(a) whether the funds provided by the Union Government to State Governments to augment water capacity are being utilised in all districts and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether pure drinking water is being supplied in all rural areas by utilising the said funds and if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the percentage of funds spent by the concerned State Governments on water conservation out of the funds allocated by the Union Government?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)
(a) to (c) Water resources development being a State subject, the planning including allocation of funds, execution, and operation and maintenance of projects are undertaken by the State Governments.
Ministry of Jal Shakti is implementing the Scheme for Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of water bodies which has multiple objectives like comprehensive improvement and restoration of water bodies thereby increasing tank storage capacity, groundwater recharge, increased availability of drinking water, improved agriculture/horticulture productivity, improved water use efficiency; by promotion of conjunctive use of surface and ground water. State-wise details of projects under RRR scheme are given at Annexure I.
Under National Rural Drinking Water Programme, the Ministry monitors the coverage of drinking water in terms of Fully Covered (FC) Habitations (that is, getting more than 40 Litres per capita per day (LPCD), Partially Covered (PC) habitations (that is getting less than 40 LPCD) and Quality Affected (QA) habitations (that is containing chemical contamination). As per information furnished by the State on integrated management information system ( IMIS), 81.03% of rural habitations are fully covered, 51.61% are partially covered and 3.36% are quality affected. Further, 76.25% of rural population is fully covered, 19.77% is partially covered and 3.98% is affected with contaminated water.
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Annexure- I
Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Unstarred Question No. †5266 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 25.07.2019 regarding “Utilisation of Funds”
Details of ongoing projects (since XII plan) under RRR of Water Bodies Scheme (up to June 2019)
( Rs. In Crore )
Sl. No. Name of State No. of water bodies included Estimated Cost Central share (CA) Cumulative Expenditure since XII Plan Cumulative release since XII Plan CA released in 2018-19 No. of completed water bodies Potential Planned
(in Lac ha) Potential restored
(in
Lac ha)
1 Andhra Pradesh 100 66.766 40.060 - 2.7 2.700 - 0.056 -
2 Bihar 27 64.934 31.276 - 6.255 6.255 - 0.101 -
3 Gujarat 61 102.908 61.745 - 8.8125 8.813 - 0.114 -
4 Madhya Pradesh 125 183.242 93.010 149.660 37.700 - 121 0.333 0.250
5 Manipur 4 65.442 58.900 14.970 10.367 - - 0.012 0.000
6 Meghalaya 9 11.432 10.290 5.512 5.183 - 4 0.011 0.008
7 Odisha 863 449.025 267.936 271.200 110.646 - 734 0.513 0.440
8 Rajasthan 68 187.820 86.736 106.16 50.228 - 52 0.132 0.102
9 Tamil Nadu 153 77.750 46.499 47.439 16.2514 7.028 104 0.038 0.000
10 Telangana 575 459.183 272.024 94.51 104.559 - 239 0.290 0.080
11 Uttar Pradesh 74 83.407 52.989 37.080 16.409 - - 0.034 0.000
12 Uttarakhand 5 12.490 11.240 1.408 0.000 - - 0.005 0.005
Grand Total 2064 1764.398 1032.704 727.94 369.12 24.795 1254 1.638 0.890
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