil Nadu        | 264.09          | 921.99          | 690.36          | 954.45          | 576.97               | 399.57                          |
| 28.      | Telangana         | 31.10           | 412.19          | 82.71           | 116.32          | 61.17                | 133.98                          |
| 29.      | Tripura           | 136.46          | 156.61          | 117.46          | 256.52          | 195.00               | 22.26                           |
| 30.      | Uttar Pr.         | 932.16          | 2,570.94        | 1,295.47        | 2,227.63        | 1,761.06             | 886.94                          |
| 31.      | Uttarakhand       | 66.60           | 362.58          | 271.93          | 338.53          | 227.32               | 20.02                           |
| 32.      | West Bengal       | 1,146.58        | 1,614.18        | 807.08          | 1,953.66        | 1,196.07             | 641.17                          |

DNH & DD and Lakshadweep did not avail fund

Source: JJM - IMIS

Jal Jeevan Mission: Central fund allocated, drawn and reported utilization in 2021-22

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

|        |                | Central share   | Central share     | Central share   | Central share   | Central share        | Expenditure       |
|--------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|-------------------|
| S. No. | State/ UT      | Opening Balance | Fund allocated    | Fund drawn      | Available fund  | Reported utilization | under State share |
| 1.     | A &NIslands    | 0.52            | 8.26              | 2.06            | 2.58            | 1.05                 | NR                |
| 2.     | Andhra Pr.     | 146.65          | 3,182.88          | 791.06          | 937.71          | 234.76               | 235.39            |
| 3.     | Arunachal Pr.  | 9.98            | 1,013.53          | 1,555.53        | 1,565.51        | 1,114.29             | 106.62            |
| 4.     | Assam          | 123.78          | 5,601.16          | 4,200.87        | 4,324.65        | 2,505.44             | 312.89            |
| 5.     | Bihar          | 58.95           | 6,608.25          | ND              | 58.95           | 4.00                 | 340.45            |
| 6.     | Chhattisgarh   | 168.52          | 1,908.96          | 477.24          | 645.76          | 498.69               | 488.63            |
| 7.     | Goa            | 3.21            | 45.53             | 22.77           | 25.98           | 14.03                | 17.98             |
| 8.     | Gujarat        | 150.28          | 3,410.61          | 2,557.96        | 2,708.24        | 2,124.85             | 2,226.25          |
| 9.     | Haryana        | 32.24           | 1,119.95          | 559.98          | 592.22          | 434.74               | 431.27            |
| 10.    | Himachal Pr.   | 226.42          | 1,262.78          | 2,012.78        | 2,239.20        | 1,420.94             | 146.73            |
| 11.    | Jammu &Kashmir | 113.96          | 2,747.17          | 604.18          | 718.14          | 112.43               | 8.31              |
