Lok Sabha Question No. 3568 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-10
Subject: JJM in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3568 ANSWERED ON-10.08.2023

## JJM in Tamil Nadu

3568. SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND:

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

- (a) whether the Government has sanctioned funds for the State of Tamil Nadu for implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM);
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the status of funds disbursed and utilized during the last four years under JJM;
- (c)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  Water  Resources  Department  and  Central  Water  Commission  has chalked out new schemes for making safe potable drinking water available in rural and arid regions and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the funds allocated during the last four years to Vellore Parliamentary Constituency for the purpose?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE OF JAL SHAKTI (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

- (a) & (b) The year-wise details of funds allocated, released and utilized by Tamil Nadu under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) are as under:

(Amount in Rs. Crore)

|          | Central share   | Central share     | Central share           | Central share        | Central share        |                               |
|----------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|
| Year     | Opening Balance | Budget allocation | Fund drawn by the State | Total available fund | Reported utilization | Expenditure under State share |
| 2019-20  | 1.49            | 373.87            | 373.10                  | 378.67               | 114.58               | 99.14                         |
| 2020-21  | 264.09          | 921.99            | 690.36                  | 954.45               | 576.97               | 399.57                        |
| 2021-22  | 377.48          | 3,691.21          | 614.35                  | 998.83               | 457.55               | 496.23                        |
| 2022-23  | 534.29          | 4,015.00          | 872.96                  | 1407.25              | 594.64               | 665.28                        |
| 2023-24* | 812.60          | 3,615.56          | ND                      | 812.60               | 415.66               | 418.94                        |

(c) & (d) Drinking water supply is a State subject. Power to plan, design, approve, implement, operate,  and  maintain  water  supply  schemes  is  vested  with  States,  including  Tamil  Nadu. Government of India supplements the efforts of the States by providing technical and financial assistance. Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Government of India, in partnership with States/UTs including Tamil Nadu is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission, since August, 2019, to make provision of tap water supply to every rural household in the country by 2024. As such details of individual rural water supply projects and district-wise fund allocation/ utilization, including Vellore Parliamentary constituency are not maintained centrally.

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