Lok Sabha Question No. 908 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Funds for Sanitation
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Umesh G. Jadhav

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-908 ANSWERED ON-07.12.2023

## Funds for Sanitation

## 908. DR. UMESH G. JADHAV

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  any  financial  assistance  has  been  received  from  private  companies  and  the Government  Undertakings  under  the  activities  being  undertaken  by  the  Government  in sanitation sector in the rural areas of Karnataka and if so, the details thereof;

(b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  invite  Public  Private  Partnership  (PPP)  for  the sanitation sector and drinking water supply in rural areas; and

(c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a) Sanitation  being  a  state  subject,  under  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  (Grameen) [SBM(G)], Government of India provides technical and financial support to the States to supplement their efforts  to  improve  cleanliness  status  in  the  rural  areas.    Operational  guidelines  of  SBM(G) Phase-II    provide  that    the  Corporates/Public  Sector  Undertakings  may  take  up  the  issues  of sanitation  through  awareness  generation  and  capacity  building  or  through  direct  targeted interventions  in  a  number  of  areas  related  to  sanitation  such  as  establishing  demonstration fields/rural sanitation parks for exposure of various technology options available under SBM, organizing exhibitions/sanitation melas, providing necessary exposure to the children in schools about proper sanitation and hygiene, and propagating the programme through mass media and Gram  Panchayat  level  interventions, etc. Details of the activities undertaken by the Corporates/Public Sector Undertaking in the States are not maintained by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation.

Swachh  Bharat Kosh (SBK) was set up to facilitate channelization of philanthropic contributions and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds with the objective of improving cleanliness  levels  in  rural  and  urban  areas,  including  in  schools.  Ministry  of  Finance  is  the custodian of funds received under Swachh Bharat Kosh (SBK). A total of Rs. 703.88 crore has been released from SBK  to  the States including Rs.  15.73  Crore to Karnataka for construction/re-construction of dysfunctional toilets and for promotion of innovative technologies in rural sanitation sector.

(b) and (c) The operational guidelines of SBM(G) Phase-II enables the State Governments to promote/give emphasis on the use of business model/self-sustainable revenue models including Public  Private  Partnership  (PPP)  on  the  principle  of  cost  sharing,  cost  recovery  and  revenue generation for Community  Sanitary Complexes (CSCs) and Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) in rural areas as well as their operation and maintenance.

Recognizing the role for private sector in Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen), Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) under the Light House Initiative (LHI) has entered into collaboration  with  the  India  Sanitation  Coalition  (ISC)  to  engage  corporates  in  ODF  Plus implementation  which  aims  at  creating  villages/blocks  as  Lighthouses  for  the  Districts  in selected  States.  The  objective  of  this  collaboration  is  to  provide  overall  supervision  and technical and managerial support from Corporates to the implementing agencies in the States for  the  implementation  of  ODF  plus  components  and  improve  the  Solid  and  Liquid  Waste Management  arrangements.    DDWS/States  provide  required  necessary  support  for  smooth implementation  of  the  Light  House  Initiative.  Phase  I  of  the  Light  House  Initiative  was launched in July 2022 under which 75 Gram Panchayats across 15 states were selected to make them  ODF  Plus  Model  Gram  Panchayats.  Till  now,  54  GPs  have  become  ODF  Plus  Model under the Light House Initiative.

For  drinking  water  supply  in  rural  areas,  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  (JJM)  is  being  implemented  to enable every rural household in the country to have assured potable water of prescribed quality on  regular  and  long-term  basis,  through  tap  water  connection.  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  is  being implemented as a decentralized, demand-driven and community-managed programme, wherein the  Gram  Panchayat  and/  or  its  sub-committee/  user  group  i.e.  Village  Water  &  Sanitation Committee (VWSC)/ Pani Samiti are being empowered to plan, implement, manage, operate and maintain in-village water supply system to provide regular and assured tap water supply in rural households.

'Building partnerships, changing lives' is the motto of Jal Jeevan Mission. The mission aims to channelize everyone's energy in achieving the shared goal of ensuring long-term drinking water security. There are number of stakeholders working in the water supply sector, viz. Research & Development  (R&D)  institutions, Trusts, Foundations, Non-Governmental  Organizations (NGOs),  Village  Organizations  (VOs),  Community  Based  Organizations  (CBOs),  Self  Help Groups (SHGs), user groups, corporates, international agencies and spirited individuals.

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