Lok Sabha Question No. 1573 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-13
Subject: Potable Water to Slum Cluster under "Nal Se Jal" Yojana
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Dr. Kalyan Vaijinathrao Kale

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1573 ANSWERED ON 13.02.2025

## POTABLE WATER TO SLUM CLUSTER UNDER "NAL SE JAL" YOJANA

1573. Dr. Kalyan Vaijinathrao Kale:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any data about the slum cluster in the country and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has any plan to provide potable water to slum cluster 'Nal se jal' yojana and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)   the steps taken/likely to be taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether there are lots of slum cluster depending on the water tank for daily needs of water and if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (e)   the steps taken/being taken by the Government to provide pure water?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI V. SOMANNA)

(a)  :  As  informed  by  the  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA),  Census  of  India conducts enumeration of population including slums on decadal basis in the country. The last census was conducted in 2011, according to which a total of 6.54 crore people comprising of 1.39 crore households were living in slums across the country. The data on number of slums in the country are collected by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). As per the last data of slums collected by NSSO in  2012  during  the  69 th Round  Survey,  the  estimated  number  of  slums  in  the  country  is 33,510  which  includes  13,761  notified  slums  and  19,749  non-notified  slums.  The  State/UT-wise number of slums as per NSSO survey 2012, slum households and slum population as per Census2011  is  at Annexure .  The  State/Union  Territory  (UT)  and  City-wise  details  of  population  and households living in slums as per Census 2011 are at URL

https://pmay-urban.gov.in/PHQ/LSSQ-345-19122024-city-wise-slumdetails-census-2011.pdf

- (b)  to  (e)  :  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  has  informed  that  'Land'  and 'Colonisation' are State subjects. Schemes  related to housing and slum rehabilitation are implemented by State/ UT Governments in their respective regions.  Further, as informed, MoHUA is  implementing Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), which was

launched on 25 June 2015 in selected 500 cities (now 485 cities including l5  merged cities)  and towns across the country with a Central Assistance (CA) of Rs.35,990 crore for projects. AMRUT 2.0  was  launched  on  01  October  2021  with  a  Central  Assistance  (CA)  of  Rs.  66,750  crores  for projects.

Under  the  AMRUT  &  AMRUT  2.0  scheme,  States/  UTs  are  empowered  to  design,  approve, prioritize  and  implement  the  projects  including  in  slum  clusters  within  the  broad  framework  of Mission  guidelines.  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  approves  State  Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) under AMRUT and State Water Action Plans (SWAPs) under AMRUT 2.0 as  per  recommendation  of  State  High  Power  Steering  Committee  (SHPSC)  headed  by  Chief Secretary of the States/ UTs.

Under AMRUT, so far, 1,405 water supply projects have been grounded worth Rs. 43,430.25 Crore of which works worth Rs. 41,546.48 Crore have been physically completed. Under AMRUT 2.0, so far,  State  Water  Action  Plans  have  been  approved  for  3,587  water  supply  projects  worth  Rs. 1,14,275.19 Crore submitted by States/ UTs.

Further, to meet the rising aspirations of people living in villages to have piped water supply in their homes, since August 2019, Government of India is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission, in partnership with States to make provision of tap water supply to every rural household across the country.

At the start of Jal Jeevan Mission in August 2019, only 3.23 Crore (16.8%) rural households were reported to have tap water connections. So far, as reported by States/ UTs as on 10.02.2025, under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal around 12.22 Crore additional rural households have been provided with tap water connections. Thus, as on 10.02.2025, out of more than 19.36 Crore rural households in the country, more than 15.45 Crore (79.79%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes.

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Annex Annex referred to in Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1573 answered on 13.02.2025

State/UT-wise  number  of  slums  as  per  NSSO  survey  2012  and  Slum  households  &  Slum population as per Census-2011

| State/UT          | Number of Towns   | Number of Towns     | Slum        | Slum        | Number of Slums as   |
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------------|
| State/UT          | Statutory Towns   | Slum Reported Towns | Households  | Population  | per NSSO             |
| Andhra Pradesh*   | 125               | 125                 | 24,31,474   | 1,01,86,934 | 4,539                |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 26                | 5                   | 3,479       | 15,562      | -                    |
| Assam             | 88                | 31                  | 42,533      | 1,97,266    | 71                   |
| Bihar             | 139               | 88                  | 2,16,496    | 12,37,682   | 655                  |
| Chhattisgarh      | 168               | 94                  | 4,13,831    | 18,98,931   | 1,079                |
| Goa               | 14                | 3                   | 5,497       | 26,247      | -                    |
| Gujarat           | 195               | 103                 | 3,45,998    | 16,80,095   | 2,923                |
| Haryana           | 80                | 75                  | 3,32,697    | 16,62,305   | 71                   |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 56                | 22                  | 14,385      | 61,312      | 47                   |
| Jammu &Kashmir    | 86                | 40                  | 1,03,633    | 6,62,062    | 42                   |
| Jharkhand         | 40                | 31                  | 72,544      | 3,72,999    | -                    |
| Karnataka         | 220               | 206                 | 7,07,662    | 32,91,434   | 1,424                |
| Kerala            | 59                | 19                  | 45,417      | 2,02,048    | 35                   |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 364               | 303                 | 11,17,764   | 56,88,993   | 1,635                |
| Maharashtra       | 256               | 189                 | 24,99,948   | 1,18,48,423 | 7,723                |
| Manipur           | 28                | -                   | -           | -           | -                    |
| Meghalaya         | 10                | 6                   | 10,518      | 57,418      | -                    |
| Mizoram           | 23                | 1                   | 15,987      | 78,561      | -                    |
| Nagaland          | 19                | 11                  | 17,152      | 82,324      | -                    |
| Odisha            | 107               | 76                  | 3,50,032    | 15,60,303   | 756                  |
| Punjab            | 143               | 73                  | 2,93,928    | 14,60,518   | 597                  |
| Rajasthan         | 185               | 107                 | 3,94,391    | 20,68,000   | 1,600                |
| Sikkim            | 8                 | 7                   | 7,203       | 31,378      | -                    |
| Tamil Nadu        | 721               | 507                 | 14,63,689   | 57,98,459   | 2,364                |
| Tripura           | 16                | 15                  | 34,143      | 1,39,780    | -                    |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 648               | 293                 | 10,66,363   | 62,39,965   | 1,814                |
| Uttarakhand       | 74                | 31                  | 93,911      | 4,87,741    | -                    |
| West Bengal       | 129               | 122                 | 13,91,756   | 64,18,594   | 3,957                |
| A&NIslands        | 1                 | 1                   | 3,324       | 14,172      | -                    |
| Chandigarh        | 1                 | 1                   | 21,704      | 95,135      | -                    |
| D &NHaveli        | 1                 | -                   | -           | -           | -                    |
| Daman &Diu        | 2                 | -                   | -           | -           | -                    |
| NCTof Delhi       | 3                 | 22                  | 3,67,893    | 17,85,390   | 458                  |
| Lakshadweep       | 0                 | -                   | -           | -           | -                    |
| Puducherry        | 6                 | 6                   | 34,839      | 1,44,573    | 17                   |
| All India         | 4,041             | 2,613               | 1,39,20,191 | 6,54,94,604 | 33,510#              |

Note: Manipur, Lakshadweep, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu did not report any Slum and Slum households & Slum population during NSSO survey 2012 and Census 2011.

*Andhra Pradesh figures include Telangana as well.

# Number  of  slums  in  small  States/UTs  is  not  available,  however  the  total  number  of  slums  in  the country as per NSSO estimates during 2012 was 33,510.