Question : Data on Construction of toilets under SBM

(a) the number of toilets constructed under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), year-wise from 2014 till date;

(b) whether the Government has taken any action to address reports that thirty per cent of the data reported for both Swachh Bharat Mission - Urban and Gramin on the official websites is manufactured;

(c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(d) whether the Government has investigated claims that twelve lakh toilets reported as constructed between 2014-2020 are actually fictitious;

(e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(f) the steps being taken to ensure that manufacturing of data does not continue?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI
(SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a) Under Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) [SBM(G)], 11.03 crore individual household latrines (IHHLs) have been constructed since 2014-15 as per the data reported by the States/UTs on the online Integrated Management Information System (IMIS). Year-wise number of IHHLs constructed are given below:

Year No. of IHHLs constructed
2014-15 56,64,911
2015-16 12,2,39,161
2016-17 2,12,57,643
2017-18 2,87,85,907
2018-19 2,36,47,518
2019-20 1,19,47,095
2020-21 47,66,117
2021-22 20,71,793
Total 11,03,80,145

Under Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) [SBM(U)], 62,64,914 individual household toilets have been constructed since 2014-15, as per the information received from Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MOH&UA). Year-wise details of toilets constructed under SBM (U) are not maintained by MoH&UA.

(b) to (f) No such report regarding manufactured data has been received. Geo-tagging of toilets has been made mandatory to ensure that manufactured data do not creep in.

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