Lok Sabha Question No. 3478 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-17
Subject: Electric and Water Supply to Rural Households
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Abhishek Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3478 ANSWERED ON 17/12/2024

## ELECTRIC AND WATER SUPPLY TO RURAL HOUSEHOLDS

## 3478. SHRI ABHISHEK BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT  be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and total number of rural households without 24x7 electricity supply in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the  details  and  total  number  of  rural  households  without  tap water connection in the country, State-wise; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to ensure 24x7 electricity and running water to every rural household in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a)  to  (c):  So  far  as  electricity  supply  to  rural  households  is concerned, as per the information provided by the Ministry of Power, Government  of  India  has  always  supplemented  the  efforts  of  the States through schemes like DeenDayalUpadhyaya Gram JyotiYojana  (DDUGJY),  Integrated  Power  Development  Scheme (IPDS),  Pradhan MantriSahajBijliHarGharYojana (SAUBHAGYA) etc., to help them achieve the objective of providing quality and reliable power supply to all  households. As  reported  by  the States,  all  the inhabited un-electrified census villages in the country were electrified by  28 th April,  2018.  A  total  of  18,374  villages  were electrified during DDUGJY (State wise details enclosed as Annexure- I). Under DDUGJY and thereafter under SAUBHAGYA, as reported by all States, electrification of all willing households was completed  by  31 st March,  2019.  A  total  of  2.86  crore  households were  electrified  during  SAUBHAGYA  period  (State  wise  details enclosed  as  Annexure-  II).  Both  the  schemes  stand  closed  as  on 31.03.2022.

Government  of  India  is  further  supporting  States  for  grid electrification of left-out households during SAUBHAGYA, under the

ongoing  scheme of  Revamped Distribution  Sector  Scheme (RDSS), launched in July,2021.In addition, all identified households belonging to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) under PMJANMAN (Pradhan MantriJanjatiAdivasiNyayaMahaAbhiyan) and tribal households under DA-JGUA (DhartiAabaJanjatiya Gram UtkarshAbhiyan) are being sanctioned for on-grid electricity connection  under  RDSS  as  per  the  scheme  guidelines.  Till  date, works  amounting  to  Rs. 4,281 Cr. have  been  sanctioned  for electrification  of  9,49,548  households  including  PVTG  households identified under PM-JANMAN and tribal households identified under DA-JGUA  (State  wise  details  enclosed  as  Annexure-  III).  Further, under New Solar Power Scheme, works worth Rs. 49 Cr. have been sanctioned for 9,863 households for off-grid solar based electrification (State wise details enclosed as Annexure- IV).

So far as providing tap water connection to rural households is concerned,  as  per  the  information  provided  by  the  Department  of Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation,  Ministry  of  Jal  Shakti,  water  is  a State subject. It is States who plan, design, approve and implement drinking  water  supply  schemes.  Government  of  India  supplements and the efforts of State Governments by providing financial technical assistance.

Since  August  2019,  Government  of  India  in  partnership  with States  is  implementing  JalJeevan  Mission  (JJM)  -  HarGharJal  to make  provision  of  potable  water  to  every  rural  household  of  the country,  through  functional  tap  water  connection  i.e.  at  a  service level  of  55  litre  per  capita  per  day  (lpcd),  of  prescribed  quality

(BIS:10500), on regular and long-term basis.

At  the  start  of  JalJeevan  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 11.12.2024, under  JalJeevan  Mission  (JJM)  -  HarGharJal  around  12.12  Crore additional  rural  households  have  been  provided  with  tap  water connections.  Thus,  as  on  11.12.2024,  out  of  19.36  Crore  rural households in the country, more than 15.35 Crore (79.31%) households  are  reported  to  have  tap  water  supply  in  their  homes and the remaining 4.01 Crore households are likely to be covered by the States as per their plans. State/ UT-wise details are Annexure V.

