Lok Sabha Question No. 851 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Parity between States under JJM
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Faizal P.P. Mohammed

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-851

ANSWERED ON-07/12/2023

## Parity between States under JJM

## 851. SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P.:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  parity  between  States/UTs  in  terms  of coverage under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM);
- (b)  whether the Government intends to waive the capital cost contribution requirement from local communities and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to ensure proper utilisation of the allocated funds under JJM, since it was underutilised during the past?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a)  Government  of  India,  in  partnership  with  States/  UTs,  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 04.12.2023, additional 10.50 Crore rural households have been provided with tap water connections under  JJM.  Thus,  as  on  04.12.2023,  out  of  19.24  Crore  rural  households  in  the  country,  approx. 13.73 Crore (71.37%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes.

(b) To instill the 'sense of ownership' among rural masses, under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), there is a provision of community contribution in the form of cash and/ or kind and/ or labour, to the extent of 5% of the cost of in-village infrastructure in case of North Eastern & Himalayan States, forested/ hilly areas, SC/ ST dominated villages and 10% in rest of the areas. Gram Panchayat and/ or its subcommittee, i.e. Village Water & Sanitation Committee/ Paani Samiti/ User Group, etc. may exempt individual contribution from poor, infirm, divyangjan or widow with no source of steady income. The  per  family  contribution  varies  from  village  to  village  based  on  the  capital  cost  of  in-village infrastructure of the scheme. Further, considering the requests received from the States, States have

also been advised to utilize their own resources for funding the liabilities wherever no community contribution is deposited for any reasons.

(c) To achieve the goal of JJM in the whole country, Government of India is handholding the States, to expedite the implementation of the mission through number of steps inter alia ,  which includes joint  discussions  and  regular  review  of  implementation,  workshops/  conferences/  webinars  for capacity  building  and  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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