Lok Sabha Question No. 3013 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-21
Subject: Potable Water in Schools
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Kalaben Mohanbhai Delkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3013

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21/12/2023

## POTABLE WATER IN SCHOOLS

## †3013. SHRIMATI DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether any target has been set to make available potable water and toilets in Girls schools in various parts of the country during the next three years;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

- (c) whether there is crisis of potable water in the country; and

(d) if so, the details thereof along with the measures being taken to make available potable water to every citizen, State/UT-wise as on date?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a) and (b) Government of India in partnership with States is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), to make provision of tap water supply to every rural household in all the villages across the country. JJM follows universal saturation approach and with focus on health and well-being of children, a special campaign was launched under JJM to make provision of tap water supply in  schools  including  girls'  schools,  anganwadi  centres  and  ashramshalas  (tribal  residential schools) for drinking and cooking of mid-day meals, hand washing and piped water supply in toilets on priority. So far, provision of potable tap water supply is available in more than 9.23 lakh (90.55%) schools in the country. The State/ UT-wise details of tap water connections reported in schools are at Annex-I .

Department of School Education, Ministry of Education has reported that the Prime Minister on 15 th August 2014 had launched the Swachh Vidyalaya Initiative in partnership with Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and Private Corporates for providing separate toilets for girls and boys in all Government elementary and secondary schools in one-year upto 15 th August, 2015.

Under Swachh Vidyalaya Initiative, 4.17 lakh toilets  (2.26  lakh  boys'  and  1.91  lakh  girls' toilets) were constructed or made functional in 2.61 lakh elementary and secondary government schools.  State/UT-wise  total  number  of  schools  toilets  constructed/re-constructed  under Swachh Bharat: Swachh Vidyalaya initiative (SVI) is at Annex-II. Moreover, as per UDISE+, 2021-22 data, 95.5% of Government schools have boys' toilets, 97.4% of Government Schools have girls' toilets. State/UT-wise data is at Annex-III.

Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and most of the schools are under the jurisdiction  of  concerned  States/  UTs.  State  and  UT  Governments  are  the  appropriate Governments under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, and have the responsibility and mandate to provide school infrastructure including drinking water and toilet facilities in schools in accordance with the norms laid down in the Schedule to the RTE Act, 2009 and as per respective State RTE Rules.

(c) and (d) Government of India is committed to make provision for safe & potable tap water supply in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality and on a regular & long-term basis to all rural households in the country. Towards this end, the Government of India launched the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), to be implemented in partnership with states, in August 2019. Drinking Water is  a  state  subject,  and  hence,  the  responsibility  of  planning,  approval,  implementation, operation, and maintenance of drinking water supply schemes, including those under the Jal Jeevan Mission, lies with State/UT Governments. The Government of India supports the states by providing technical and financial assistance.

Significant  progress  has  been  made  in  the  country  since  the  launch  of  Jal  Jeevan  Mission, towards enhancing access to tap water to rural households. At the start of Jal Jeevan Mission in August 2019, only 3.23 Crore rural households were reported to have tap water connections. So  far,  as  reported  by  States/  UTs  as  on  19.12.2023,  around  10.62  Crore  additional  rural households have been provided with tap water connections under JJM. Thus, as on 19.12.2023, out  of  19.24  Crore  rural  households  in  the  country,  approximately  13.85  Crore  (72%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes.

Under JJM, the minimum service delivery has been fixed as 55 litres per capita per day (lpcd) and states may enhance the same to higher level depending on availability of clean drinking water. Further, a number of steps have been taken to plan and implement JJM in the whole country which, inter  alia ,  includes  joint  discussions  and  finalization  of  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).

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## Annex referred in the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. †3013 to be answered on 21.12.2023

