(a) the details of the proposals received by the Union Government from the State Governments to provide potable water in schools under the Swajaldhara since inception of the scheme, State-wise;
(b) the details of the projects cleared so far, state-wise; and
(c) the time by which the remaining projects are likely to be cleared?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI ANNASAHEB M.K.PATIL)
(a) 91 proposals specifically for providing potable water in schools were received from Andhra Pradesh under the Swajaldhara.
(b) & (c) None of the proposals could be considered as in all these cases there was no community contribution and the entire 10% contribution had been made from the MPLAD Programme Fund. This does not conform to the Swajaldhara Guidelines which provides for use of MPLAD Programme Funds only for bridging the gap between 10% of the capital cost and the actual fund mobilized by the community if there is genuine problem in mobilizing community contribution.