Lok Sabha Question No. 2145 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-10
Subject: Construction of IHHL
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER

## Government of India Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2145 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10-03-2016

## Construction of IHHL

## 2145. SHRI V. ELUMALAI:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  achieved  just  above  half  of  the  set  target  on  construction  of Individual House Hold Latrines (IHHLs) under the sanitation scheme in the past five years and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether against the target to construct 426.32 lakh and 469.76 lakh Individual House Hold Latrines (IHHLs) for BPL and APL families respectively, only 223.32 IHHLs were constructed; and
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  construct IHHLs as per the target fixed in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

- (a) Since sanitation schemes are demand driven, no targets are fixed. However, the number of toilets constructed during the last five years and the current year is as under :-

|   S.N. | Year                     |   No. of toilets constructed |
|--------|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|      1 | 2010-2011                |                     12243731 |
|      2 | 2011-2012                |                      8798864 |
|      3 | 2012-2013                |                      4559162 |
|      4 | 2013-2014                |                      4976294 |
|      5 | 2014-2015                |                      5854987 |
|      6 | 2015-2016(Upto 7.3.2016) |                     10141587 |

(b) As per Baseline Survey 2012-13, 472.24 lakh BPL and 639.16 lakh APL households were without toilets. Against this, 95.90 lakh and 113.82 lakh Individual household latrines for BPLs and APLs have been constructed so far after the Baseline Survey 2012-13.

(c) The Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) {SBM-G} has been launched on 2 nd October, 2014. The SBM (G) aims at attaining Swachh Bharat by 2 nd October, 2019 by accelerating sanitation coverage in the rural areas. Under this programme, the following steps have been taken :-

- The focus of the  scheme  now  is  on  behavior  change  and  usage  of  toilets.  Community based  collective  behaviour  change  is  mentioned  as  preferred  approach,  although  the States are free to choose their approach.
- Provision of incentives for the construction of Individual household latrine (IHHL) has been raised to Rs.12000 for all Below poverty Line (BPL) households and to identified Above  Poverty  Line  (APL)  households  (all  SCs  /STs,  small  and  marginal  farmers, landless labourers with homestead, physically handicapped and women-headed households).
- The partial funding of incentive from MGNREGS has been stopped. The entire assistance now being provided under one programme.
- Flexibility has been provided to States in the implementation of the programme.
- Partnerships  of  various  stakeholders  working  on  rural  sanitation  including  Multilateral organisations, Civil Society Organisations, Self Help Groups (SHGs), Institutions etc. is being promoted.
- The budget for rural sanitation, was Rs.2300 crore and Rs. 2850 crore in 2013-14 and 2014-15 respectively. These have been increased to Rs. 6525 crore in 2015-16 and Rs. 9000 crore in 2016-17
- State/Regional  level  workshops  involving  all  the  key  stakeholders  such  as  Collectors, CEO, Zilla Panchayats, Chairmen Zilla Panchayats etc. are being held.
- Centre-State coordination has been increased.
- Social  media  [twitter  (@swachbharat),  Facebook  (Swachh  Bharat  Mission),  HIKE  and WhatsApp] is being extensively used for sharing innovative ideas and cross-learning.
- An  Expert  Committee  headed  by  Dr.  R.A.  Mashelkar  to  examine  various  Innovative Technologies has been formed. This committee has enlisted various innovative technologies and a Compendium consisting of such technologies has been published and uploaded in the website of the Ministry for benefits of various stakeholders.
- Quarterly exhibition of innovative technologies - Indovations are being held. Three such exhibitions were organized in New Delhi on 26-27th August 2014, 23-24 January 2015 and 2-3 July2015 wherein various innovative technologies in respect of Toilet, Solid and Liquid Waste Management and Water Treatment were showcased.