Lok Sabha Question No. 2249 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-10
Subject: Piped Water Supply
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: R. GOPALAKRISHNAN, SHASHI THAROOR, RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA, SAUGATA ROY, SONA RAM CHOUDHARY, C. MAHENDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2249

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2016

## Piped Water Supply

## 2249. SHRI R. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

PROF. SAUGATA ROY:

COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY:

SHRI C. MAHENDRAN:

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

- (a) the number of habitations and percentage of people with Piped Water Supply (PWS) facility in the country, State / UT-wise;
- (b) whether lack of PWS is an important reason factor for non-usage of toilets and if so, the steps taken by the Government  to ensure supply of PWS/tap in toilets;
- (c) whether the Government has reduced the budgetary allocation for drinking water schemes and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (d)  the  manner  in  which  the  Government  is  likely  to  meet  the  expenditure  to  be  incurred  on sanction of major rural water supply projects in the country?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

- (a) The number of habitations and percentage of people with Piped Water Supply (PWS) facility in the country, State / UT-wise is at Annexure.
- (b) to (d) Sanitation is primarily a behavioural issue and the key factor for usage / nonusage of toilet is mindset. That is why, the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) focuses on behavioural change and involvement of community. Along with this, in order to ensure adequate availability of water for toilets, under Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) {SBMG}, the incentive for individual toilet has been increased from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 12,000, to provide for water availability, including for storing water for hand-washing and cleaning. The  SBM  (G)  guidelines  also  provide  for  prioritization  of  conjoint  programmes  of sanitation and water to maximize the availability of water for sanitation purposes.

Rural  drinking  water  supply  is  a  State  subject.  This  Ministry  supplements  the efforts  of  the  States  by  providing  them  with  technical  &  financial  assistance  under  the centrally sponsored National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), for providing safe  &  adequate  drinking  water  facilities  in  rural  areas  of  the  country.  To  ensure  the supply  of  drinking  water  through  PWS  /  taps,  States  are  advised  to  accord  priority  for PWS  and  encourage  to  take  household  tap  connections  by  invoking  people  through extensive Information, Education & Communication (IEC).

Compared to budgetary allocation of Rs. 9250 crore (Revised Estimate) in 2014-15 under  NRDWP,  there  is  a  decrease  in  allocation  in  2015-16  which  is  Rs.  4373  crore (Revised Estimate) in view of enhanced devolution of funds to States under 14 th Finance Commission.  The  allocation  to  the  States  under  NRDWP  is  made  as  per  pre-approved criteria  as  envisaged  in  the  NRDWP  guidelines.  The  States  are  vested  with  powers  to select,  plan,  approve  and  implement  drinking  water  supply  schemes.    In  view  of  the reduced allocation States have been advised to allocate more funds from State resources and / or mobilize the funds from external / internal lending agencies.

|   Annexure S. No. | referred to in part State   |   No. 2249 Piped Water Supply facility in the country Number of Habitation %of People (Rural) |   10.03.2016. |
|-------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|                 1 | Andaman and Nicobar         |                                                                                           254 |         91.36 |
|                 2 | Andhra Pradesh              |                                                                                         36379 |         94.84 |
|                 3 | Arunachal Pradesh           |                                                                                          3391 |         55.35 |
|                 4 | Assam                       |                                                                                         31745 |         41    |
|                 5 | Bihar                       |                                                                                          3746 |          5.82 |
|                 6 | Chandigarh                  |                                                                                             0 |          0    |
|                 7 | Chhattisgarh                |                                                                                         13663 |         31.73 |
|                 8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli         |                                                                                             0 |          0    |
|                 9 | Daman &Diu                  |                                                                                             0 |          0    |
|                10 | Goa                         |                                                                                             0 |          0    |
|                11 | Gujarat                     |                                                                                         31602 |         96.44 |
|                12 | Haryana                     |                                                                                          7827 |        100    |
|                13 | Himachal Pradesh            |                                                                                         53175 |         97.1  |
|                14 | Jammu and Kashmir           |                                                                                         14978 |         94.5  |
|                15 | Jharkhand                   |                                                                                         11835 |         19.4  |
|                16 | Karnataka                   |                                                                                         63391 |        100    |
|                17 | Kerala                      |                                                                                         11556 |         96.9  |
|                18 | Lakshadweep                 |                                                                                             0 |          0    |
|                19 | Madhya Pradesh              |                                                                                         20785 |         37.65 |
|                20 | Maharashtra                 |                                                                                         70002 |         85.27 |
|                21 | Manipur                     |                                                                                          2726 |         97.51 |
|                22 | Meghalaya                   |                                                                                          6001 |         67.27 |
|                23 | Mizoram                     |                                                                                           675 |         93.91 |
|                24 | Nagaland                    |                                                                                          1326 |         90.43 |
|                25 | Odisha                      |                                                                                         35920 |         40.53 |
|                26 | Puducherry                  |                                                                                           118 |         55.31 |
|                27 | Punjab                      |                                                                                         13652 |         95.76 |
|                28 | Rajasthan                   |                                                                                         40393 |         52.17 |
|                29 | Sikkim                      |                                                                                          2095 |        100    |
|                30 | Tamil Nadu                  |                                                                                         99856 |        100    |
|                31 | Telangana                   |                                                                                         21769 |        100    |
|                32 | Tripura                     |                                                                                          6176 |         81.83 |
|                33 | Uttar Pradesh               |                                                                                          5695 |          1.15 |
|                34 | Uttarakhand                 |                                                                                         37908 |         73.74 |
|                35 | West Bengal                 |                                                                                         40000 |         47.88 |