Further,  a  number  of  steps  have  been  taken  to  plan  and implement  JJM  in  the  whole  country,  with  speed,  inter alia, including joint discussions and finalization of saturation plans and annual action plans (AAP) of States/ UTs, regular review of implementation,  workshops/  conferences/  webinars  for  capacity

building, training, knowledge sharing, field visits by multidisciplinary  team  to  provide  technical  support,  etc.  A  detailed Operational Guideline for the implementation of JJM; Margdarshika for  Gram  Panchayats&  Village  Water  and  Sanitation  Committee (VWSCs)  to  provide  safe  drinking  water  in  rural  households  and Guidelines on a special campaign to provide piped water supply in anganwadicentres,  ashramshalas  and  schools  have  been  shared with  States/  UTs  to  facilitate  planning  and  implementation  of JalJeevan 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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## Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of the LokSabhaUnstarred Q.No.3478 to be answered on 17.12.2024

| State-wise electrification of inhabited census villages under   | State-wise electrification of inhabited census villages under   | State-wise electrification of inhabited census villages under   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                          | Name of the States                                              | Number of villages electrified                                  |
| 1                                                               | Arunachal Pradesh                                               | 1,483                                                           |
| 2                                                               | Assam                                                           | 2,732                                                           |
| 3                                                               | Bihar 2,906                                                     |                                                                 |
| 4                                                               | Chhattisgarh                                                    | 1,078                                                           |
| 5                                                               | Himachal Pradesh 28                                             |                                                                 |
| 6                                                               | J & K 129                                                       |                                                                 |
| 7                                                               | Jharkhand 2,583                                                 |                                                                 |
| 8                                                               | Karnataka 39                                                    |                                                                 |
| 9                                                               | Madhya Pradesh 422                                              |                                                                 |
| 10                                                              | Maharashtra 80                                                  |                                                                 |
| 11                                                              | Manipur 366                                                     |                                                                 |
| 12                                                              | Meghalaya 1,051                                                 |                                                                 |
| 13                                                              | Mizoram                                                         | 54                                                              |
| 14                                                              | Nagaland 78                                                     |                                                                 |
| 15                                                              | Odisha                                                          | 3,281                                                           |
| 16                                                              | Rajasthan                                                       | 427                                                             |
| 17                                                              | Tripura                                                         | 26                                                              |
| 18                                                              | Uttar Pradesh                                                   | 1,498                                                           |
| 19                                                              | Uttarakhand                                                     | 91                                                              |
| 20                                                              | West Bengal                                                     | 22                                                              |
|                                                                 | Total                                                           | 18,374                                                          |

Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of the LokSabhaUnstarred Q.No.3478 to be answered on 17.12.2024

## Households  electrified  since  the  launch  of  SAUBHAGYA  scheme including additional households under DDUGJY

| S.No.             | Name of the States   | No of Households electrified   | No of Households electrified   |
|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh*      |                                | 1,81,930                       |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh    |                                | 47,089                         |
| 3                 | Assam                |                                | 23,26,656                      |
| 4                 | Bihar                |                                | 32,59,041                      |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh         |                                | 7,92,368                       |
| 6 Gujarat*        |                      |                                | 41,317                         |
| 7                 | Haryana              |                                | 54,681                         |
| 8 Himachal        | Pradesh              |                                | 12,891                         |
| 9 Jammu & Kashmir |                      |                                | 3,77,045                       |
| 10                | Jharkhand            |                                | 17,30,708                      |
| 11 Karnataka      |                      |                                | 3,83,798                       |
| 12                | Ladakh               |                                | 10,456                         |
| 13 Madhya         | Pradesh              |                                | 19,84,264                      |
| 14                | Maharashtra          |                                | 15,17,922                      |
| 15                | Manipur              |                                | 1,08,115                       |
| 16                | Meghalaya            |                                | 2,00,240                       |
| 17                | Mizoram              |                                | 27,970                         |
| 18                | Nagaland             |                                | 1,39,516                       |
| 19                | Odisha               |                                | 24,52,444                      |
| 20 Puducherry*    |                      |                                | 912                            |
| 21                | Punjab               |                                | 3,477                          |
| 22 Rajasthan      |                      |                                | 21,27,728                      |
| 23                | Sikkim               |                                | 14,900                         |
| 24 Tamil Nadu*    |                      |                                | 2,170                          |
| 25                | Telangana            |                                | 5,15,084                       |
| 26                | Tripura              |                                | 1,39,090                       |
| 27                | Uttar Pradesh        |                                | 91,80,571                      |
| 28                | Uttarakhand          |                                | 2,48,751                       |
| 29                | West Bengal          |                                | 7,32,290                       |
| Total             | Total                | 2,86,13,424                    | 2,86,13,424                    |

