(a) the details of the progress made under the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) in the field of sanitation in the country including Chhattisgarh,
State/UT-wise;
(b) the details of the States which have not achieved MDGs; and
(c) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
(SHRI BHARATSINH SOLANKI)
(a)&(b): Target 7c, set under Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 7, seeks to halve, by
2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and
basic sanitation (based on 1990 data). This would imply that at least 54.7% of the
rural households should have access to sanitation by 2015 to meet MDG target.
According to the information presented in the WHO/UNICEF report on ‘Progress on Sanitation
and Drinking Water 2012 Update’, the use of sanitation facilities as a percentage of
population was 33% in rural areas of the country. As per Census 2011 also, 32.67 % of rural
households reported to have access to toilets.
No MDG targets have been set for the States, but based on above criteria, the targets have
been worked out & shown in Annexure-I along-with the status of achievement as per Census
2011. The states with higher positive values of gap between MDG targets & Sanitation Coverage
reported by Census 2011 are the ones, that are lagging behind.
(c): Government of India has designed a paradigm shift in Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC)
which is now called the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA), in the XIIth Five Year Plan. The
objective of NBA is to achieve sustainable behavior change with provision of sanitary
facilities in entire communities in a phased, saturation mode with “Nirmal Grams’ as
outcomes. Under NBA, following steps have been taken:
# A shift from motivating individual household toilet construction to covering whole
communities in a Gram Panchayat saturation mode for holistic sanitation outcomes.
The scope of providing incentives for individual household latrine units has been widened
to cover all APL households who belong to SCs, STs, small and marginal farmers, landless
labourers with homesteads, physically challenged and women headed households along-with all
BPL households. Financial incentive for construction of toilets has been raised for all
eligible beneficiaries to Rs. 4600/- from the earlier amount of Rs 3200/-.under NBA. In
addition upto Rs. 4500/- can be spent under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme for construction of the toilet. Along-with beneficiary contribution of
Rs. 900/-, the total unit cost of toilet is now Rs. 10000/-.
# More emphasis on Information Education Communication (IEC).with earmarked 15% of the
total outlay of district projects for IEC activities. With a view to give thrust to a
new approach towards IEC, the Ministry has launched a Communication and Advocacy Strategy
(2012-2017).
# Conjoint approach with National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) to ensure water
availability for sanitation in Gram Panchayats. Focused convergence of rural sanitation
with associated Ministries including Health, School Education, Women and Child Development
with NBA.