Question : Households Lacking Toilet Facility

(a) whether the Union Government has conducted any survey to find out the number of rural households lacking toilet facility till date and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether the Government has taken various steps to construct toilets in all the rural households in the country and if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government has set any target to achieve the said goal and if so, the details thereof;
(d) if not, the steps being taken by the Government to achieve its target to construct toilet in all rural households in the country; and
(e) the details of the funds earmarked and spent for the said purpose till date?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION
(SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)
(a) To assess the status of sanitation coverage in rural areas of the country, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation had conducted a Baseline Survey in 2012-13 through the States/UTs. As per the Survey, 10,10,90,953 rural households were not having toilets. Out of these,till 23.7.2018, 8,08,42,133 individual household latrines (IHHLs)have been constructed and 2,02,48,820 households are still not having toilets.
(b)&(c)Government had launched the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) [SBM(G)] with effect from 2ndOctober, 2014 with the aim to achieve universal sanitation coverage by 2ndOctober, 2019 by providing access to toilet facilities to all rural households in the country.Under SBM(G), to encourage construction and use of toilets, financial incentive of Rs.12,000 [in the ratio of 60:40 between the Centre and States(90:10 in case of North-Eastern and special category States)] is provided to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) households and certain identified categories of Above Poverty Line (APL) households. The programmeemphasises on behaviour change among people through community approach to sanitation in order to ensure construction and usage of toilets. The programme also focuses on Information, Education and Communication (IEC), interpersonal communication (IPC), and capacity building activities.
(d) Does not arise.
(e) The details of funds allocated and spent under the programme are as under:
(Amount in Rs. crore)
Year Funds allocated Funds spent
2014-15 2850.00 2849.95
2015-16 6525.00 6524.52
2016-17 10513.94 10509.03
2017-18 16950.43 16941.96
2018-19 15343.10 7515.00
Total 52,182.47
44,340.46