Lok Sabha Question No. 792 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-21
Subject: Drinking Water in Tribal Areas
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: (ADV.) JOICE GEORGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 792 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2016

## Drinking Water in Tribal Areas

## 792. ADV. JOICE GEORGE:

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

- (a) the details of the tribal population covered with safe drinking water in each State/UT of the country;
- (b) Whether the tribal people in almost all districts are struggling to meet daily requirement of drinking water;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

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

- (a)  The details of the tribal population covered with safe drinking water in each State  /  UT  (as  on  date  18.07.2016)  is  at  Annexure.  The  details  includes categorization of habitations namely Fully Covered habitations [getting at least 40 litres  per capita  per  day  (lpcd)],  Partially  Covered  habitations  [getting  less than  40  lpcd]  and  Quality  Affected  habitations  (getting  water  which  has chemical contamination) with populations.
- (b)  to  (d)  Rural  Drinking  Water  Supply  is  a  State  subject  and  this  Ministry under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) provides technical &  financial  assistance  to  all  States  /  UT  to  achieve  its  objectives.  Under NRDWP, 10 % of the total allocation of funds is earmarked to be used for the supply of drinking water to ST dominated habitations. States have been directed to take special care for the implementation of its schemes / programmes in tribal areas  and  report  its  progress  separately  on  the  online  Integrated  Management Information System (IMIS) of this Ministry.  As reported in IMIS by the States, 58,878  tribal  dominated  habitations  are  partially  covered  and  12,762  tribal dominated habitations are quality affected and the State Governments are asked to focus on these habitations on priority basis to provide safe drinking water as per norms.

## Annexure

## Details of tribal population covered under safe drinking water in all State / UT

(Population in lakhs)

| State               | Fully Covered Habitations   | Fully Covered Habitations   | Partially Covered Habitations   | Partially Covered Habitations   | Quality Affected Habitations   | Quality Affected Habitations   |
|---------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|                     | Nos. of Habitations         | Population                  | Nos. of Habitations             | Population                      | Nos. of Habitations            | Population                     |
| ANDMAN and NICOBAR  | 41                          | 0.21                        | 50                              | 0.06                            | 0                              | 0                              |
| ANDHRA PRADESH      | 5541                        | 11.21                       | 3968                            | 7.69                            | 40                             | 0.17                           |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | 2659                        | 4.71                        | 4458                            | 5.97                            | 45                             | 0.09                           |
| ASSAM               | 9777                        | 20.67                       | 5624                            | 15.26                           | 2039                           | 5.65                           |
| BIHAR               | 974                         | 2.7                         | 772                             | 3.72                            | 88                             | 0.35                           |
| CHANDIGARH          | 0                           | 0                           | 0                               | 0                               | 0                              | 0                              |
| CHHATTISGARH        | 47787                       | 79.39                       | 2115                            | 3.49                            | 791                            | 1.74                           |
| DADRA& NAGAR HAVELI | 0                           | 0                           | 66                              | 1.96                            | 0                              | 0                              |
| DAMAN& DIU          | 0                           | 0                           | 6                               | 0.06                            | 0                              | 0                              |
| GOA                 | 50                          | 0.78                        | 0                               | 0                               | 0                              | 0                              |
| GUJARAT             | 15393                       | 88.31                       | 0                               | 0                               | 7                              | 0.13                           |
| HARYANA             | 2                           | 0.02                        | 0                               | 0                               | 0                              | 0                              |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 2669                        | 2.69                        | 573                             | 0.66                            | 0                              | 0                              |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR   | 1535                        | 6.97                        | 1441                            | 7.51                            | 0                              | 0                              |
| JHARKHAND           | 51816                       | 83.02                       | 48                              | 0.09                            | 3562                           | 8.15                           |
| KARNATAKA           | 1220                        | 13.27                       | 1219                            | 7.65                            | 108                            | 0.71                           |
| KERALA              | 2                           | 0.03                        | 36                              | 0.61                            | 2                              | 0.03                           |
| LAKSHADWEEP         | 0                           | 0                           | 9                               | 0.51                            | 0                              | 0                              |
| MADHYA PRADESH      | 55772                       | 140.06                      | 18                              | 0.03                            | 159                            | 0.51                           |
| MAHARASHTRA         | 15608                       | 64.97                       | 1792                            | 9.08                            | 33                             | 0.29                           |
| MANIPUR             | 1764                        | 10.47                       | 490                             | 2.29                            | 0                              | 0                              |
| MEGHALAYA           | 1605                        | 5.05                        | 8509                            | 19.89                           | 3                              | 0                              |
| MIZORAM             | 434                         | 3.16                        | 296                             | 2.01                            | 0                              | 0                              |
| NAGALAND            | 608                         | 7.15                        | 855                             | 9.62                            | 41                             | 0.21                           |
| ODISHA              | 46536                       | 76.04                       | 10161                           | 21.18                           | 735                            | 1.63                           |
| PUDUCHERRY          | 0                           | 0                           | 0                               | 0                               | 0                              | 0                              |
| PUNJAB              | 0                           | 0                           | 0                               | 0                               | 0                              | 0                              |
| RAJASTHAN           | 13509                       | 43.35                       | 6870                            | 27.12                           | 1445                           | 7.25                           |
| SIKKIM              | 385                         | 0.74                        | 431                             | 0.98                            | 0                              | 0                              |
| TAMIL NADU          | 2690                        | 5.22                        | 16                              | 0.04                            | 1                              | 0                              |
| TELANGANA           | 5181                        | 14.19                       | 4179                            | 11.73                           | 379                            | 1.54                           |
| TRIPURA             | 2258                        | 9.65                        | 292                             | 0.81                            | 2526                           | 7.45                           |
| UTTAR PRADESH       | 783                         | 5.07                        | 10                              | 0.05                            | 24                             | 0.46                           |
| UTTARAKHAND         | 527                         | 1.6                         | 703                             | 0.76                            | 0                              | 0                              |
| WEST BENGAL         | 4920                        | 18.39                       | 3871                            | 13.65                           | 734                            | 3.43                           |
| Total               | 292046                      | 719.09                      | 58878                           | 174.48                          | 12762                          | 39.79                          |