| 12.    | Jharkhand      | 124.83          | 2,479.88          | 512.22          | 637.05          | 437.21               | 510.99            |
| 13.    | Karnataka      | 177.16          | 5,008.80          | 2,504.40        | 2,681.56        | 1,418.56             | 1,557.92          |
| 14.    | Kerala         | 40.07           | 1,804.59          | 1,353.44        | 1,393.51        | 957.44               | 1,059.57          |
| 15.    | Ladakh         | 66.52           | 1,429.96          | 340.68          | 407.20          | 144.96               | NR                |
| 16.    | Madhya Pr.     | 191.61          | 5,116.79          | 3,837.59        | 4,029.20        | 2,262.78             | 2,479.33          |
| 17.    | Maharashtra    | 268.99          | 7,064.41          | 1,666.64        | 1,935.63        | 377.98               | 477.98            |
| 18.    | Manipur        | 15.62           | 481.19            | 601.19          | 616.81          | 474.78               | 52.80             |
| 19.    | Meghalaya      | 14.18           | 678.39            | 1,078.39        | 1,092.57        | 672.05               | 76.55             |
| 20.    | Mizoram        | 27.17           | 303.89            | 303.89          | 331.06          | 250.98               | 32.31             |
| 21.    | Nagaland       | 28.52           | 444.81            | 333.61          | 362.13          | 345.14               | 27.88             |
| 22.    | Odisha         | 10.93           | 3,323.42          | 2,492.56        | 2,503.49        | 1,306.20             | 1,289.71          |
| 23.    | Puducherry     | 1.18            | 30.22             | 7.47            | 8.66            | 2.32                 | 0.10              |
| 24.    | Punjab         | 110.36          | 1,656.39          | 402.24          | 512.60          | 247.83               | 175.81            |
| 25.    | Rajasthan      | 863.53          | 10,180.50         | 2,345.08        | 3,208.61        | 1,920.16             | 1,664.02          |
| 26.    | Sikkim         | 8.23            | 124.79            | 194.79          | 203.02          | 90.12                | 11.57             |
| 27.    | Tamil Nadu     | 377.48          | 3,691.21          | 614.35          | 991.83          | 457.55               | 496.23            |
| 28.    | Telangana      | 55.15           | 1,653.09          | ND              | 55.15           | 17.70                | 68.88             |
| 29.    | Tripura        | 61.51           | 614.09            | 714.09          | 775.60          | 599.82               | 65.13             |
| 30.    | Uttar Pr.      | 466.56          | 10,870.50         | 5,435.25        | 5,901.81        | 2,930.07             | 3,525.40          |
| 31.    | Uttarakhand    | 111.22          | 1,443.80 6,998.97 | 1,082.85        | 1,194.07        | 597.97               | 67.40             |
| 32.    | West Bengal    | 757.58          |                   | 1,404.61        | 2,162.19        | 1,547.52             | 725.77            |

