Lok Sabha Question No. 3014 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-04
Subject: Supply of Drinking Water
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3014 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2016

## Supply of Drinking Water

## 3014. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

Will the Minister of DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  the  funds  released  by  the  Government  to  provide  arsenic  free drinking water in the financial year 2016- 17, State/UT-wise; and

(b) the details of the funds spent, State/ UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION (SHRI  RAMESH  CHANDAPPA  JIGAJINAGI)

(a) & (b) This Ministry provides technical & financial assistance to States to provide safe  drinking  water  to  rural  households.  5%  of  annual  allocation  of  National  Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) is earmarked to States to provide safe drinking water  in  quality  affected  habitations  wherein  at  least  one  of  the  contaminants  like Arsenic, Fluoride, Iron, salinity, nitrate are present or to tackle biological contaminants  causing  Japanese  Encephalitis  Syndrome  (JES)  /  Acute  Encephalitis Syndrome (AES). Moreover, States can also utilize up to 67% of Programme funds allocated to them to provide safe drinking water in quality affected rural habitations. The  details  of  funds  released  and  utilised  as  on  01.08.2016  under  programme component of NRDWP for the year 2016-17 is given at Annexure.

Annexure

(Rs. in crore)

| S. No.   | State               |   Opening Balance as on 1.4.2016 |   Release as on 01.08.2016 |   Expenditure as on 1.8.2016 |
|----------|---------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1        | ANDAMAN and NICOBAR |                             0.76 |                       0.2  |                         0    |
| 2        | ANDHRA PRADESH      |                             1.13 |                      58.07 |                        35.13 |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   |                            14.11 |                      28.87 |                         0    |
| 4        | ASSAM               |                            19.52 |                      97.42 |                         0    |
| 5        | BIHAR               |                            97.24 |                      84.16 |                        18.06 |
| 6        | CHANDIGARH          |                             0    |                       0    |                         0    |
| 7        | CHATTISGARH         |                            11.66 |                      28.81 |                         7.26 |
| 8        | DADRA &NAGAR HAVELI |                             0    |                       0    |                         0    |
| 9        | DAMAN & DIU         |                             0    |                       0    |                         0    |
| 10       | GOA                 |                             3.74 |                       1.06 |                         1.02 |
| 11       | GUJARAT             |                             2.32 |                      74.96 |                        76.84 |
| 12       | HARYANA             |                            23.99 |                      24.74 |                        17.9  |
| 13       | HIMACHAL PRADESH    |                            32.32 |                      28.81 |                         0    |
| 14       | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   |                            18.62 |                      97.59 |                         0    |
| 15       | JHARKHAND           |                            20.49 |                      38.46 |                        22.45 |
| 16       | KARNATAKA           |                            43.55 |                      96.53 |                         0    |
| 17       | KERALA              |                             0.19 |                      24.89 |                        21.66 |
| 18       | LAKSHADWEEP         |                             0    |                       0    |                         0    |
| 19       | MADHYA PRADESH      |                            55.4  |                      85.97 |                        59.56 |
| 20       | MAHARASHTRA         |                           142.74 |                     147.06 |                        62.64 |
| 21       | MANIPUR             |                             7.02 |                      12    |                         0.6  |
| 22       | MEGHALAYA           |                            10.01 |                      15.58 |                         0    |
| 23       | MIZORAM             |                            24.41 |                       8.34 |                         0    |
| 24       | NAGALAND            |                             0    |                      10.28 |                         0    |
| 25       | ODISHA              |                            33.36 |                      45.55 |                         2.44 |
| 26       | PUDUCHERRY          |                             0.88 |                       0.25 |                         0    |
| 27       | PUNJAB              |                            26.49 |                      17.35 |                        31.12 |
| 28       | RAJASTHAN           |                            71.11 |                     157.02 |                         0.09 |
| 29       | SIKKIM              |                             0    |                       3.46 |                         0    |
| 30       | TAMIL NADU          |                             0.02 |                      55.2  |                        55.22 |
| 31       | TELANGANA           |                             9.67 |                      39.37 |                        38.05 |
| 32       | TRIPURA             |                             0.19 |                      11.79 |                         6.85 |
| 33       | UTTAR PRADESH       |                           184.1  |                     154    |                        77.14 |
| 34       | UTTARAKHAND         |                            34.8  |                      31.07 |                        20.48 |
| 35       | WEST BENGAL         |                            17.95 |                      66.21 |                        49.93 |
| Total    | Total               |                           907.79 |                    1545.07 |                       604.44 |