Lok Sabha Question No. 2385 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-03
Subject: SBM-G in Gujarat
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2385

ANSWERED ON- 03/08/2023.

## SBM-G in Gujarat

†2385. SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has collected any  data on the number of beneficiaries in Dahod district of Gujarat who would be provided the incentive amount for construction of toilets under Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin (SBM-G);
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the total number of toilets targetted to be constructed under Swachh Bharat Mission Phase-I along with the details of number of toilets actually constructed under Phase-I, year-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE OF JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a) and (b) Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) [SBM(G)] was launched on 2 nd  October, 2014 with the aim to eliminate open defecation in rural areas by 2 nd October, 2019. All the villages of the  country  declared  themselves  Open  Defecation Free (ODF) by 2 nd October,  2019.  Having achieved the ODF status, SBM(G) Phase-II is being implemented by the States/UTs, during the period from 2020-21 to 2024-25, with the aim to sustain ODF status and to improve the levels of cleanliness in rural areas through Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) activities , making villages ODF Plus. In order to ensure ODF sustainability, SBM(G) Phase-II envisages to  support  any  left  out/new  households  to  construct  Individual  Household  Latrine  (IHHL). Under  the  programme,  there  is  a  provision  for  incentive  of  Rs.  12,000/-  for  construction  of IHHLs by eligible households (all BPL and identified categories of APL households -SC/ST, persons  with  disability,  landless  labourers  with  homestead,  small  farmers,  marginal  farmers, women  headed  households).  Under  SBM(G),  a  provision  has  been  made  for  the  eligible households to apply for incentive for IHHLs online which are to be verified and approved by the implementing agencies at block and district levels. Besides, there is also a provision for the block/district  level  implementing  agencies  to  enter  the  details  of  the  beneficiaries  in  the Integrated  Management  Information  System  (IMIS)  of  SBM(G)  for  the  households  who  are unable to apply for incentive online. Under SBM-G Phase-II, as per the approved application received/details  of  beneficiaries  entered  by  the  block/district  level  implementing  agencies  on IMIS till  31.07.2023,  incentive  amount  for  IHHLs  has  been  provided  to  31718  beneficiaries and  another  8305 beneficiaries have  been sanctioned.

(c) Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) [SBM(G)] is a demand driven scheme.  Hence, no fixed targets  for  construction  of  individual  household  latrines  (IHHLs)  could  be  set  under  the programme.  However, as per the data entered on online IMIS of SBM(G) by the States/UTs, the year-wise number of IHHLs constructed (ER-193B) under SBM(G) Phase-I during 2014-15 to 2019-20 as on 31 st July 2023 is given below:

| Year      | Number of IHHLs constructed   |
|-----------|-------------------------------|
| 2014-2015 | 46,87,255                     |
| 2015-2016 | 1,21,47,434                   |
| 2016-2017 | 2,10,81,813                   |
| 2017-2018 | 2,84,24,159                   |
| 2018-2019 | 2,32,09,745                   |
| 2019-2020 | 1,17,64,556                   |
| Total     | 10,13,14,962                  |

Note: The above-mentioned data is subject to variation due to directory updation/urbanization of villages.

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