DNH & DD and Lakshadweep did not avail fund

Source: JJM - IMIS

ND: Not Drawn

NR: Not Reported

NR

NR

ND: Not Drawn

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

| S. No.   |               | Central share   | Central share   | Central share   | Central share   | Central share        | Expenditure under State   |
|----------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
| S. No.   | State/ UT     | Opening Balance | Fund allocated  | Fund drawn      | Available fund  | Reported utilization | share                     |
| 1.       | A &NIslands   | 1.53            | 9.15            | 2.16            | 3.69            | 0.60                 | NR                        |
| 2.       | Andhra Pr.    | 702.95          | 3,458.20        | ND              | 702.95          | 305.08               | 98.75                     |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pr. | 451.21          | 1,116.35        | 1,116.35        | 1,567.56        | 1,278.63             | 153.03                    |
| 4.       | Assam         | 1,819.21        | 6,117.61        | 4,588.21        | 6,407.42        | 3,959.95             | 442.75                    |
| 5.       | Bihar         | 54.95           | 4,766.90        | ND              | 54.95           | NR                   | 66.19                     |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh  | 147.06          | 2,223.98        | 2,223.98        | 2,371.04        | 2,097.06             | 2,079.48                  |
| 7.       | Goa           | 11.95           | 49.98           | ND              | 11.95           | 11.04                | 20.14                     |
| 8.       | Gujarat       | 583.39          | 3,590.16        | 3,590.16        | 4,173.55        | 3,084.89             | 3,272.38                  |
| 9.       | Haryana       | 157.47          | 1,157.44        | 463.00          | 620.47          | 519.77               | 447.46                    |
| 10.      | Himachal Pr.  | 818.27          | 1,344.94        | 1,344.94        | 2,163.21        | 1,615.65             | 182.41                    |
| 11.      | J&K           | 605.71          | 3,039.11        | 1,439.50        | 2,045.21        | 1,142.65             | 153.69                    |
| 12.      | Jharkhand     | 199.83          | 2,825.52        | 2,119.14        | 2,318.97        | 1,789.85             | 1,593.00                  |
| 13.      | Karnataka     | 1,263.00        | 5,451.85        | 2,725.93        | 3,988.93        | 2,778.72             | 3,196.96                  |
| 14.      | Kerala        | 436.08          | 2,206.54        | 2,206.54        | 2,642.62        | 1,741.93             | 1,741.68                  |
| 15.      | Ladakh        | 262.25          | 1,555.77        | 382.76          | 645.01          | 364.32               | NR                        |
| 16.      | Lakshadweep   | -               | 36.99           | 9.25            | 9.25            | NR                   | NR                        |
| 17.      | Madhya Pr.    | 1,766.42        | 5,641.02        | 2,820.51        | 4,586.93        | 3,526.66             | 3,516.16                  |
| 18.      | Maharashtra   | 1,557.65        | 7,831.25        | 3,915.62        | 5,473.27        | 3,109.69             | 2,972.28                  |
| 19.      | Manipur       | 142.03          | 512.05          | 256.03          | 398.06          | 231.97               | 26.03                     |
| 20.      | Meghalaya     | 420.52          | 747.76          | 1,047.00        | 1,467.52        | 1,098.48             | 122.85                    |
| 21.      | Mizoram       | 80.08           | 333.91          | 448.58          | 528.66          | 407.40               | 45.74                     |
| 22.      | Nagaland      | 17.00           | 484.28          | 484.28          | 501.28          | 481.71               | 52.71                     |
| 23.      | Odisha        | 1,197.29        | 3,608.62        | 1,768.73        | 2,966.02        | 2,166.47             | 2,149.96                  |
| 24.      | Puducherry    | 6.34            | 17.83           | ND              | 6.34            | 0.94                 | 0.22                      |
| 25.      | Punjab        | 264.78          | 2,403.46        | ND              | 264.78          | 264.80               | 210.69                    |
| 26.      | Rajasthan     | 1,288.46        | 13,328.60       | 6,081.80        | 7,370.26        | 3,938.57             | 4,122.81                  |
| 27.      | Sikkim        | 112.90          | 136.17          | 188.92          | 301.82          | 222.53               | 20.63                     |
| 28.      | Tamil Nadu    | 534.29          | 4,015.00        | 872.96          | 1,407.25        | 594.64               | 665.28                    |
| 29.      | Telangana     | 37.44           | 1,657.56        | ND              | 37.44           | 11.39                | 13.52                     |
| 30.      | Tripura       | 175.78          | 666.97          | 849.91          | 1,025.69        | 798.67               | 82.64                     |
| 31.      | Uttar Pr.     | 2,971.74        | 12,662.05       | 9,496.54        | 12,468.28       | 9,990.16             | 9,444.95                  |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand   | 596.09          | 1,612.50        | 1,209.38        | 1,805.47        | 1,517.93             | 164.10                    |
| 33.      | West Bengal   | 614.67          | 6,180.25        | 3,090.12        | 3,704.79        | 1,953.73             | 3,204.21                  |

