Lok Sabha Question No. 3080 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-18
Subject: Solar Based Water Schemes
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Bhojraj Nag, Shri Ravindra Shukla Alias Ravi Kishan, Shri Chavda Vinod Lakhamshi, Smt. Aparajita Sarangi, Shri Dulu Mahato, Smt. Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Shri Naba Charan Majhi, Shri Manish Jaiswal, Shri Shankar Lalwani, Shri Rajkumar Chahar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3080

ANSWERED ON 18.12.2025

## SOLAR BASED WATER SCHEMES

## †3080. SHRI BHOJRAJ NAG:

SHRI RAVINDRA SHUKLA ALIAS RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI CHAVDA VINOD LAKHAMSHI:

SMT. APARAJITA SARANGI:

SHRI DULU MAHATO:

SMT. KAMALJEET SEHRAWAT:

SHRI NABA CHARAN MAJHI:

SHRI MANISH JAISWAL:

SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI:

SHRI RAJKUMAR CHAHAR:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   the measures taken/being taken by the Government for the successful implementation of solarbased water schemes;
- (b)  whether the Government has a list of villages facing acute shortage of drinking water despite having approved households and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)   the  initiatives  taken/likely  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  a  reserve  system  or immediate service for solar energy pumps in a situation where construction of houses is at halt due to non-availability of drinking water?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c)  Drinking  Water  being  a  State  subject,  and  it  is  States,  who  plan,  design,  approve  and implement  drinking  water  supply  schemes inter alia including solar-based water  schemes. Government  of  India  supplements  the  efforts  of  the  States  by  providing  technical  and  financial assistance.

Since  August  2019,  Government  of  India,  in  partnership  with  States,  is  implementing  Jal  Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal to make provision of potable water in adequate quantity of prescribed quality  and  on  regular  and  long-term  basis  to  every  rural  household  of  the  country  through functional tap water connection.

At  the  time  of  announcement  of  Jal  Jeevan  Mission,  3.23  Crore  (17%)  rural  households  were reported to have tap water connections. So far, as reported by States/ UTs as on 16.12.2025, around 12.53 Crore additional rural households have been provided with tap water connections. Thus, as on 16.12.2025, out of 19.36 Crore rural households, in around 5.86 lakh villages, in the country, more than 15.76 Crore (81.42%) households spread around 5.82 lakh villages, are reported to have tap water  supply  in  their  homes  and  works  for  the  remaining  households  are  at  various  stages  of completion as per saturation plan of the respective State/ UT. Further, as on 16.12.2025, more than 2.69 lakh villages are reported as 'Har Ghar Jal' i.e. 100% rural households are having tap water supply. State/ UT-wise details are available in public domain and accessible through JJM-IMIS at:

https://ejalshakti.gov.in/JJM/JJMReports/Physical/Rpt\_JJM\_VillageWisePWSReport.aspx

Under JJM, provisions like exploring installation of solar energy powered standalone water supply system in scattered/ isolated/ tribal/ hilly villages; preferring use solar power pumping arrangements for single village water supply schemes; and conjunctive use of solar power based pumping system in multi-village water supply schemes, etc. have been made for usage of renewable energy in rural water supply schemes.

Further,  to  ensure  effective  implementation  and  monitoring  of  the  ongoing  works inter  alia including  solar-based  water  schemes,  a  comprehensive  multi-level  and  multi-format  system  of monitoring inter  alia regular  review  of  implementation,  workshops/  conferences/  webinars  for capacity  building,  training,  knowledge  sharing,  field  visits  by  multi-disciplinary  team  to  provide technical  support,  monitoring  mechanism  such  as  geo-tagging  of  assets  created,  third-party inspections  before  making  payments,  etc.  have  been  put  in  place.  Morever,  aiming  at  improving efficiency  and  effectiveness,  steps  like  Village/  District  Dashboards  and  linking  Village  Level Dashboards to eGramswaraj portal, District Collectors' Peyjal Samvad, Institutionalization of Role of  National  WASH  Experts  (NWEs)  through  IMIS  module,  Role  of  TPIAs,  strengthened collaboration with line Ministries, Decision Support System for strengthening Source Sustainability, Handbook on Community Managed Piped Water Systems, Unique ID for integrated Piped Water System, etc. have recently been taken up under JJM.

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