Question : Drinking Water to All

(a) whether the Government maintains the State-wise data regarding the availability of piped drinking water/potable water;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has any plan to increase the access of drinking water/potable water to all;

(d) if so, the details thereof along with time-line of the scheme, State-wise;

(e) the details of the funds allocated in the Budget 2021 and the funds utilised;

(f) whether the Government is planning to increase the budget for the said purpose; and

(g) if so, the budget target thereof, State-wise?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI
(SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)
(a) to (d) Since August, 2019, Government of India in partnership with States is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) after subsuming erstwhile National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), to make provision of potable water at the service level of 55 litre per capita per day (lpcd) to every rural household through tap water connection, by 2024. At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission, out of 18.93 Crore rural households, 3.23 Crore (17%) households were reported to have tap water connections. So far, 5.72 Crore (29.63%) rural households have been provided with tap water connections in last 29 months. Thus, as of date, out of 19.28 Crore rural households in the country, 8.95 Crore (46.41%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes. The State/ UT-wise status of tap water connection in rural households across the country is at Annex-I.


Further, as reported by States/ UTs, as on 07.02.2022, out of 17.01 lakh rural habitations of the country, 13.22 lakh (77.68%) habitations having 77.90% population have provision of potable drinking water with supply level of more than 40 litre per capita per day (lpcd) and 3.44 lakh (20.24%) habitations having 20.39% population with supply level of less than 40 lpcd with sources at a reasonable distance and 0.35 lakh (2.08%) rural habitations having 1.71% population are reported to have water quality issues in drinking water sources.
The year-wise timelines finalized by States/ UTs for making provision of tap water supply to every rural household is as under:
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Goa Telangana
Bihar
Puducherry
A & N Islands
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Gujarat
Himachal Pradesh
Haryana
Uttarakhand
Ladakh
Manipur
Meghalaya
Punjab
Sikkim
Jammu & Kashmir Arunachal Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Mizoram
Nagaland
Tamil Nadu
Tripura Assam
Andhra Pradesh
Jharkhand
Maharashtra
Odisha
Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
In Goa, Telangana, Haryana, Puducherry, A & N Islands, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu; provision for tap water supply to all rural households has been made.

(e) to (g) Out of Rs. 45,011 Crore allocated for Jal Jeevan Mission in 2021-22, an amount of Rs. 28,681.89Crore (64%) has been released to the eligible States/ UTs so far. Further, in 2022-23, an amount of Rs.60,000 Crore as Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) have been proposed for the mission. After approval of the budget, the State/ UT-wise allocation is decided as per approved allocation criteria in the beginning of the financial year.

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