MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SUNDAR LAL PATWA)
(a) to (h): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No.34 for reply on 25-7-2000.
(a) to (c): As per the norms adopted for providing drinking water facilities to the rural habitations of the country, forty litres per capita per day (lpcd) is to be provided for humans. In addition to this, a provision of 30 lpcd for animals could be provided in hot and cold desert/ecosystems in 227 blocks of 36 DDP districts of the country. A drinking water source is to be provided for every 250 persons and it should exist within 1.6 km of the habitation in plains or 100 meter elevation in hilly areas.
As per the information furnished by the State Governments the provisional status of coverage of rural habitations with drinking water facilities as on 1-4-2000, based on the above norms, is as under:
Type of coverage No. of habitations
Total 1422664 Fully Covered (FC) 1172728 Partially Covered (PC) 222493 Not Covered (NC) 27443
According to above statement there are only 27443 rural habitations which do not have access to drinking water facilities, as on 1-4-2000. The State-wise status of habitations `Not Covered` with drinking water facilities is at Annexure-I.
(d) to (g): Rural Drinking Water Supply is a State subject. State Governments have been implementing Rural Water Supply Programmes under the State Sector Minimum Needs Programme (MNP). The Central Government supplements the efforts of the State Governments by providing Central assistance under the Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP). Powers have been delegated to the State Governments to plan, sanction and implement individual Rural Water Supply Schemes.
The National Agenda for Governance envisages to provide safe drinking water to all rural habitations in the country in five years. Accordingly, all the States/UTs were requested to prepare action plans in order to attain this objective, clearly indicating the yearly requirement of funds. Based on the information furnished by the States/UTs, the Department of Drinking Water Supply has prepared a Comprehensive Action Plan to provide safe drinking water to all rural habitations in five years.
(h): Details are given at Annexure-II.
Annexure-I
Statement referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha
Starred Question No.34 for reply on 25-7-2000
S.No. State/UT Number of Not Covered habitations (as on 1.4.2000)
1 Andhra Preadesh 0
2 Arunachal Pradesh 440
3 Assam 1623
4 Bihar 625
5 Goa 16
6 Gujrat 293
7 Haryana 12
8 Himachal Pradesh 2738
9 J. & K. 2365
10 Karnataka 65
11 Kerala 842
12 Madhya Pradesh 2700
13 Maharashtra 2597
14 Manipur 74
15 Meghalaya 633
16 Mizoram 0
17 Nagaland 421
18 Orissa 448
19 Punjab 2050
20 Rajasthan 7864
21 Sikkim 0
22 Tamil Nadu 0
23 Tripura 696
24 Uttar Pradesh 845
25 West Bengal 0
26 A&N Islands 0
27 D&N Haveli 56
28 Daman & Diu 0
29 Delhi 0
30 Lakshadweedp 0
31 Pondicherry 40
TOTAL 27443
Annexure-II Statement referred to in reply to part (h) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.34 for reply on 25-7-2000 State-wise details regarding ARWSP funds released to the States/UTs during 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2000 and 2000-2001. (Rs.in lakh)
S.No. State/UT 1997-98 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001+
1 Andhra Preadesh 8711.18 9991.36 12534.37 11600.00
2 Arunachal Pradesh 2476.00 2163.82 1980.80 1746.00
3 Assam 2376.52 6417.00 2090.00 2949.00
4 Bihar 0.00 0.00 4690.00 0.00
5 Goa 196.50 0.00 0.00 0.00
6 Gujarat 5540.12 6951.35 7442.20 7085.00
7 Haryana 2269.16 2025.04 2407.24 971.50
8 Himachal Pradesh 1680.97 2913.27 3075.09 2545.50
9 J. & K. 4676.00 4659.41 3190.72 0.00
10 Karnataka 9285.00 10070.63 11409.40 5175.00
11 Kerala 3564.65 4673.49 3446.30 2883.00
12 Madhya Pradesh 8345.68 11061.14 12330.44 5554.50
13 Maharashtra 12087.19 16384.68 17302.37 0.00
14 Manipur 907.00 666.74 0.00 0.00
15 Meghalaya 743.20 1709.00 779.20 686.50
16 Mizoram 583.63 1017.66 696.00 490.50
17 Nagaland 211.00 796.90 579.20 0.00
18 Orissa 5038.39 4793.75 4847.93 0.00
19 Punjab 1713.99 2205.28 2320.64 1191.50
20 Rajasthan 10737.53 11941.63 12002.50 8180.50
21 Sikkim 435.60 1401.12 1045.59 325.00
22 Tamil Nadu 5834.38 10527.51 8958.28 3654.00
23 Tripura 762.00 2128.95 1662.00 608.00
24 Uttar Pradesh 15182.66 16297.06 14825.12 0.00
25 West Bengal 4411.46 6426.91 5606.45 3889.81
26 A&N Islands 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
27 D&N Haveli 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
28 Daman & Diu 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
29 Delhi 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
30 Lakshadweedp 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
31 Pondicherry 10.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 109678.81 137222.70 135220.84 59535.31 + as on 20-07-2000