## Annexure-III  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  to  (c)  of  the  LokSabhaUnstarred Q.No.3478 to be answered on 17.12.2024

## Household electrification sanctioned under RDSS

| S. No. Name of the States   | Sanctioned Outlay (Rs. Crores)   | No. of households Sanctioned   |
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| A. Additional Households    |                                  |                                |
| 1Rajasthan                  | 459                              | 1,90,959                       |
| 2Meghalaya                  | 436                              | 50,501                         |
| 3Mizoram                    | 80                               | 15,167                         |
| 4Nagaland                   | 70                               | 10,004                         |
| 5Uttar Pradesh              | 931                              | 2,51,487                       |
| 6Andhra Pradesh             | 49                               | 15,475                         |
| 7Jharkhand                  | 7                                | 872                            |
| 8Jammu & Kashmir            | 77                               | 10,730                         |
| 9Bihar                      | 239                              | 35,467                         |
| 10Assam                     | 786                              | 1,27,111                       |
| 11Arunachal Pradesh         | 47                               | 6,506                          |
| 12Manipur                   | 214                              | 36,972                         |
| 13Chhattisgarh              | 317                              | 63,161                         |
| Total (A)                   | 3,712                            | 8,14,412                       |
| B. Under Vibrant Villages   |                                  |                                |
| 1Himachal Pradesh*          | 6                                | -                              |
| 2Arunachal Pradesh          | 20                               | 1,683                          |
| 3Uttarakhand                | 13                               | 1,154                          |
| Total (B)                   | 39                               | 2,837                          |
| Under                       |                                  |                                |
| Sanctioned                  |                                  |                                |
| 1Andhra Pradesh             | 89                               | 25,054                         |
| 2Bihar                      | 0.28                             | 51                             |
| 3Chhattisgarh               | 38                               | 7,077                          |
| 4Jharkhand                  | 74                               | 12,442                         |
| 5Madhya Pradesh             | 143                              | 29,290                         |
| 6Maharashtra                | 27                               | 8,556                          |
| 7Rajasthan                  | 40                               | 17,633                         |
| 8Karnataka                  | 4                                | 1,615                          |
| 9Kerala                     | 1                                | 345                            |
| 10Tamil Nadu                | 30                               | 10,673                         |
| 11Telangana                 | 7                                | 3,884                          |
| 12Tripura                   | 62                               | 11,664                         |
| 13Uttarakhand               | 1                                | 669                            |
| 14Uttar Pradesh             | 1                                | 316                            |
| Sub Total (C1)              | 516                              | 1,29,269                       |
| C2 Under State Plan         |                                  |                                |
| 1Gujarat                    | 0                                | 0                              |
| 2Odisha                     | 0                                | 0                              |
| 3West Bengal                | 0                                | 0                              |
| Sub Total (C2)              | 0                                | 0                              |
| Total (C=C1+C2)             | 516                              | 1,29,269                       |
| Under                       |                                  |                                |
| 1Chhattisgarh               | 12                               | 2,550                          |
| 2Maharashtra                | 2                                | 480                            |
| Total (D)                   | 14                               | 3,030                          |
| Grand Total (A+B+C+D)       | 4,281                            | 9,49,548                       |

Annexure-IV referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of the LokSabhaUnstarred Q.No.3478 to be answered on 17.12.2024

## Off-grid solar based household electrification sanctioned under New Solar Power Scheme

| S. No.   | Name of the States   | No. of households Sanctioned   |
|----------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 1,675                          |
| 2        | Chhattisgarh 1,578   |                                |
| 3        | Jharkhand 2,342      |                                |
| 4        | Karnataka 179        |                                |
| 5        | Madhya Pradesh       | 2,060                          |
| 6        | Telangana            | 326                            |
| 7        | Tripura              | 1,703                          |
| Total    | Total                | 9,863                          |

Annexure-V referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of the LokSabhaUnstarred Q.No.3478 to be answered on 17.12.2024

