Lok Sabha Question No. 172 (STARRED), answered on 2016-05-05
Subject: NRDWP and SBM
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: KAMLA DEVI PATLE, NISHIKANT  DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 172 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.05.2016

## NRDWP and SBM

## †*172. SHRIMATI   KAMLA  DEVI  PAATLE: SHRI  NISHIKANT  DUBEY

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

- (a)  the  present  status  and  mode  of  implementation  of  the  National  Rural  Drinking  Water Programme (NRDWP) and Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) SBM(G);
- (b) the modalities of implementation of the said schemes in rural areas especially in the small habitations located in geographically isolated hilly areas and which are predominantly tribal in character;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  scheme  for  providing  piped  drinking  water supply to the rural habitations;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and whether this scheme is likely to be costlier than installing hand pumps for the said habitations in the States like Chhattisgarh and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  allocate  additional  funds  to  various  States/UTs including Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand under NRDWP and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION (SHRI BIRENDRA SINGH )

(a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred in the reply to parts (a) to (e) of Lok  Sabha Starred Question No. 172

## for reply on 05.05.2016

(a) Drinking Water is a State subject and the Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation through its Centrally  sponsored  Scheme  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme  (NRDWP)  provides financial  &  technical assistance to  various  States  /  UTs  to  supplement  their  efforts  to  provide drinking water supply in the rural areas of the country. Under NRDWP, States Governments are competent to plan, design, approve and implement rural drinking water supply schemes

As  on  01.05.2016,  there  are  17,13,303  rural  habitations  in  the  country,  out  of  which 13,15,148 habitations are fully covered where at least 40 litres per capita per day (lpcd) drinking water is being provided; 3,39,353 habitations are partially covered where less than 40 lpcd of drinking water is being provided and 58,802 habitations are quality affected where the drinking water  is  contaminated.  A  total  of  76.76%  of  the  rural  habitations  are  fully  covered  with  the availability of 40 lpcd drinking water.

The  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  (Gramin)  {SBM-G}  has  been  launched  on  2nd  October, 2014.  The  SBM  (G)  aims  at  attaining  Swachh  Bharat  by  2nd  October,  2019  by  accelerating sanitation  coverage  in  the  rural  areas.  Since  the  launch  of  SBM(G),  there  is  a  spurt  in  the progress made under the programme. Against the expected outcome of 50 lakh for individual latrines for the year 2014-15, 58,54,987 latrines were constructed, which is an achievement of 117% of the target. During 2015-16, 127.41 lakh toilets have been constructed.  Since the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) on 2nd October, 2014, 176.90 lakh toilets have already been constructed upto 25.04.2016. A baseline survey was conducted in 2012-13 by the States, as per which,  the  rural  sanitation  coverage  was  38.81%.  This  has  increased  to  51.80%  as  on 25.04.2016.  Also,  13  districts,  178  blocks,  23045  Gram  Panchayats  and  54732  villages  have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) as on 25.04.2016. The focus of the Swachh Bharat Mission has shifted to behavior change and usage of toilets.

(b)  to  (d)  NRDWP  envisages  providing  drinking  water  supply  to  the  rural  population  which includes  piped  drinking water  supply.  For  predominantly remote and sparsely  populated tribal areas, the Government has implemented a solar power based dual pump water supply schemes with  the  assistance  from  the  National  Clean  Energy  Fund  (NCEF)  in  the  states  of  Andhra Pradesh,  Bihar,  Chhattisgarh,  Jharkhand,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  Odisha,  Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Another scheme across the country in collaboration with the Ministry of  New  &  Renewable  energy  (MNRE)  is  currently  on  to  cover  20,000  rural  habitations  with piped water supply. These schemes use solar power to extract water from the underground and are suitable to remote areas which have no electricity or have erratic supply of power.

Piped water supply scheme are costlier than providing drinking water through hand pumps. As reported by State Govt. of Chhattisgarh, unit cost of hand pump installation is nearly Rs. 1000/per person whereas unit cost of piped water supply scheme is nearly Rs. 2200/- per person.

Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) is being implemented taken district as a unit. Gram Panchayats have a pivotal role in the implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin). The programme is to be implemented through the Panchayati Raj Institutions at all levels. For North Eastern and Hilly States sharing pattern between Centre and State is 90:10. The goal of SBM(G) is to achieve universal toilet coverage in the entire rural India by the 2nd October, 2019. It is reiterated that provisioning  of  sanitation  facilities  for  Schedule  Tribes  (STs)  is  an  integral  part  of  SBM(G). Adequate priority is given for construction of Individual household latrines for STs. Each year, 10% of total allocation is reserved for STs.

(e) No, Madam. Under NRDWP, there is no provision of allocating additional funds to any State. However,  any  additional  release  of  funds  to  any  State  /  UT  can  be  made  at  the  end  of  the financial year after taking into account their requirement, the extent of utilization of the fund by them and the availability of savings at the national level.