Lok Sabha Question No. 78 (STARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Beneficiaries under JJM
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Aparajita Sarangi, Jaskaur Meena

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO-*78

ANSWERED ON- 07/12/2023

## Beneficiaries under JJM

## *78. SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI: SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   the salient features of Jal Jeeven Mission (JJM) and the target set under the said Mission;
- (b)  the details of the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilised under the said Mission in Odisha and Rajasthan so far;
- (c)   the details of the number of tap water connections provided so far particularly in the rural areas under the said Mission in Odisha and Rajasthan;
- (d)  the measures being taken by the Government to cover the rest of the rural areas of Odisha and Rajasthan at the earliest;
- (e)   whether  the  Government  has  set  up  water  testing  laboratories  in  the  country  to  test  water samples and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f)   the details of the impact of JJM on health and sanitation in Odisha?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) to (f) A statement is laid on the table of the House.

## Statement  referred  in  reply  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred  Question  No.  78  to  be  answered  on 07.12.2023

(a) to (c) To make provision of tap water supply to every rural household in districts across the country,  including  those  in  the  States  of  Odisha  and  Rajasthan,  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, only 3.11 lakh (3.5%) rural households were reported  to  have  tap  water  connections  in  the  State  of  Odisha.  So  far,  as  reported  as  on 03.12.2023, more than 57.33 lakh (64.5%) additional rural households have been provided with tap water connections. Thus, as on 03.12.2023, out of 88.64 lakh rural households in the State, more than 60.44 lakh (68%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes.

Similarly,  at  the  time  of  announcement  of  Jal  Jeevan  Mission,  only  11.74  lakh  (11%)  rural households  were  reported  to  have  tap  water  connections  in  the  State  of  Rajasthan.  So  far,  as reported as on 03.12.2023, more than 36.18 lakh (34%) additional rural households have been provided  with  tap  water  connections.  Thus,  as  on  03.12.2023,  out  of  106.64  lakh  rural households in the State, more than 47.92 lakh (45%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes.

Details  of  Central  fund  allocated,  fund  drawn  and  fund  utilization  reported  by  the  States  of Odisha and Rajasthan under Jal Jeevan Mission is as under:

|           |          | Central share   | Central share   | Central share   | Central share   | Central share        | Expenditure under State   |
|-----------|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
| State     | Year     | Opening Balance | Fund allocated  | Fund drawn      | Available fund  | Reported utilization | share                     |
| Odisha    | 2019-20  | 0.78            | 364.74          | 364.74          | 365.52          | 275.02               | 255.02                    |
| Odisha    | 2020-21  | 90.50           | 812.15          | 609.11          | 699.61          | 688.69               | 673.00                    |
| Odisha    | 2021-22  | 10.93           | 3,323.42        | 2,492.56        | 2,503.49        | 1,306.20             | 1,289.71                  |
| Odisha    | 2022-23  | 1,197.29        | 3,608.62        | 1,768.73        | 2,966.02        | 2,166.47             | 2,149.96                  |
| Odisha    | 2023-24* | 799.56          | 2,108.54        | 1,054.27        | 1,853.83        | 1,158.46             | 1,149.67                  |
| Rajasthan | 2019-20  | 313.67          | 1,301.71        | 1,301.71        | 1,615.38        | 620.31               | 698.54                    |
| Rajasthan | 2020-21  | 995.07          | 2,522.03        | 630.51          | 1,625.58        | 762.04               | 789.05                    |
| Rajasthan | 2021-22  | 863.53          | 10,180.50       | 2,345.08        | 3,208.61        | 1,920.16             | 1,664.02                  |
| Rajasthan | 2022-23  | 1,288.46        | 13,328.60       | 6,081.80        | 7,370.26        | 3,938.57             | 4,122.81                  |
| Rajasthan | 2023-24* | 3,431.69        | 3,019.94        | ND              | 3,431.69        | 2,346.67             | 2,164.35                  |

Source: JJM-IMIS

(d) A number of steps have been taken to plan and implement JJM in the whole country including the rural areas of Odisha and Rajasthan, with speed, inter alia ,  including joint discussions and finalization of saturation plans and annual action plans (AAP) of States/ UTs, regular review of implementation,  workshops/  conferences/  webinars  for  capacity  building,  training,  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).

(e) Government of India is assisting and facilitating States/ UTs in setting up, strengthening, upgradation, improving the functioning of drinking water quality testing laboratories by providing policy  guidelines,  technical  and  financial  support  under  Jal  Jeevan  Mission.  As  reported  by States/  UTs,  as  on  29.11.2023,  there  are  2,111  drinking  water  quality  testing  laboratories  at different levels viz. State, District, sub-division and/ or block level in the country. Out of 2,111 laboratories,  1,324  laboratories  have  been  National  Accreditation  Board  for  Testing  and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) accredited/ recognized. To encourage water quality testing to ensure potable drinking water supply, States/ UTs have opened water quality testing laboratories to general public for testing of their water samples at a nominal rate.

(f) Some of the major findings of health impact assessments made by international institutions/ reputed individuals are as under:

- i.) The  World  Health  Organization  (WHO)  has  estimated  that  ensuring  safely  managed drinking  water  for  all  households  in  the  country  could  prevent  nearly  400,000  deaths caused by diarrheal  diseases  leading  to  savings  of  approximately  14  million  Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) on account of the lives so saved.
- ii.) Nobel laureate Prof. Michael Kremer has published a research paper and has concluded that the implementation of JJM with coverage for all rural households with safe water, is likely to lead to almost 30% reduction in mortality among children below the age of five years, amounting to1,36,000 lives saved annually.

State level estimates, inter alia including for the State of Odisha, of impact of implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission on health and sanitation in Odisha are not available.

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