## Status of tap water connection in Schools

(As on 19.12.2023)

| S. No   | State/ UT         | No. of Schools   | No. of Schools with tap water supply   |    In% |
|---------|-------------------|------------------|----------------------------------------|--------|
| 1.      | A &NIslands       | 368              | 368                                    | 100    |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh    | 41,510           | 41,510                                 | 100    |
| 3.      | D&NH and D&D      | 411              | 411                                    | 100    |
| 4.      | Goa               | 1,098            | 1,098                                  | 100    |
| 5.      | Haryana           | 12,818           | 12,818                                 | 100    |
| 6.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 17,253           | 17,253                                 | 100    |
| 7.      | Kerala            | 10,877           | 10,877                                 | 100    |
| 8.      | Lakshadweep       | 33               | 33                                     | 100    |
| 9.      | Puducherry        | 390              | 390                                    | 100    |
| 10.     | Telangana         | 22,845           | 22,845                                 | 100    |
| 11.     | Uttarakhand       | 19,123           | 19,123                                 | 100    |
| 12.     | Ladakh            | 891              | 890                                    |  99.89 |
| 13.     | Gujarat           | 29,754           | 29,713                                 |  99.86 |
| 14.     | Mizoram           | 2,390            | 2,379                                  |  99.54 |
| 15.     | Punjab            | 22,389           | 22,230                                 |  99.29 |
| 16.     | Jammu &Kashmir    | 22,422           | 22,232                                 |  99.15 |
| 17.     | Bihar             | 71,323           | 70,537                                 |  98.9  |
| 18.     | Maharashtra       | 77,725           | 76,640                                 |  98.6  |
| 19.     | Tamil Nadu        | 38,445           | 37,628                                 |  97.87 |
| 20.     | Karnataka         | 42,976           | 42,012                                 |  97.76 |
| 21.     | Uttar Pradesh     | 1,17,533         | 1,14,695                               |  97.59 |
| 22.     | Chhattisgarh      | 46,280           | 43,974                                 |  95.02 |
| 23.     | Manipur           | 3,456            | 3,283                                  |  94.99 |
| 24.     | Assam             | 44,251           | 41,411                                 |  93.58 |
| 25.     | Tripura           | 4,515            | 4,196                                  |  92.93 |
| 26.     | Arunachal Pradesh | 2,915            | 2,685                                  |  92.11 |
| 27.     | Jharkhand         | 41,408           | 36,759                                 |  88.77 |
| 28.     | Sikkim            | 1,055            | 913                                    |  86.54 |
| 29.     | Nagaland          | 2,391            | 2,029                                  |  84.86 |
| 30.     | West Bengal       | 74,109           | 59,044                                 |  79.67 |
| 31.     | Madhya Pradesh    | 93,419           | 74,082                                 |  79.3  |
| 32.     | Rajasthan         | 86,217           | 63,344                                 |  73.47 |
| 33.     | Odisha            | 53,997           | 37,668                                 |  69.76 |
| 34.     | Meghalaya         | 13,821           | 8,893                                  |  64.34 |
| Total   | Total             | 10,20,408        | 9,23,963                               |  90.55 |

Source: JJM-IMIS

Annex-II State/UT-wise total number of schools toilets constructed/re-constructed under Swachh

## Bharat: Swachh Vidyalaya initiative (SVI)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                 | No. of toilets constructed/ re- constructed under SVI   |
|-----------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 71                                                      |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           | 49,293                                                  |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        | 3,492                                                   |
| 4         | Assam                    | 35,699                                                  |
| 5         | Bihar                    | 56,912                                                  |
| 6         | Chandigarh               | 0                                                       |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh             | 16,629                                                  |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli   | 78                                                      |
| 9         | Daman and Diu            | 16                                                      |
| 10        | Delhi                    | 0                                                       |
| 11        | Goa                      | 138                                                     |
| 12        | Gujarat                  | 1,521                                                   |
| 13        | Haryana                  | 1,843                                                   |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh         | 1,175                                                   |
| 15        | Jammu and Kashmir        | 16,172                                                  |
| 16        | Jharkhand                | 15,795                                                  |
| 17        | Karnataka                | 649                                                     |
| 18        | Kerala                   | 535                                                     |
| 19        | Lakshadweep              | 0                                                       |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh           | 33,201                                                  |
| 21        | Maharashtra              | 5,586                                                   |
| 22        | Manipur                  | 1,296                                                   |
| 23        | Meghalaya                | 8,944                                                   |
| 24        | Mizoram                  | 1,261                                                   |
| 25        | Nagaland                 | 666                                                     |
| 26        | Odisha                   | 43,501                                                  |
| 27        | Puducherry               | 2                                                       |
| 28        | Punjab                   | 1,807                                                   |
| 29        | Rajasthan                | 12,083                                                  |
| 30        | Sikkim                   | 88                                                      |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu               | 7,926                                                   |
| 32        | Telangana                | 36,159                                                  |
| 33        | Tripura                  | 607                                                     |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh            | 19,626                                                  |
| 35        | Uttarakhand              | 2,971                                                   |
| 36        | West Bengal              | 42,054                                                  |
| Total     | Total                    | 4,17,796                                                |

