Question : RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL DRINKING WATER MISSION



(a) the details of the works initiated under the Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission in the country during the last two years and current year; and

(b) the amount provided and the number of villages benefited under these schemes during the said period. State-wise?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI A. NARENDRA)

(a) Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission aims at ensuring sustained availability of adequate quantity of safe drinking water and basic sanitation facilities in the rural areas of the country. In the rural drinking water sector, the Mission administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP) to render financial assistance to the States for the various activities viz.

# to cover not covered and partially covered habitations and rural schools

# to take up operation and maintenance of the existing rural water supply schemes

# to tackle water quality problems, and to establish water testing laboratories

# to take up projects on sustainability

# to take up Research and Development projects

# to take up Information, Education and Communication (IEC), Human Resource Development (HRD) activities and to set up Management Information System (MIS) for planning, monitoring and implementation of various activities in the sector.

In the rural sanitation sector, the Mission administers a Centrally sponsored scheme namely Central Rural Sanitation Programme (CRSP) and renders financial assistance to the States by sanctioning Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) projects. Funds are also provided for HRD & IEC in the sanitation sector.

(b) The State-wise details of the funds released under ARWSP during the last two years and in the current year as on 25.7.2005 and the habitations benefited may be seen at Annexure-I. TSC projects are sanctioned at the district level covering the entire rural area of the district. The State-wise details of the funds released under CRSP and the TSC projects sanctioned during last two years and in the current year as on 25.7.05 may be seen at Annexure-II..

Annexure I

The Statement referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1007 to be answered on 29.07.2005

S.No.	State	Amount released under various	Number of habitations benefited	components# of ARWSP	(as reported by States/UT`s)	(Rs. In crore)	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06(as	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06 (ason	on 25.7.05)	25.7.05)
1 Andhra Pradesh 314.84 371.97 126.24 69732 69732 69732 2 Arunachal Pradesh 36.76 69.47 50.04 3997 4045 4140 3 Assam 105.62 140.31 84.37 70179 70250 70317 4 Bihar 36.05 96.67 85.86 105340 105340 105340 5 Chhattisgarh 31.78 26.90 29.09 50379 50379 50379 6 Goa 0.13 0.00 0.15 392 392 395 7 Gujarat 145.68 113.27 69.96 30240 30268 30269 8 Haryana 34.83 29.64 20.41 6745 6745 6745 9 Himachal Pradesh 64.86 66.03 59.80 44793 45367 45367 10 J & K 150.59 150.22 118.97 10199 10407 10524 11 Jharkhand 25.01 31.66 3.68 99991 100096 100096 12 Karnataka 183.50 198.94 100.31 56682 56682 56682 13 Kerala 70.14 62.80 31.86 9535 9763 9763 14 Madhya Pradesh 112.17 120.27 85.17 109489 109489 109489 15 Maharashtra 230.02 292.62 165.38 85405 85538 85603 16 Manipur 17.02 21.03 1.63 2791 2791 2791 17 Meghalaya 22.14 30.35 1.86 8452 8623 8624 18 Mizoram 14.75 20.02 14.18 807 807 807 19 Nagaland 18.08 20.48 14.56 1453 1484 1484 20 Orissa 84.53 103.22 70.68 114099 114099 114099 21 Punjab 26.73 35.33 21.72 12260 12522 12646 22 Rajasthan 297.46 370.66 252.12 88986 90972 91646 23 Sikkim 6.31 8.32 5.99 1679 1679 1679 24 Tamil Nadu 134.92 161.59 68.78 66631 66631 66631 25 Tripura 27.04 23.96 17.54 7412 7412 7412 26 Uttar Pradesh 135.10 169.92 16.21 243508 243508 243508 27 Uttaranchal 27.63 38.94 32.41 30933 30951 30944 28 West Bengal 109.46 101.66 77.18 79036 79036 79036 29 A & N Islands 0.11 20.37 0.13 504 504 504 30 D & N Haveli 0.35 0.52 0.08 486 497 497 31 Daman & Diu 0.00 0.00 0.00 32 32 32 32 Delhi 0.01 0.00 0.06 219 219 219 33 Lakshadweep 0.01 0.00 0.00 10 10 10 34 Pondicherry 0.12 1.00 0.06 227 267 267 35 Chandigarh 0.00. 0.00 0.00 18 18 18 27 Total 2463.75 2898.14 1626.48 1412641 1416555 1417695

# Normal, DDP, PM`s programme, Sector reform/swajaldhara, calamity relief

Annexure II

The Statement referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1007 to be answered on 29.07.2005

S.No. State Amount released under CRSP TSC projects sanctioned (Rs. In crores) (No. of districts benefited) 003-04 2004-05 2005-06 (as 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06(as on 25.7.05) on 25.7.05)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 46.60 33.62 4.01 4 0 0 2 ARUNACHAL PR. 0.00 1.00 0.00 0 0 0 3 ASSAM 1.99 2.55 0.00 3 1 4 4 BIHAR 0.00 1.20 0.00 0 0 3 5 CHATTISGARH 0.00 11.00 4.16 2 1 1 6 Goa 1.35 0.00 1 0 0 7 GUJARAT 0.00 36.90 1.89 0 20 0 8 HARYANA 0.62 8.11 0.00 12 0 0 9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0.00 0.50 0.86 0 0 3 10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0.76 10.45 0.00 10 0 0 11 JHARKHAND 2.95 19.47 20.78 0 16 0 12 KARNATAKA 0.00 4.62 30.60 0 15 9 13 KERALA 8.64 8.06 1.07 0 0 0 14 MADHYA PRADESH 46.40 22.43 5.34 30 0 0 15 MAHARASHTRA 7.25 34.93 3.65 13 0 0 16 MANIPUR 1.04 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 17 MEGHALAYA 2.21 0.00 0.00 2 0 0 18 MIZORAM 0.12 0.60 0.00 1 0 0 19 NAGALAND 0.00 0.63 0.00 0 0 0 20 ORISSA 3.44 45.82 7.34 0 15 0 21 PUNJAB 0.00 7.00 0.00 9 0 0 22 RAJASTHAN 1.19 7.01 22.27 0 20 0 23 SIKKIM 0.38 0.74 0.00 0 0 0 24 TAMILNADU 27.71 29.72 36.52 6 1 9 25 TRIPURA 8.19 3.69 0.00 0 0 0 26 UTTAR PRADESH 31.20 34.75 15.05 29 0 0 27 UTTARANCHAL 0.13 5.03 0.57 7 0 0 28 WEST BENGAL 11.81 15.67 23.97 3 0 4 29 DADAR & NAGAR 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 HAVELI 30 DAMAN & DIU 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 31 PONDICHERRY 0.00 0.47 0.00 0 0 0 Total 202.63 347.32 178.08 132 89 33