(a) the percentage of rural households in the country including Karnataka having access to toilets and tap water as per 2011 Census, State/UT-wise;
(b) whether it is a fact that less than 5 per cent of households get their drinking water from tap; and
(c) if so, the measures taken to supply safe drinking water through tap in every household of rural India?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION
(SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)
(a) The State/UT-wise percentage of rural households in the country including Karnataka having access to toilets and tap water as per 2011 Census is at Annexure-1.
(b) No Madam.
(c) The Strategic Plan prepared by the Ministry for the rural drinking water sector for the period 2011-2022, stresses on extending the piped water supply to more households in the rural areas. The interim goal till 2017, is to cover 50% of all rural households with piped water supply, and 35% of rural households with household connections. By 2022, the goal is to cover 90% rural households with piped water supply, with 80% having household connections.