JJM: State/ UT-wise status of tap water connections in rural households as on 11.12.2024

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| S. No.       | State/ UT    | Total rural HHs   | Rural HHs with tap water supply as on   | Rural HHs with tap water supply as on   | Rural HHs given tap water connections since 15.8.2019   | Rural HHs given tap water connections since 15.8.2019   | Rural HHs with tap water connection as on 11.12.2024   | Rural HHs with tap water connection as on 11.12.2024   | Balance households as on 11.12.2024   | Balance households as on 11.12.2024   |
|--------------|--------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| S. No.       | State/ UT    | Total rural HHs   | No.                                     | %                                       | No.                                                     | %                                                       | No.                                                    | %                                                      | No.                                   | %                                     |
| 1 A & N      | Islands 0.62 | 0.29              |                                         | 46.02                                   | 0.33                                                    | 53.98                                                   | 0.62                                                   | 100.00                                                 | -                                     | -                                     |
| 2 Arunachal  | Pr. 2.29     |                   | 0.23                                    | 9.97                                    | 2.06                                                    | 90.03                                                   | 2.29                                                   | 100.00                                                 | -                                     | -                                     |
| 3            | DNH & DD     | 0.85              | 0.00                                    | 0.00                                    | 0.85                                                    | 100.00                                                  | 0.85                                                   | 100.00                                                 | -                                     | -                                     |
| 4            | Goa          | 2.64              | 1.99                                    | 75.44                                   | 0.65                                                    | 24.56                                                   | 2.64                                                   | 100.00                                                 | -                                     | -                                     |
| 5            | Gujarat      | 91.18             | 65.16                                   | 71.46                                   | 26.02                                                   | 28.54                                                   | 91.18                                                  | 100.00                                                 | -                                     | -                                     |
| 6            | Haryana      | 30.41             | 17.66                                   | 58.08                                   | 12.75                                                   | 41.92                                                   | 30.41                                                  | 100.00                                                 | -                                     | -                                     |
| 7            | Himachal Pr. | 17.09             | 7.63                                    | 44.64                                   | 9.46                                                    | 55.36                                                   | 17.09                                                  | 100.00                                                 | -                                     | -                                     |
| 8            | Mizoram      | 1.33              | 0.09                                    | 6.91                                    | 1.24                                                    | 93.09                                                   | 1.33                                                   | 100.00                                                 | -                                     | -                                     |
| 9            | Puducherry   | 1.15              | 0.94                                    | 81.33                                   | 0.21                                                    | 18.67                                                   | 1.15                                                   | 100.00                                                 | -                                     | -                                     |
| 10           | Punjab       | 34.27             | 16.79                                   | 48.98                                   | 17.48                                                   | 51.02                                                   | 34.27                                                  | 100.00                                                 | -                                     | -                                     |
| 11           | Telangana    | 53.98             | 15.68                                   | 29.05                                   | 38.30                                                   | 70.95                                                   | 53.98                                                  | 100.00                                                 | -                                     | -                                     |
| 12           | Bihar        | 167.48            | 3.16                                    | 1.89                                    | 157.19                                                  | 93.86                                                   | 160.36                                                 | 95.75                                                  | 7.12                                  | 4.25                                  |
| 13           | Uttarakhand  | 14.50             | 1.30                                    | 8.99                                    | 12.77                                                   | 88.02                                                   | 14.07                                                  | 97.01                                                  | 0.43                                  | 2.99                                  |
| 14           | Ladakh       | 0.41              | 0.01                                    | 3.48                                    | 0.38                                                    | 92.57                                                   | 0.39                                                   | 96.05                                                  | 0.02                                  | 3.95                                  |
| 15           | Nagaland     | 3.64              | 0.14                                    | 3.82                                    | 3.23                                                    | 88.72                                                   | 3.37                                                   | 92.53                                                  | 0.27                                  | 7.47                                  |
| 16           | Lakshadweep  | 0.13              |                                         | 0.00                                    | 0.12                                                    | 91.17                                                   | 0.12                                                   | 91.17                                                  | 0.01                                  | 8.83                                  |
