Lok Sabha Question No. 1927 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: World Bank Assistance
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, T. RADHAKRISHNAN, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN

## Government of India

## Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1927 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10-12-2015

## World Bank Assistance

1927. SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

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

- (a) whether the World Bank has committed to support rural leg of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) that intends to make the country open defecation free by 2019;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the time by which the funds are likely to be released/reviewed from the amount committed by World Bank;
- (d) the number of toilets proposed to be built in rural areas with the help of fund assistance from World Bank, State/UTwise; and
- (e) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government to achieve the target of building toilets in rural areas and free the country from open defecation?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

- (a)  to  (d)  A  World  Bank project to support the  ongoing sanitation programme Swachh Bharat Mission  (Gramin)  (SBM(G)  is  under  consideration  for  the  entire  country  with  a  financial envelope of US$1.5 billion(Rs.9000 core) over five years.

(e) Under Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin), incentive for individual latrine has been increased by Rs. 2000 from Rs.10000 to Rs. 12000 for all the Below Poverty Line (BPL) households and identified Above Poverty Line (APL) households(SC/ST, Small and Marginal Farmers, Landless Labourers with Homestead, Physically Handicapped, Women-headed households) to provide for water availability, including for storing, hand-washing and cleaning of toilets.

The  focus  on  capacity  building  has  been  increased,  since  there  is  a  need  to  improve  skills, especially  those  pertaining  to  community  processes  and  triggering  for  collective  behaviour change.  In  order  to  expand  these  skills  and  train  the  key  stakeholders,  State  level  workshops involving  all  the  key  stakeholders  such  as  Collectors,  CEO,  Zilla  Panchayats,  Chairmen  Zilla Panchayats etc.  are  being  held  in  different  States.  Regional  workshops  to  cross-share  learning amongst different States are also being held. The Government of India has also undertaken direct training of Collectors and more than 200 district Collectors from across India have been trained so  far.The  Centre-State  coordination  has  been  increased  through  increased  visits  to  States, coordination meetings,   and reviews. There is also a renewed focus on  IEC and a 360 degree media campaign is being envisaged to further boost it. The social media -twitter (@swachbharat), Facebook  (Swachh  Bharat Mission) and WhatsApp/HIKE  -  are  being extensively used for sharing innovative ideas and cross learning.  A National Rapid Action and Learning Unit has been constituted to institutionalise learning from the field and provide quick feedback. The technology aspect is also being focussed and an expert committee under Dr R.A. Mashelkar has been constituted to examine new innovations; and exhibitions are organised to spread these technologies amongst the States and other stakeholders.