Lok Sabha Question No. 1911 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Funds under Drinking Water and Sanitation Schemes
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1911 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2016

## Funds under Drinking Water and Sanitation Schemes

## †1911. SHRI  PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI  VASAVA

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

- (a) the amount of allocation made by the Union Government and its utilisation for  drinking  water  and  sanitation  schemes  in  Gujarat  during  each  of  the  last  three years and the current year;
- (b) whether the allocation/release made to Gujarat was inadequate and if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (c) the status of works completed in the field of drinking water and sanitation in Gujarat?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  The  amount  released  and  utilised  by  the  State  Government  of  Gujarat  under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) for the last three years and the current year is as under:

| Year                      |   Funds Release |   Funds Utilisation * |
|---------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
| 2013-14                   |          515.07 |                627.95 |
| 2014-15                   |          405.58 |                491.44 |
| 2015-16                   |          238.91 |                274.78 |
| 2016-17 (till 24.07.2016) |          118.37 |                 56.28 |

Since  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  (Gramin)  is  demand  driven  scheme,  hence  no  Statewise allocation made. However, funds released by Government of India and utilized by Gujarat under SBM(G) during last 3 years and current year is as under :

| Year                    |   Release |   Utilised |
|-------------------------|-----------|------------|
| 2013-14                 |     52.64 |      50.57 |
| 2014-15                 |    156.07 |     154.17 |
| 2015-16                 |    478.22 |     575.9  |
| 2016-17(Upto 25.7.2016) |    280.49 |      83.59 |

- (b)  Under  NRDWP, allocation  of  funds  to  the  States  is  done  on  the  basis  of  a  preapproved criteria  which  includes  rural  population  of  the  State,  geographical  terrain, SC/ST population etc. The allocation of funds to all States including that of Gujarat has  been  reduced  in  the  year  2015-16  and  2016-17  because  of  reduction  in  overall allocation of funds under NRDWP due to enhanced devolution of funds to the States under the 14 th Finance Commission.

Under SBM-G funds are not inadequate for State of Gujarat .

- (c) Status of Fully covered (FC) Habitations i.e. provided with more than 40 litres per capita  per  day  (lpcd)  of  safe  drinking  water,  Partially  covered  (PC)  Habitations  i.e. provided  less than 40 litres per capita per day (lpcd) safe drinking water and Quality Affected (QA) habitations in the State of Gujarat  is as under:

| Status           | Nos. of Habitations   | Nos. of Habitations   | Nos. of Habitations   | Nos. of Habitations   |
|------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| Status           | FC                    | PC                    | QA                    | Total                 |
| as on 24.07.2016 | 36042                 | 7                     | 17                    | 36066                 |

Number    of  Individual  household  latrine  (IHHLs)  constructed  during  last  3 years and current year in Gujarat under SBM(G) is as under :-

| Year                    |   No. of Individual household latrines constructed |
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| 2013-14                 |                                             155268 |
| 2014-15                 |                                             335762 |
| 2015-16                 |                                             922728 |
| 2016-17(Upto 25.7.2016) |                                             243787 |

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