Lok Sabha Question No. 540 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-28
Subject: Data on Construction of Toilets under SBM
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Khalilur Rahaman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.540 ANSWERED ON 28.11.2024

## DATA ON CONSTRUCTION OF TOILETS UNDER SBM

## 540. SHRI KHALILUR RAHAMAN:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of toilets constructed under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) from 2019 to till date, year-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has taken/proposes to take any action on the reports that thirty per cent of the data reported for both Swachh Bharat Mission - Urban and Gramin on the official websites is manufactured;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government has investigated claims that twelve lakh toilets reported as constructed between 2019-2024 are actually fictitious;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) the steps taken/being taken to ensure that manufacturing of data does not continue?

ANSWER

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

- (a)  Under Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) [SBM(G)], 2.69 crore individual household latrines (IHHLs) have been constructed since 2019-20 to till date as per the data reported by the States/UTs on  the  online  Integrated  Management  Information  System  (IMIS).    Year-wise  number  of  IHHLs constructed are given below:

| Year                      | No. of IHHLs constructed   |
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
| 2019-20                   | 1,10,93,733                |
| 2020-21                   | 48,95,481                  |
| 2021-22                   | 22,46,128                  |
| 2022-23                   | 27,33,486                  |
| 2023-24                   | 38,99,933                  |
| 2024-25 (Upto 22.11.2024) | 20,76,473                  |
| Total                     | 2,69,45,234                |

As informed by Ministry  of Housing  & Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA), under Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban), cumulative figures of toilets constructed since 2019 is as follows:

| Financial Year   |   Individual household latrines (IHHL) units (in lakhs) |   Community Toilet (CT)/Public Toilets (PTs) (seats in lakh) |
|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2014 to 2019     |                                                   61.14 |                                                         5.68 |
| 2020             |                                                   62.3  |                                                         5.96 |
| 2021             |                                                   62.64 |                                                         6.2  |
| 2022             |                                                   62.79 |                                                         6.27 |
| 2023             |                                                   63.09 |                                                         6.36 |
| 2024             |                                                   63.71 |                                                         6.36 |

(b)  to  (f)  Under  SBM(G),  no  such  report  regarding  manufactured  data  has  been  received.  Geotagging  of  toilets  has  been  made  mandatory  to  ensure  that  manufactured  data  does  not  creep  in. Further as informed by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, data on the official website of SBM-U is reflected based on the information/data filled up by States/UTs and no such report on manufacturing of data has come to their notice.

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