Annexure-III State/UT-wise number and percentage of Government Schools having Boys'/ Girls' Toilets

| State/UTs                          | Total Government   | Government   | Government   | Government   | Government   |
|------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|                                    |                    | Number       | Number       | Percentage   | Percentage   |
|                                    | School             | Boys Toilet  | Girls Toilet | Boys Toilet  | Girls Toilet |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 342                | 340          | 342          | 99.7         | 100.0        |
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 45,137             | 36,821       | 43,254       | 83.5         | 96.9         |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | 2,985              | 2,712        | 2681         | 93.3         | 89.8         |
| Assam                              | 45,490             | 41,824       | 43,636       | 92.8         | 96.0         |
| Bihar                              | 75,558             | 72,787       | 74,064       | 97.2         | 98.2         |
| Chandigarh                         | 123                | 123          | 123          | 100.0        | 100.0        |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 48,743             | 46,811       | 47,549       | 98.5         | 99.5         |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 388                | 384          | 385          | 100.0        | 99.7         |
| Delhi                              | 2,762              | 1,999        | 1913         | 100.0        | 100.0        |
| Goa                                | 814                | 814          | 814          | 100.0        | 100.0        |
| Gujarat                            | 34,699             | 33,219       | 33,516       | 98.9         | 99.3         |
| Haryana                            | 14,562             | 13,054       | 13,655       | 97.5         | 97.3         |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 15,380             | 15,078       | 15,200       | 98.5         | 99.0         |
| Jammu &Kashmir                     | 23,173             | 19,384       | 20,012       | 85.2         | 87.0         |
| Jharkhand                          | 35,840             | 34,761       | 35,406       | 98.4         | 99.2         |
| Karnataka                          | 49,679             | 46,215       | 48,319       | 94.9         | 98.1         |
| Kerala                             | 5,010              | 4,887        | 4,941        | 98.6         | 99.0         |
| Ladakh                             | 838                | 795          | 775          | 97.7         | 93.1         |
| Lakshadweep                        | 38                 | 38           | 38           | 100.0        | 100.0        |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 92,695             | 88,142       | 89,738       | 97.3         | 98.3         |
| Maharashtra                        | 65,639             | 61,135       | 62,615       | 94.4         | 96.5         |
| Manipur                            | 2,889              | 2,495        | 2,469        | 86.8         | 85.6         |
| Meghalaya                          | 7,783              | 7,156        | 6,687        | 92.2         | 86.0         |
| Mizoram                            | 2,563              | 2,404        | 2,356        | 93.9         | 92.0         |
| Nagaland                           | 1,960              | 1,743        | 1,727        | 88.9         | 88.1         |
| Odisha                             | 49,072             | 46,388       | 47,436       | 95.1         | 96.8         |
| Puducherry                         | 422                | 395          | 401          | 100.0        | 100.0        |
| Punjab                             | 19,259             | 18,604       | 18,964       | 98.5         | 99.5         |
| Rajasthan                          | 68,948             | 63,524       | 67,160       | 96.5         | 97.4         |
| Sikkim                             | 864                | 855          | 780          | 99.5         | 99.9         |
| Tamil Nadu                         | 37,636             | 37,020       | 37,284       | 99.9         | 99.9         |
| Telangana                          | 30,023             | 22,043       | 26,066       | 76.7         | 88.6         |
| Tripura                            | 4,262              | 3,879        | 3,845        | 91.5         | 90.3         |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 1,37,024           | 1,32,449     | 1,34,493     | 97.6         | 98.3         |
| Uttarakhand                        | 16,484             | 15,292       | 15,480       | 94.2         | 94.3         |
| West Bengal                        | 83,302             | 80,676       | 82,432       | 99.9         | 100.0        |
| Total                              | 10,22,386          | 9,56,246     | 9,86,556     | 95.5         | 97.4         |

Source: UDISE+ 2021-22

*Boys toilet calculated for Boys only and Co-Educational Schools

*Girls toilet calculated for Girls only and Co-Educational Schools