Question : Piped Drinking Water Supply

(a) whether the Government is on track to achieve the target of providing piped drinking water supply to every household by 2024 under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) if so, the details thereof including annual targets set under the Mission and if not, the reasons therefor;


(b) the State-wise details of the number of households that have been provided piped drinking water supply under JJM since its inception;


(c) the details of funds allocated, State-wise under the Mission;

(d) the State-wise details of the number of households that do not have piped drinking water supply in the country including Telangana;

(e) the State-wise number of the districts where hundred percent of households do not have access to piped drinking water supply; and

(f) the details of funding for Mission Bhagiratha in Telangana to provide clean piped drinking water to every household, including loans from HUDCO, NABARD, Public Sector Banks and the expenditure from the State Government’s own resources?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI
(SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a) Since August, 2019, Government of India in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), to make provision of tap water connection to every rural household by 2024, with an estimated outlay of Rs. 3.60 lakh Crore.
On 15th August, 2019, at the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission, out of 18.93 Crore rural households, 3.23 Crore households (17%) were reported to have tap water connections. So far, 4.59 (24%) Crore rural households have been provided with tap water connections. Thus, as of date, out of 19.12 Crore rural households across the country, 7.82 Crore households (40.92%) are reported to have potable tap water supply in their homes.


The year-wise tap water connections to rural households (HHs) planned and achievement made so far are as under:
Year (Timeline) HHs planned for provision of tap water connections (cumulative) Achievement
(cumulative)
in % Number in Crore in % Number in Crore
31.03.2020 21 3.98 21.43 4.06
31.03.2021 34 6.44 38.48 7.29
31.03.2022 54 10.24 40.92 7.82*
* as on 27.07.2021

(b) Since announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission, the State-wise details of households provided piped drinking water supply, is available in the public domain at:

https://ejalshakti.gov.in/jjmreport/JJMIndia.aspx

(c) The State/ UT-wise details of fund allocation made under JJM in 2019-20, 2020-21 & 2021-22 is at Annex–I.

(d) The State/ UT-wise details of the number of rural households that are provided with tap water supply and those yet to be provided tap water connection in the country, including in Telangana, is at Annex–II.

(e) As on date, 74 districts across the country, including 32 in the State of Telangana, have been declared ‘Har Ghar Jal’ district i.e. every rural household in the district have started getting tap water supply. State-wise number of districts where 100% rural households are yet to have tap water connection is at Annex–III.

(f) Mission Bhagiratha is a scheme/ project of the State Government, and such information is not maintained by this ministry.

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