Lok Sabha Question No. 3261 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-12
Subject: Tap Connections without Water Supply
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Prof. Sougata Ray

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3261 ANSWERED ON 12.03.2026

## TAP CONNECTIONS WITHOUT WATER SUPPLY

## 3261. Prof. SOUGATA RAY:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of tap connections under the Jal Jeevan Mission having no water supply due to lack of water availability, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has proposed or propose to provide financial and technical support for  areas  with  low  coverage  or  no  water  supply  to  bridge  the  gap  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; and
- (c) the  details  of  households  that  have  no  access  to  tap  water  in  the  country  as  of  now,

Statewise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI V. SOMANNA)

(a)  to  (c)  To  enable  every  rural  household  in  the  country  to  have  assured  potable  water  in adequate  quantity  of  prescribed  quality  on  a  regular  and  long-term  basis  through  tap  water connections,  the  Government  of  India,  in  partnership  with  States,  has  been  implementing  Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal since August 2019.

At the start  the  Mission,  only  3.23  Crore  (16.7%)  rural  households  were  reported  to  have  tap water connections. So far, as reported by States/ UTs as on 03.03.2026, under JJM, more than 12.58 Crore additional rural households have been provided with tap water connections. Thus, as on 03.03.2026, out of around 19.36 Crore rural households in the country, around 15.82 Crore (81.71%) households are reported to  have  tap  water  supply  in  their  homes  and  works  for  the remaining 3.54 Crore households are at various stages of implementation in respective States. State/ UT-wise status of tap water supply across the country as on 03.03.2026 is annexed .

Drinking  water  being  a  state  subject,  under  JJM,  responsibilities  for  planning,  approval, implementation, operation and maintenance of drinking water supply schemes lie with State/ UT governments.  Government  of  India  supplements  the  efforts  of  the  State/  UT  government  by providing technical and financial assistance.

Department  of  Drinking  Water  &  Sanitation  undertakes  assessment  of  the  functionality  of household  tap  water  connections  provided  under  the  JJM,  through  an  independent  third-party agency,  based  on  standard  statistical  sampling.  The  Functionality  Assessment  2024  was conducted  across  19,812  Har  Ghar  Jal  (HGJ)  villages  covering  2,37,608  households  in  761 districts  across  34  States/  UTs.  It  was  found  that  tap  connections  were  available  in  98.1%  of households in surveyed villages. Of these, 86.5% of households had working tap connections, 80.2% were getting water in adequate quantity, 83.6% were getting water regularly as per the schedule  of  water  supply  for  their  piped  water  supply  scheme,  and  76%  of  households  were receiving water as per the prescribed water quality standards. The detailed National and Statewise  report  of  Functionality  Assessment  2024  is  in  public  domain  and  can  be  accessed  at https://jaljeevanmission.gov.in/functionality-report-2024.

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## Annexure

Annexure referred to in Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3261 answered on 12.03.2026 Status of tap water supply across the country as on 03.03.2026

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| S. No.   | State/ UT         | Total rural HHs as on date   | Rural HHs with tap water supply   | Rural HHs with tap water supply   | Rural HHs without tap water supply   | Rural HHs without tap water supply   |
|----------|-------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State/ UT         | Total rural HHs as on date   | In No.                            | %                                 | In No.                               | %                                    |
| 1.       | A&N Islands       | 0.62                         | 0.62                              | 100.00                            | -                                    | -                                    |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh    | 95.53                        | 71.71                             | 75.06                             | 23.82                                | 24.94                                |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh | 2.29                         | 2.29                              | 100.00                            | -                                    | -                                    |
| 4.       | Assam             | 72.24                        | 59.03                             | 81.71                             | 13.22                                | 18.29                                |
| 5.       | Bihar             | 167.55                       | 160.36                            | 95.71                             | 7.19                                 | 4.29                                 |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh      | 49.97                        | 41.20                             | 82.44                             | 8.77                                 | 17.56                                |
| 7.       | DNH&DD            | 0.85                         | 0.85                              | 100.00                            | -                                    | -                                    |
| 8.       | Goa               | 2.64                         | 2.64                              | 100.00                            | -                                    | -                                    |
| 9.       | Gujarat           | 91.18                        | 91.18                             | 100.00                            | -                                    | -                                    |
| 10.      | Haryana           | 30.41                        | 30.41                             | 100.00                            | -                                    | -                                    |
| 11.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 17.09                        | 17.09                             | 100.00                            | -                                    | -                                    |
| 12.      | Jammu &Kashmir    | 19.26                        | 15.64                             | 81.23                             | 3.61                                 | 18.77                                |
| 13.      | Jharkhand         | 62.53                        | 34.51                             | 55.18                             | 28.03                                | 44.82                                |
| 14.      | Karnataka         | 101.31                       | 87.83                             | 86.70                             | 13.48                                | 13.30                                |
| 15.      | Kerala            | 70.77                        | 38.84                             | 54.88                             | 31.93                                | 45.12                                |
| 16.      | Ladakh            | 0.41                         | 0.40                              | 97.97                             | 0.01                                 | 2.03                                 |
| 17.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 0.13                         | 0.12                              | 91.45                             | 0.01                                 | 8.55                                 |
| 18.      | Maharashtra       | 111.29                       | 82.27                             | 73.92                             | 29.02                                | 26.08                                |
| 19.      | Manipur           | 146.78                       | 132.75                            | 90.44                             | 14.02                                | 9.56                                 |
| 20.      | Meghalaya         | 4.52                         | 3.59                              | 79.60                             | 0.92                                 | 20.40                                |
| 21.      | Mizoram           | 6.51                         | 5.43                              | 83.47                             | 1.08                                 | 16.53                                |
| 22.      | Nagaland          | 1.33                         | 1.33                              | 100.00                            | -                                    | -                                    |
| 23.      | Odisha            | 3.64                         | 3.44                              | 94.47                             | 0.20                                 | 5.53                                 |
| 24.      | Puducherry        | 88.64                        | 68.48                             | 77.25                             | 20.17                                | 22.75                                |
| 25.      | Punjab            | 1.15                         | 1.15                              | 100.00                            | -                                    | -                                    |
| 26.      | Rajasthan         | 34.27                        | 34.27                             | 100.00                            | -                                    | -                                    |
| 27.      | Sikkim            | 107.69                       | 63.00                             | 58.50                             | 44.69                                | 41.50                                |
| 28.      | Tamil Nadu        | 1.33                         | 1.22                              | 92.09                             | 0.11                                 | 7.91                                 |
| 29.      | Telangana         | 125.26                       | 112.20                            | 89.57                             | 13.06                                | 10.43                                |
| 30.      | Tripura           | 53.98                        | 53.98                             | 100.00                            | -                                    | -                                    |
| 31.      | Uttar Pradesh     | 7.51                         | 6.48                              | 86.33                             | 1.03                                 | 13.67                                |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand       | 267.20                       | 243.72                            | 91.21                             | 23.48                                | 8.79                                 |
| 33.      | West Bengal       | 14.48                        | 14.19                             | 97.97                             | 0.29                                 | 2.03                                 |
|          | Total             | 19,35.87                     | 15,81.70                          | 81.71                             | 3,54.17                              | 18.29                                |

HH: Household

Source: JJM - IMIS