Lok Sabha Question No. 1869 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-05
Subject: Open Defecation Free Villages
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: C.R. CHAUDHARY

## Government of India Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1869 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5-5-2016

## Open Defecation Free Villages

## 1869. SHRI C.R. CHAUDHARY:

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

- (a) the details of villages which have been declared as open defecation free during the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  the  amount  spent  to  make  these  villages  open-defecation  free  during  the  said  period, State/UT-wise; and
- (c)  the  policy  bottlenecks  and  implementation  deficiencies  noticed  in  making  a  village  opendefecation free along with the remedial action taken thereon?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

- (a) The Open Defecation Free (ODF) Guidelines issued in September, 2015. The States/UTs has started  reporting  since  October,  2015.  State/UT-wise,  number  of  villages  declared  as  open defecation free as on 31.3.2016 is at Annexure-1.
- (b) State/UT-wise, Central share release during last three years and current year is at Annexure2.
- (c) Sanitation is a behavioral issue. It involves change of mindset amongst people to stop open defecation and to adopt safe sanitation practices. This requires engagement of community and skill  in  facilitation  and  'triggering'.  There  is  constraint  of  these  capacities.  Also,  since  lack  of change of behavior on part of  even  few members of community can put entire community to risk,  another  challenge  is  to  saturate  the  entire  village.  The  scale  of  issue  is  also  a  major challenge.  The  third  difficulty  is  sustaining  behavior  change.  In  order  to  address  these  issues, there  is  increased  focus  on  behavior  change  and  engagement  of  community  for  sustainable results.  The  term  open  defecation  free  (ODF)  has  been  defined  nationally  to  have  uniform standards  and  guidelines  for  verifying  ODF  have  also  been  issued.  Capacity  building  of  key stakeholders  such  as  Collectors/CEO,  Zilla  Panchayats,  Chairman,  Zilla  Panchayat  is  being carried  out.  The  monitoring  has  been  strengthened  to  capture  outputs(toilet  construction)  and also  ODF  status.  Key  Resource  Centres  (KRCs)  are  roped  in  for  capacity  building  and supporting the district administration.

## Statement referred in part (a) of the reply to Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.1869 due for reply on 05-05-2015

## State/UT-wise,  ODF Villages as on 31.3.2016

| S.N.   | State/UT          |   ODF villages as on 31.03.2016 |
|--------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1      | A &NIslands       |                               0 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh    |                             478 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh |                             481 |
| 4      | Assam             |                             212 |
| 5      | Bihar             |                             242 |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh      |                            2032 |
| 7      | Goa               |                               0 |
| 8      | Gujarat           |                            4368 |
| 9      | Haryana           |                            1291 |
| 10     | Himachal Pradesh  |                            9684 |
| 11     | Jammu &Kashmir    |                              32 |
| 12     | Jharkhand         |                             138 |
| 13     | Karnataka         |                            1972 |
| 14     | Kerala            |                               0 |
| 15     | Madhya Pradesh    |                            2626 |
| 16     | Maharashtra       |                            6478 |
| 17     | Manipur           |                              64 |
| 18     | Meghalaya         |                            2095 |
| 19     | Mizoram           |                             109 |
| 20     | Nagaland          |                             161 |
| 21     | Odisha            |                            1797 |
| 22     | Puducherry        |                               0 |
| 23     | Punjab            |                             851 |
| 24     | Rajasthan         |                            7190 |
| 25     | Sikkim            |                             446 |
| 26     | Tamil Nadu        |                            1130 |
| 27     | Telangana         |                             845 |
| 28     | Tripura           |                               5 |
| 29     | Uttar Pradesh     |                             392 |
| 30     | Uttarakhand       |                            1471 |
| 31     | West Bengal       |                            8142 |
|        |                   |                           54732 |

## Statement referred in part (b) of the reply to Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No.1869 due for reply on 05-05-2015

## State/UT-wise, Central share released during last 3 years and current under SBM(G) (Rs. in Crore)

30-4-2016)

| State/UT          |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 | 2016-17(Upto 30-4-2016)   |
|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|
| A &NILANDS        |      0    |      0    |      3.4  |                           |
| ANDHRA PRADESH    |    145.24 |    116.1  |    234.17 |                           |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH |      5.19 |     14.61 |     38.71 | 4.73                      |
| ASSAM             |     41.81 |    185.78 |    187.67 |                           |
| BIHAR             |      0    |      0    |    182.14 |                           |
| CHHATTISGARH      |      0    |     28.12 |    144.72 | 77.96                     |
| D &NHAVELI        |      0    |      0    |      0    |                           |
| GOA               |      0    |      0    |      1.05 |                           |
| GUJARAT           |     52.64 |    156.07 |    478.22 |                           |
| HARYANA           |    131.18 |      5.93 |     29.53 |                           |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  |     30.5  |    130.17 |      4.37 |                           |
| JAMMU &KASHMIR    |     39.57 |    103.08 |      4.05 |                           |
| JHARKHAND         |      0    |     23.05 |     97.32 | 81.18                     |
| KARNATAKA         |     65.95 |    312.57 |    335.45 |                           |
| KERALA            |     43.01 |     33.97 |      8.5  |                           |
| MADHYAPRADESH     |    660.39 |      0    |    220.28 |                           |
| MAHARASHTRA       |     36.46 |    236.11 |    567.45 |                           |
| MANIPUR           |      0    |      9.18 |     44.19 | 27.27                     |
| MEGHALAYA         |    103.04 |      0    |     35.65 | 41.22                     |
| MIZORAM           |      8.06 |      0    |      3.32 |                           |
| NAGALAND          |      0    |     20.87 |     10.83 |                           |
| ODISHA            |      0    |     65.84 |    566.5  | 359.37                    |
| PUDUCHERRY        |      0    |      2    |      0    |                           |
| PUNJAB            |      0    |      0    |     23.9  | 19.46                     |
| RAJASTHAN         |      0    |    271.57 |    938.73 | 491.60                    |
| SIKKIM            |      8.25 |      3.89 |      6.12 | 4.81                      |
| TAMIL NADU        |    311.92 |    205.12 |     78.94 | 210.42                    |
| TELANGANA         |      0    |    105.62 |    128.39 |                           |
| TRIPURA           |     14.01 |     50.65 |     15.39 |                           |
| UTTAR PRADESH     |    376.32 |    237.99 |    462.69 |                           |
| UTTARAKHAND       |      5.28 |     40.52 |     40.82 | 66.84                     |
| WEST BENGAL       |    111.47 |    371.52 |    575.53 | 0.00                      |
|                   |   2190.28 |   2730.33 |   5468.04 | 1384.86                   |