| 17 Sikkim    | 1.33         |                   | 0.70                                    | 52.96                                   | 0.50                                                    | 37.73                                                   | 1.20                                                   | 90.69                                                  | 0.12                                  | 9.31                                  |
| 18           | Maharashtra  | 146.81            | 48.44 32.99                             | 48.44 32.99                             | 80.16                                                   | 54.60                                                   | 128.59                                                 | 87.60                                                  | 18.21                                 | 12.40                                 |
| 19           | Tamil Nadu   | 125.29            | 21.76                                   | 17.37                                   | 88.43                                                   | 70.58                                                   | 110.19                                                 | 87.95                                                  | 15.10                                 | 12.05                                 |
| 20           | Uttar Pr.    | 266.91            | 5.16                                    | 1.93                                    | 225.95                                                  | 84.66                                                   | 231.12                                                 | 86.59                                                  | 35.79                                 | 13.41                                 |
| 21           | Tripura      | 7.51              | 0.25                                    | 3.26                                    | 6.09                                                    | 81.20                                                   | 6.34                                                   | 84.47                                                  | 1.17                                  | 15.53                                 |
| 22 J         | & K          | 19.23             | 5.75                                    | 29.92                                   | 9.77                                                    | 50.81                                                   | 15.53                                                  | 80.72                                                  | 3.71                                  | 19.28                                 |
| 23 Assam     |              | 72.11             | 1.11                                    | 1.54                                    | 57.48                                                   | 79.72                                                   | 58.60                                                  | 81.26                                                  | 13.51                                 | 18.74                                 |
| 24           | Meghalaya    | 6.51              | 0.05                                    | 0.70                                    | 5.25                                                    | 80.66                                                   | 5.30                                                   | 81.36                                                  | 1.21                                  | 18.64                                 |
| 25 Manipur   | 4.52         |                   | 0.26                                    | 5.74                                    | 3.34                                                    | 73.85                                                   | 3.59                                                   | 79.58                                                  | 0.92                                  | 20.42                                 |
| 26           | Chhattisgarh | 50.05             | 3.20                                    | 6.39                                    | 36.73                                                   | 73.39                                                   | 39.93                                                  | 79.78                                                  | 10.12                                 | 20.22                                 |
| 27           | Karnataka    | 101.31            | 24.51                                   | 24.19                                   | 58.51                                                   | 57.75                                                   | 83.02                                                  | 81.94                                                  | 18.29                                 | 18.06                                 |
| 28 Odisha    | 88.70        |                   | 3.11                                    | 3.50                                    | 64.22                                                   | 72.40                                                   | 67.33                                                  | 75.90                                                  | 21.37                                 | 24.10                                 |
| 29 Andhra    | Pr.          | 95.53             | 30.74                                   | 32.18                                   | 39.64                                                   | 41.49                                                   | 70.38                                                  | 73.67                                                  | 25.15                                 | 26.33                                 |
| 30           | Madhya Pr.   | 111.92            | 13.53                                   | 12.09                                   | 60.98                                                   | 54.49                                                   | 74.51                                                  | 66.58                                                  | 37.41                                 | 33.42                                 |
| 31 Jharkhand |              | 62.55             | 3.45                                    | 5.52                                    | 30.71                                                   | 49.10                                                   | 34.16                                                  | 54.61                                                  | 28.39                                 | 45.39                                 |
| 32           | Kerala       | 70.83             | 16.64                                   | 23.49                                   | 21.67                                                   | 30.59                                                   | 38.31                                                  | 54.08                                                  | 32.52                                 | 45.92                                 |
| 33           | Rajasthan    | 107.55            | 11.74                                   | 10.92                                   | 47.21                                                   | 43.90                                                   | 58.96                                                  | 54.82                                                  | 48.59                                 | 45.18                                 |
| 34           | West Bengal  | 175.40            | 2.15                                    | 1.22                                    | 92.22                                                   | 52.58                                                   | 94.36                                                  | 53.80                                                  | 81.04                                 | 46.20                                 |
| Total        |              | 19,36.02          | 3,23.63                                 | 16.72                                   | 12,11.90                                                | 62.60                                                   | 15,35.54                                               | 79.31                                                  | 4,00.48                               | 20.69                                 |

Source: JJM-IMIS

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