Lok Sabha Question No. 828 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: JJM in Jharkhand
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-828

ANSWERED ON-07/12/2023

## JJM in Jharkhand

## 828. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   the salient features of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM);
- (b)  the  number  of  rural  households  which  have  been  provided  with  drinking  water  connections under the JJM in the country particularly in Jharkhand;
- (c)   the number of rural households which have not been provided with drinking water connections under the JJM in the country particularly in Jharkhand;
- (d)  the number of houses provided new tap water connections under the JJM in Jharkhand and the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (e)   the details of the districts covered under the JJM in Jharkhand;
- (f)   the amount fixed for public participation and per household contribution for the rural household of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe majority areas and in famine-affected areas for Har Ghar Nal connections; and
- (g)  the time limit set to provide Har Ghar Nal connection to every household in rural areas under the JJM?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a)  to  (g)  To  make  provision  of  tap  water  supply  to  every  rural  household  across  the  country, including those in all the districts of Jharkhand, Government of India, in partnership with States, is implementing  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  (JJM),  since  August  2019.  The  key  features  of  the  Jal  Jeevan Mission (JJM) are to make provision of potable water to every rural household through tap water connection 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 time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission in August 2019, only 3.23 Crore (17%) rural households were reported to have tap water connections. So far, as reported by States/ UTs as on 03.12.2023, additional 10.49 Crore rural households have been provided with tap water connections under  JJM.  Thus,  as  on  03.12.2023,  out  of  19.24  Crore  rural  households  in  the  country, approximately  13.72  Crore  (71.32%)  households  are  reported  to  have  tap  water  supply  in  their homes.

Similarly,  at  the  time  of  announcement  of  Jal  Jeevan  Mission,  only  3.45  lakh  (5.6%)  rural households  were  reported  to  have  tap  water  connections  in  the  State  of  Jharkhand.  So  far,  as reported as on 03.12.2023, more than 25.08 lakh additional rural households have been provided with tap water connections. Thus, as on 03.12.2023, out of 61.78 lakh rural households in the State, more than 28.53 lakh (46%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes and the remaining 33.25 lakh are likely to be covered within the Mission Period.

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.

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