DNH & DD does not avail fund

Source: JJM - IMIS

## Jal Jeevan Mission: Central fund allocated, drawn and reported utilization in 2023-24

## (As on 07.08.2023)

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

| S. No.   |               | Central share   | Central share   | Central share   | Central share   | Central share        | Expenditure under State   |
|----------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
| S. No.   | State/ UT     | Opening Balance | Fund allocated  | Fund drawn      | Available fund  | Reported utilization | share                     |
| 1.       | A &NIslands   | 3.09            | 7.52            | ND              | 3.09            | NR                   | NR                        |
| 2.       | Andhra Pr.    | 397.87          | 6,530.49        | ND              | 397.87          | 329.34               | 403.44                    |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pr. | 288.93          | 1,057.11        | 257.07          | 546.00          | 151.70               | 24.91                     |
| 4.       | Assam         | 2,447.47        | 10,351.68       | ND              | 2,447.47        | 1,780.49             | 198.45                    |
| 5.       | Bihar         | 54.95           | -               | ND              | 54.95           | NR                   | NR                        |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh  | 273.99          | 4,485.60        | 992.78          | 1,266.77        | 454.55               | 452.84                    |
| 7.       | Goa           | 0.92            | 11.25           | 5.63            | 6.55            | 2.90                 | 2.94                      |
| 8.       | Gujarat       | 1,088.66        | 2,982.85        | 745.71          | 1,834.37        | 660.33               | 711.60                    |
| 9.       | Haryana       | 100.70          | 1,053.44        | 263.36          | 364.06          | 84.84                | 88.23                     |
| 10.      | Himachal Pr.  | 547.56          | 379.67          | ND              | 547.56          | 213.54               | 27.90                     |
| 11.      | J&K           | 902.56          | 9,611.31        | 716.78          | 1,619.34        | 663.28               | 64.88                     |
| 12.      | Jharkhand     | 529.13          | 4,722.76        | ND              | 529.13          | 395.23               | 707.87                    |
| 13.      | Karnataka     | 1,270.33        | 12,623.37       | ND              | 1,270.33        | 44.67                | 43.89                     |
| 14.      | Kerala        | 900.69          | 1,342.36        | 335.60          | 1,236.29        | 750.76               | 745.99                    |
| 15.      | Ladakh        | 280.68          | 477.11          | ND              | 280.68          | 46.02                | NR                        |
| 16.      | Lakshadweep   | 9.25            | 39.63           | ND              | 9.25            | NR                   | NR                        |
| 17.      | Madhya Pr.    | 1,060.06        | 10,297.86       | 1,323.73        | 2,383.79        | 1,486.64             | 1,492.03                  |
| 18.      | Maharashtra   | 2,363.58        | 21,465.88       | 1,861.07        | 4,224.65        | 2,014.10             | 2,092.64                  |
| 19.      | Manipur       | 166.09          | 110.54          | ND              | 166.09          | NR                   | NR                        |
| 20.      | Meghalaya     | 369.49          | 3,567.25        | 178.46          | 547.95          | 437.69               | 48.95                     |
| 21.      | Mizoram       | 121.27          | 425.46          | ND              | 121.27          | 115.47               | NR                        |
| 22.      | Nagaland      | 19.57           | 366.86          | 91.72           | 111.29          | 24.65                | 0.94                      |
| 23.      | Odisha        | 799.56          | 2,108.54        | 527.14          | 1,326.70        | 497.29               | 494.64                    |
| 24.      | Puducherry    | 5.40            | 15.39           | ND              | 5.40            | 0.93                 | 0.08                      |
| 25.      | Punjab        | 0.00            | 479.02          | ND              | NR              | NR                   | 26.17                     |
| 26.      | Rajasthan     | 3,431.69        | 3,019.94        | ND              | 3,431.69        | 1,934.94             | 1,299.82                  |
| 27.      | Sikkim        | 79.29           | 634.55          | 65.81           | 145.10          | 99.21                | 8.11                      |
| 28.      | Tamil Nadu    | 812.60          | 3,615.56        | ND              | 812.60          | 393.01               | 396.37                    |
| 29.      | Telangana     | 26.06           | -               | ND              | 26.06           | NR                   | NR                        |
| 30.      | Tripura       | 227.01          | 1,773.40        | 148.55          | 375.56          | 211.29               | 16.80                     |
| 31.      | Uttar Pr.     | 2,478.12        | 20,884.45       | 5,823.53        | 8,301.65        | 6,596.85             | 5,593.07                  |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand   | 297.46          | 4,689.69        | 372.67          | 670.13          | 541.94               | 64.88                     |
| 33.      | West Bengal   | 1,751.06        | 3,806.29        | ND              | 1,751.06        | 886.76               | 950.58                    |

DNH & DD does not avail fund

Source: JJM - IMIS

ND: Not Drawn

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NR: Not Reported