Lok Sabha Question No. 4590 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-27
Subject: Tap Water Connections in Kheri District of Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Utkarsh Verma Madhur

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4590 ANSWERED ON 27/03/2025

## TAP WATER CONNECTIONS IN KHERI DISTRICT OF UTTAR PRADESH

## †4590 SHRI UTKARSH VERMA MADHUR:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of rural households provided with tap water connections under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh till the financial year 2024-25;
- (b) the details of the ongoing irrigation projects under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana-Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (PMKSY-AIBP) in the said district at present; and
- (c) the details of the funds allocated and utilised for the said projects in the said district under PMKSY-AIBP?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Government of India is committed to make provision for safe & potable tap water supply in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality and on a regular & long-term basis to all rural households in the country. Towards this end, the Government of India launched the Jal  Jeevan  Mission  (JJM),  being  implemented  in  partnership  with  States,  since  August 2019,  including  in  Uttar  Pradesh.  The  Government  of  India  supports  the  States  by providing technical and financial assistance.

Significant progress has been made in the country since the launch of Jal Jeevan Mission, towards  enhancing  access  to  tap  water  to  rural  households.  At  the  start  of  Jal  Jeevan Mission in August 2019, only 3.23 Crore (16.71%) rural households were reported to have tap  water  connections.  So  far,  as  reported  by  State/Uts  as  on  25.03.2025,  around  12.31 Crore additional rural households have been provided with tap water connections. Thus, as on 25.03.2025, out of 19.36 Crore rural households in the country,  approximately 15.54 Crore (80.29%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes.

Similarly, in Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh, at the start of Jal Jeevan Mission in August 2019,  only  12.18  thousand  (1.81%)  rural  households  were  reported  to  have  tap  water connections. As  on  25.03.2025,  around  6.23  lakh  additional  rural  households  have  been provided  with  tap  water  connections.  Thus,  as  on  25.03.2025,  out  of  6.74  lakh  rural households in Kheri district, approximately 6.35 lakh (94.22%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes.

(b)  &  (c)  Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY)  was  launched  during  the year  2015-16,  with  an  aim  to  enhance  physical  access  of  water  on  farm  and  expand cultivable area under assured irrigation, improve on-farm water use efficiency, introduce sustainable water conservation practices, etc. PMKSY is an umbrella scheme, consisting of two major components being implemented by the Department of Water Resources, River Development  &  Ganga  Rejuvenation,  Ministry  of  Jal Shakti, namely, Accelerated Irrigation  Benefit  Programme  (AIBP),  and  Har  Khet  Ko  Pani  (HKKP).  Further,  in December, 2021, implementation of PMKSY for the period 2021-22 to 2025-26 has been approved by Government of India.

However, no project under PMKSY-AIBP is there in the Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh.

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