Lok Sabha Question No. 1854 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-09
Subject: ILCS Scheme
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1854 TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 9, 2016 ILCS SCHEME

No. 1854

KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has allocated fund under Integrated Low  Cost  Sanitation  Scheme  (ILCS)  for  conversion  of  all existing dry latrines in the urban areas;
- (b) if so, the details of the funds allocated during the last three
- years and the current year, State-wise and year-wise;
- (c) whether the Government considers to cover Other Backward
- and minority populated districts of the country in the scheme;
- (d) if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (e)    whether  the  Government  has  revised  the  guidelines  of  the scheme recently and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

## (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a)&(b):      The  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Poverty  Alleviation (MoHUPA)  had  implemented  the  Integrated  Low  Cost Sanitation (ILCS) Scheme with the objective of converting dry latrines into twin pit-pour flush latrines in

urban  areas  in  all  States  of  the  country.   The  ILCS Scheme  was  a  demand  driven  scheme  and  sanction  of funds was made to States as per demand. Details of the financial assistance provided to States during last three years of the scheme are enclosed at Annexure.

- (c)&(d): The  ILCS  scheme  covered  all  the  Economically  Weaker Section in urban areas in the country.
- (e):          The question does not arise as the Scheme has come to an end on 31 st March, 2014.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1854 for 09.03.2016 regarding 'ILCS Scheme'.

## Annexure

State/UT-wise  details  of  funds  released  under  the  Integrated  Low Cost Sanitation (ILCS) Scheme during each of the last three years of the scheme

(in crores)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2014-15         |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|
| 1.        | ____                | ____      | ____      | Bihar           |
| 2.        | ____                | ____      | ____      | Uttar Pradesh   |
| 3.        | ____                | ____      | ____      | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 4.        | ____                | ____      | ____      | Nagaland        |
| 5.        | ____                | ____      | ____      | Uttarakhand     |
| 6.        | 19.20               | 0.42      | ____      | Maharashtra     |
| 7.        | ____                | ____      | ____      | Madhya Pradesh  |
| 8.        | ____                | ____      | ____      | Tripura         |
| 9.        | ____                | 3.75      | 0.67*     | Kerala          |
| 10.       | ____                | ____      | ____      | Rajasthan       |
| 11.       | ____                | ____      | ____      | West Bengal     |
| 12.       | ____                | ____      | ____      | Odisha          |
| 13.       | ____                | ____      | ____      | Jharkhand       |
| 14.       | ____                | 14.88     | ____      | Chhattisgarh    |
| 15.       | ____                | ____      | ____      | Manipur         |
|           | 19.20               | 19.05     | 0.67*     | Total           |