(a) the details of the proposals received by the Union Government for rural sanitation during each of the last three years and till date, State-wise and scheme-wise;
(b) the details of proposals cleared/rejected/pending with the Government as on date alongwith the progress of projects, State-wise and scheme-wise;
(c) the time by which the remaining proposals are likely to be cleared; and
(d) the financial assistance provided for the purpose during 2000-2001 and till date, State-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SMT. RITA VERMA)
(a) and (b): The details of the proposals received/approved under the Central Rural
Sanitation Programme, as per the available information, during the last three years and till date, State-wise are given in Annexure-I.
(c): The National Scheme Sanctioning Committee has been constituted to approve and
sanction the Total Sanitation Campaign projects and the meeting is regularly convened for the approval of the projects. During the last three years, 14 project proposals have been received for Model Villages out of which, 9 proposals have been approved and the remaining 5 project proposals could not be considered because of limited availability of the funds. During the last three years, 6 Special projects were received out of which 2 project proposals have been approved and the remaining could not be considered and the reasons for non consideration of the projects have already been intimated to the concerned State Government. Under the Total Sanitation Campaign 13 project proposals are pending of which 6 projects could not be considered as they are not for the identified pilot districts. Remaining 7 projects will be considered by the Committee in the next meeting.
(d) The details of financial assistance provided for the purpose during 2000-2001 and till date, State-wise are given in Annexure-II.
Annexure-I
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN RESPECT OF PART(a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO.288 FOR REPLY ON 24-7-2001 REGARDING RURAL SANITATION SCHEME
`Details of projects received/approved, State-wise during the last three years and in the current year`
State/UT 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 (till date) No. of proj No. of proj No. of proj No. of projects Recvd Approved Recvd Approved Recvd Approved Recvd Approved Andhra Pradesh 2 1 7 5 3 2 5 5 Arunachal Pr. - - 2 2 - - - - Assam - - 3 3 - - - - Bihar - - 1 1 4 4 2 2 Chhatisgarh - - - - 1 1 - - Gujarat - - 3 3 - - - - Haryana - - - - 3 2 - - Himachal Pr. - - 1 1 1 - - - Jammu & Kashmir - - - - 2 2 - - Jharkhand - - 1 1 1 1 - - Karnataka - - 3 3 - - - - Kerala 8 6 5 3 3 2 - - Madhya Pradesh - - - - 5 5 - - Maharashtra - - 8 8 4 2 - - Manipur - - - - 1 1 - - Meghalaya - - - - - - - - Mizoram - - - - - - 2 - Nagaland - - - - 3 3 - - Orissa - - 3 3 - - 2 - Punjab - - - - 3 2 2 - Rajasthan - - 4 4 1 1 - - Sikkim - - 2 2 - - - - Tamil Nadu - - 5 5 3 3 - - Tripura - - - - 1 1 - - Uttar Pradesh - - 4 4 8 8 - - West Bengal - - 1 1 5 5 2 1 Pondicherry - - - - - - 1 -
Total 10 7 53 49 52 45 16 8