Lok Sabha Question No. 1939 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Human Waste
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: ANANT KUMAR DATTATREYA HEGDE, PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA, A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN

## Government of India Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1939 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10-12-2015

## Human Waste

## †1939. SHRI ANANTKUMAR HEGDE: SHRI PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA: SHRI A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN:

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

(a) whether the Government has any estimate of human excretion waste produced in the country annually;

(b)  if  so,  the  quantity  of  solid  and  liquid  excretory  waste  separately  produced  during  the  last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;

(c)  whether  there  is  any  scheme  to  process  the  said  waste  for  making  it  useful  and  if  so,  the details thereof;

(d)  the  outlines/salient  features  of  the  said  scheme  and  the  expenditure  incurred/  likely  to  be incurred on the implementation of the scheme during the said period; and

(e) the source from which this amount is likely to be mobilised?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

(a) - (b) The accurate estimate of human excreta (Solid/liquid) produced in the country annually are not available, since it depends on various factors such as age, health, food habits, climatic conditions etc.

(c) and (d) The Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin)[SBM-G] has been launched on 2nd October, 2014,  which  aims  at  attaining  Swachh  Bharat  by  2 nd October  2019.  The  scheme  aims  at addressing  the  problem  of  open  defecation  by  creating  a  mindset  against  this  practice  and focusing  at  behavior  change  to  construct  toilets.  Incentives  are  also  provided  (Rs.  12000  per individual toilet) for construction and use of toilets. Many of the technologies for construction of toilet, such as twin-pit technology, result in processing of the human excreta into manure.  Solid and  Liquid  Waste  Management  (SLWM)  is  also  covered  under  SBM(G)    and  under  this component,  activities  like  compost  pits,  vermi  composting,  biogas  plants,  low  cost  drainage, soakage channels/ pits, reuse of waste water and system for collection, , segregation and disposal of household garbage and menstrual hygiene management etc. can be taken up. Funds for Solid and Liquid Waste Management activities with cap of Rs. 7/12/15/20 lakh are available for Gram Panchayats having upto 150/300/500/ more than 500 households. The centre share expenditure on individual toilets and Solid and Liquid Waste Management during the last 3 years and current year is as under :-

|   S.N. | Year                      |   Central expenditure on Individual toilets (Rs. in crore) |   Central expenditure on SLWM(Rs. in crore) |
|--------|---------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|      1 | 2012-13                   |                                                    1087.54 |                                       48.07 |
|      2 | 2013-14                   |                                                    1646.75 |                                       43.47 |
|      3 | 2014-15                   |                                                    2803.9  |                                       37.48 |
|      4 | 2015-16(As on 8-12- 2015) |                                                    3780.53 |                                       17.46 |

For  urban  areas,  Central  Government  incentive  for  the  construction  of  Individual  Household Toilets is Rs. 4000 per toilet and that of community toilets is 40% of the construction cost in the form of Grant/VGF. All feasible waste processing techniques can be adopted by the States/ULBs for  efficient  management  of  human  waste  in  their  jurisdiction,  based  on  the  actual  site conditions.

Further,  Government  of  India  has  launched  'Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban Transformation  (AMRUT)'  on  25 th June,  2015.  Sewerage  and  septage  management  are admissible components under AMRUT, as per the guidelines.

- (e) The funds for the rural scheme will be made available through budgetary source of SBM(G) from  centre  and  States,  Swachh  Bharat  Kosh,  Infrastructure  Development  Fund-(Overseas Indian,  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act  funds,  14 th Finance Commission funds and Corporate Social Responsibility funds.

The total expenditure likely to be incurred on SBM(G) as per the original plan is Rs. 1,34,386 crore

For urban areas, the sources of the funds shall be generated through contribution by Central/State Government, Private Sector Participation, Additional Resources from State Government/ULBs Beneficiary share, User Charges, Land Leveraging, Innovative revenue streams, Swachh Bharat Kosh, Corporate Social Responsibility, Market Borrowing and External Assistance.