Question : TOILET FACILITIES



(a) the details of the amount allocated and utilised under the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC)/Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise including Haryana;

(b) whether no allocations/release were made to Haryana during the year 2012-13;

(c) if so, the reasons therefor; and

(d) the steps taken by the Government to allocate/release funds for sanitation coverage in the State?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINING WATER AND SANITATION (SHRI BHARATSINH SOLANKI)

(a) Since the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) is a demand driven scheme, no annual state-wise allocation is made. Details of Opening balance, central share released and utilised, State /UT-wise including Haryana during the last three years and current year under NBA is at Annexure-1.

(b) to (d) Yes Sir. State of Haryana had an opening balance of Rs. 11.32 crore as on 1-4-2012 and as the regularization of the previous year releases was still pending from the state in 2012-13, no funds were released to Haryana during 2012-13. However, in 2013-14, an amount of Rs. 131.17 crores has so far been released under the NBA to Haryana.