Lok Sabha Question No. 727 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Tap Water Connections under JJM
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shardaben Anilbhai Patel, Mitesh Rameshbhai (Bakabhai) Patel

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-727

ANSWERED ON-07/12/2023

## Tap Water Connections under JJM

## 727. SHRIMATI SHARDABEN ANILBHAI PATEL:

SHRI MITESH RAMESHBHAI PATEL (BAKABHAI):

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   the  details  and  the  number  of  tap  water  connections  provided  for  supply  of  potable  water  in rural households of the country under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), State-wise;
- (b)  whether work of providing tap water connections to five per cent of rural households is yet to be started;
- (c)   if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (d)  the steps being taken by the Government to avoid missing the target set to provide potable water to every rural household by 2024?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a)  to  (d)  Government  of  India,  in  partnership  with  States,  is  implementing  Jal  Jeevan  Mission (JJM)-Har  Ghar  Jal,  since  August  2019,  to  enable  every  rural  household  in  the  country  to  have assured potable water through tap water connection.

At  the  time  of  announcement  of  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  in  August  2019,  3.23  Crore  (17%)  rural households were reported to have tap water connections. So far, as reported by States/ UTs as on 03.12.2023, additional 10.49 Crore rural households have been provided with tap water connections under  JJM.  Thus,  as  on  03.12.2023,  out  of  19.24  Crore  rural  households  in  the  country,  approx. 13.72 Crore (71.32%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes. State/ UTwise details are annexed .

As reported by States, planning for works under JJM have mostly been completed and almost all the works  have  been  awarded  for  providing  household  tap  water  connections.  As  on  03.12.2023,  9 States/  UTs,  154  Districts,  1,569  Blocks,  95,475  Gram  Panchayats  and  1,99,150  villages  are

reported  as  'Har  Ghar  Jal'.  Further,  as  on  date,  all  the  villages  across  the  country  have  been connected to piped water supply (PWS) except 1,245 villages with 1.35 lakh households only.

A number of steps have been taken to plan and implement JJM in the whole country with speed, which inter alia , includes joint discussion and finalization of saturation plan and annual action plan (AAP)  of  States/  UTs,  regular  review  of  implementation,  workshops/  conferences/  webinars  for capacity  building,  training,  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,  JJM-Integrated  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 to in Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 727 to be answered on 07.12.2023 State/ UT-wise status of tap water connections in rural households

(Number in lakhs)

| S. No.   | State/ UT     | Total rural HHs   | Rural HHs with tap water supply as on 15.08.2019   | Rural HHs with tap water supply as on 15.08.2019   | Rural HHs with tap water supply as on 03.12.2023   | Rural HHs with tap water supply as on 03.12.2023   |
|----------|---------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State/ UT     | Total rural HHs   | No.                                                | In%                                                | No.                                                | In%                                                |
| 1.       | A &NIslands   | 0.62              | 0.29                                               | 46.02                                              | 0.62                                               | 100.00                                             |
| 2.       | Andhra Pr.    | 95.54             | 30.74                                              | 32.18                                              | 68.76                                              | 71.97                                              |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pr. | 2.29              | 0.23                                               | 9.96                                               | 2.19                                               | 95.79                                              |
| 4.       | Assam         | 69.13             | 1.11                                               | 1.61                                               | 45.39                                              | 65.66                                              |
| 5.       | Bihar         | 166.30            | 3.16                                               | 1.90                                               | 160.34                                             | 96.41                                              |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh  | 49.96             | 3.20                                               | 6.40                                               | 35.07                                              | 70.19                                              |
| 7.       | DNH and DD    | 0.85              | 0.00                                               | 0.00                                               | 0.85                                               | 100.00                                             |
| 8.       | Goa           | 2.63              | 1.99                                               | 75.70                                              | 2.63                                               | 100.00                                             |
| 9.       | Gujarat       | 91.18             | 65.16                                              | 71.46                                              | 91.18                                              | 100.00                                             |
| 10.      | Haryana       | 30.41             | 17.66                                              | 58.08                                              | 30.41                                              | 100.00                                             |
| 11.      | Himachal Pr.  | 17.09             | 7.63                                               | 44.64                                              | 17.09                                              | 100.00                                             |
| 12.      | J&K           | 18.70             | 5.75                                               | 30.77                                              | 14.06                                              | 75.18                                              |
| 13.      | Jharkhand     | 61.78             | 3.45                                               | 5.59                                               | 28.53                                              | 46.18                                              |
| 14.      | Karnataka     | 101.17            | 24.51                                              | 24.23                                              | 71.65                                              | 70.83                                              |
| 15.      | Kerala        | 70.78             | 16.64                                              | 23.51                                              | 36.59                                              | 51.69                                              |
| 16.      | Ladakh        | 0.42              | 0.01                                               | 3.37                                               | 0.37                                               | 89.10                                              |
| 17.      | Lakshadweep   | 0.13              |                                                    | 0.00                                               | 0.06                                               | 43.50                                              |
| 18.      | Madhya Pr.    | 111.86            | 13.53                                              | 12.09                                              | 66.10                                              | 59.09                                              |
| 19.      | Maharashtra   | 146.73            | 48.44                                              | 33.01                                              | 120.21                                             | 81.92                                              |
| 20.      | Manipur       | 4.52              | 0.26                                               | 5.74                                               | 3.50                                               | 77.60                                              |
| 21.      | Meghalaya     | 6.52              | 0.05                                               | 0.70                                               | 4.24                                               | 65.01                                              |
| 22.      | Mizoram       | 1.33              | 0.09                                               | 6.91                                               | 1.30                                               | 97.42                                              |
| 23.      | Nagaland      | 3.69              | 0.14                                               | 3.76                                               | 3.00                                               | 81.38                                              |
| 24.      | Odisha        | 88.64             | 3.11                                               | 3.51                                               | 60.44                                              | 68.19                                              |
| 25.      | Puducherry    | 1.15              | 0.94                                               | 81.33                                              | 1.15                                               | 100.00                                             |
| 26.      | Punjab        | 34.26             | 16.79                                              | 49.00                                              | 34.26                                              | 100.00                                             |
| 27.      | Rajasthan     | 106.64            | 11.74                                              | 11.01                                              | 47.92                                              | 44.94                                              |
| 28.      | Sikkim        | 1.32              | 0.70                                               | 53.34                                              | 1.17                                               | 88.44                                              |
| 29.      | Tamil Nadu    | 125.32            | 21.76                                              | 17.36                                              | 96.52                                              | 77.02                                              |
| 30.      | Telangana     | 53.98             | 15.68                                              | 29.05                                              | 53.98                                              | 100.00                                             |
| 31.      | Tripura       | 7.46              | 0.25                                               | 3.28                                               | 5.42                                               | 72.61                                              |
| 32.      | Uttar Pr.     | 263.20            | 5.16                                               | 1.96                                               | 185.40                                             | 70.44                                              |
| 33.      | Uttarakhand   | 14.54             | 1.30                                               | 8.96                                               | 12.62                                              | 86.80                                              |
| 34.      | West Bengal   | 173.98            | 2.15                                               | 1.23                                               | 69.31                                              | 39.84                                              |
|          | Total         | 19,24.13          | 3,23.63                                            | 16.82                                              | 13,72.35                                           | 71.32                                              |

HH: Household

Source: JJM - IMIS