MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF
DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
(SHRI BHARATSINH SOLANKI)
(a) Government of India has designed a paradigm shift in Total
Sanitation Campaign(TSC) which is now called the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan
(NBA), in the XIIth Five Year Plan. The strategy adopted under NBA is to
transform rural India into ‘Nirmal Bharat’ by adopting the `community led`
`people centered` strategies and community saturation & demand driven
approach with emphasis on awareness creation and demand generation for
sanitary facilities in houses, schools and for cleaner environment.
Alternate delivery mechanisms would be adopted to meet the community needs.
The provision of incentives for individual household latrine
has been widened to cover all APL households who belong to SCs, STs, small
and marginal farmers, landless labourers with homesteads, physically
challenged and women headed households along-with all BPL households so
as to attain community outcomes. Convergence with MNREGS has been adopted
to facilitate the rural households with fund availability for creating
their own sanitation facilities.
Availability of water in the Gram Panchayat shall be an
important factor for sustaining sanitation facilities created. Rural
School Sanitation remains a major component and an entry point for wider
acceptance of sanitation by the rural people. Wider technology options
are being provided to meet the customer preferences and location-
specific needs. Intensive IEC Campaign is the corner stone of the programme
involving Panchayati Raj Institutions, Co-operatives, ASHA, Anganwadi
workers, Women Groups, Self Help Groups, NGOs etc.
More transparent system involving social audit and active
people’s participation in the implementation process of NBA has also
been introduced.
Under NBA following activities are undertaken:
# Motivate communities and Panchayati Raj Institutions promoting
sustainable sanitation facilities through awareness creation and health education.
# Extensive capacity building of the stake holders like Panchayati
Raj Institutions (PRIs), Village Water and Sanitation Committees (VWSCs)
and field functionaries for sustainable sanitation.
# Provision of Individual Household Latrine (IHHL) of both
Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Identified Above Poverty Line (APL) households
within a Gram Panchayat (GP). APL families not covered by the above
incentives will take up construction of the household latrines on their
own through motivation.
# Rural Sanitary Marts can be opened to provide materials, services
and guidance needed for constructing different types of latrines and other
sanitary facilities for a clean environment. and Production Centers
Production Centers are to be opened and operated to produce cost effective
affordable sanitary materials at the local level.
# To set up Community Sanitary Complex when there is lack of space
in the village for construction of household toilets and at public places,
markets, etc. where large scale congregation of people takes place and the
community owns up the responsibility of their operation and maintenance.
# To cover the remaining schools not covered under Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan (SSA) and Anganwadi Centres in the rural areas with proper
sanitation facilities and undertake proactive promotion of hygiene
education and sanitary habits among students.
# Develop community managed environmental sanitation systems
focusing on solid & liquid waste management for overall cleanliness
in the rural areas.
(b) and (c) Since NBA is demand driven programme, hence no state-wise
is target set. However State/UT-wise achievement made under the NBA
during the last three years is at Annexure-1.
(d) and (e) Based on the recommendation of a Working Group set up
by the Planning Commission, Government of India has reviewed the Total
Sanitation Campaign(TSC) and revamped the programme into Nirmal Bharat
Abhiyan ( NBA) w.e.f 01.04.12 with the objective to accelerate the
sanitation coverage in the rural areas so as to comprehensively cover
the rural community through renewed strategies and saturation approach.
Under NBA, 10 % of total budget is earmarked for tribal areas. Further
for hilly and difficult areas, additional financial assistance are being
provided as under against following components of NBA:
# Additional Rs 500 for construction of Individual Household Latrines(IHHLs)
# Additional Rs 2000 for Anganwadi toilets
# Additional Rs 3500 for school toilets
(f) to (g) Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) is one of the
key components to maintain overall cleanliness in the rural areas
therefore to improve the general quality of life in rural areas .
Under this component, activities like compost pits, vermin composting,
common and individual biogas plants, low cost drainage, soakage
channels/ pits, reuse of waste water and system for collection,
segregation and disposal of household garbage etc can be taken up.
Construction and maintenance of sewage as such is not being taken up
under NBA formerly known as TSC. During 11th and 12th plan period
total of Rs 153.74 crore and Rs 76.15 crore was spent respectively
on SLWM as per details at Annexure-2.
h) Under NBA, during 12th plan period Government of India is
implementing SLWM in project mode with focused funding. Assistance
for SLWM project is available on the basis of total number of households
in each Gram Panchayat(GP), subject to a maximum of Rs.7 lakh for a GP
having up to 150 households, Rs.12 lakh up to 300 households, Rs.15 lakh
up to 500 households and Rs.20 lakh for GPs having more than 500
households. Funding for SLWM project under NBA is provided by the
Central and State Government in the ratio of 70:30. Additional cost
requirement can be met with convergence of MGNGREGS or from
the State/GP funds.
