Lok Sabha Question No. 4018 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: Integrated Low Cost Sanitation Scheme
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, DHARMENDRA YADAV, Shrirang Appa Barne

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4018

TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 23, 2015

## INTEGRATED LOW COST SANITATION SCHEME

No. 4018

SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received complaints from various parts of the country regarding malpractices followed in  the  implementation  of  Integrated  Low  Cost  Sanitation Scheme  (ILCSS)  for  conversion  of  dry  latrines  into  twin-pit pour  flush  latrines  and  construction  of  new  latrines  for  the economically weaker sections in the urban areas;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c)  the action taken by the Government to check these
- malpractices;
- (d)  the details of the financial assistance provided to each State and  UT  for  implementation  of  aforesaid  scheme  during  the last three years;

…….contd./-

- (e)      whether the States have requested the Government  to increase  the  prescribed  per  unit  cost  and  to  bear  the  90% cost  of  the  unit  and  if  so,  the  reaction  of  the  Government thereto; and
- (f)      the time by which a final decision is likely to be taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

## (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a): No, Madam.  The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty
- Alleviation has not received any such complaint
- (b)&(c):     In view of the above, question does not arise.
- (d):         The Integrated Low Cost Sanitation (ILCS) Scheme was a demand driven scheme and it has come to an end on 31 st March,  2014. Details of the financial assistance provided to  respective States during last three years is enclosed at Annexure-I.
- (e)to(f):    As the ILCS scheme has come to  an end on 31 st  March, 2014, there is no proposal to  increase the prescribed per unit  cost  and  the  quantum  of  the  Central  Government assistance for the scheme.

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## Annexure-I

## State/UT-wise details of funds released under the Integrated Low Cost Sanitation (ILCS) Scheme during each of the last three years

| Sl. No.       | Name of the State   | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2014-15         |
|---------------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|
| 1.            | ____                | ____      | ____      | Bihar           |
| 2.            | ____                | ____      | ____      | Uttar Pradesh   |
| 3.            | ____                | ____      | ____      | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 4.            | ____                | ____      | ____      | Nagaland        |
| 5.            | ____                | ____      | ____      | Uttarakhand     |
| 6.            | 19.20               | 0.42      | ____      | Maharashtra     |
| 7.            | ____                | ____      | ____      | Madhya Pradesh  |
| 8.            | ____                | ____      | ____      | Tripura         |
| 9.            | ____                | 3.75      | 0.67*     | Kerala          |
| 10. Rajasthan | ____                | ____      | ____      |                 |
| 11.           | ____                | ____      | ____      | West Bengal     |
| 12.           | ____                | ____      | ____      | Odisha          |
| 13.           | ____                | ____      | ____      | Jharkhand       |
| 14.           | ____                | 14.88     | ____      | Chhattisgarh    |
| 15.           | ____                | ____      | ____      | Manipur         |
|               | 19.20               | 19.05     | 0.67*     | Total           |

*Though the scheme came to an end on 31.3.2014, past liability of the scheme released in 2014-15.