MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI ANNASAHEB M. K. PATIL)
(a) to (e): Drinking water supply being a State subject, schemes for providing drinking water facilities to rural areas including rural schools are implemented by the States from their own resources. The Government of India supplements the efforts of the States by providing financial assistance under the Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP). The powers to plan, sanction and implement Rural Water Supply schemes under the above programmes rests with the State Governments.
As per Sixth All India Educational Survey (September 1993), there are 6.37 lakh rural primary and upper primary schools in the country. Out of these, 2.85 lakh rural primary and upper primary schools have drinking water facilities and 3.52 lakh rural primary and upper primary schools were yet to be provided with drinking water supply facilities. Coverage of rural schools under Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme was undertaken with effect from 2000 - 2001 and it was proposed to cover about 1.50 lakh rural primary and upper primary schools under Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme. As per information received from the State Government till 10.7.2002, 41,349 rural schools have been covered with drinking water supply facilities under Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme. Balance 1,08,651 rural schools will be covered during the 10th Plan period. No separate funds are provided to States for this purpose and the funds allocated to the states under ARWSP can be used for this purpose.
School Sanitation is an integral part of the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) and one of the major components of the TSC Programme. As per the Guidelines of the Programme more than 10% of the Total project cost can be earmarked for providing sanitation facilities in Schools. So far, 1,67,966 toilets for schools have been sanctioned under the TSC of which 14,279 school toilets are sanctioned for Andhra Pradesh. The details of proposals received, projects sanctioned and funds released under the TSC during the last three years and till date State-wise are given in Annex. It has been decided to clear the remaining proposals as per the entitlement of the States and fulfillment of other conditions.
Annex
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN RESPECT OF PART (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3349
DUE FOR REPLY ON 6.8.2002 SANITATION IN RURAL SCHOOLS
Details of projects received, sanctioned and funds released under the Total Sanitation Campaign
(Rs. in lakhs)
State/UT 1999-2000 2000-2001 20001-2002 2002-2003
Proj Funds Proj Funds Proj Funds Proj Funds
Rec Sanc Rel Rec Sanc Rel Rec Sanc Rel Rec Sanc Rel
Andhra Pradesh 5 4 417.24 2 2 771.39 5 5 1877.09 11 4 482.36
Arunachal Pr. 2 2 25.48 - - 73.98 2 2 52.80 - - 0
Assam 3 3 133.22 - - 0 11 8 410.38 - - 0
Bihar 1 1 445.14 4 4 678.69 5 5 1663.56 1 - 1199.26
Chhatisgarh - - 0 1 1 0 - 0 229.33 - - 0
Goa - - 0 - - 0 1 0 0 - - 0
Gujarat 3 3 359.1 - - 0 2 2 0 - - 0
Haryana - - 0 3 3 214.23 1 1 62.06 - - 125.68
Himachal Pr. 1 1 6.85 1 1 19.91 - - 26.76 - - 28.65
J & Kashmir - - 0 2 2 122.05 - - 0 - - 0
Jharkhand 1 1 284.61 1 1 199.13 4 4 632.71 - - 17.95
Karnataka 3 3 536.05 - - 0 - 0 0 - - 0
Kerala - - 0 2 2 308.09 4 4 741.98 - - 0
Madhya Pradesh - - 0 5 5 772.55 3 3 219.17 3 - 0
Maharashtra 8 7 1113.62 4 2 1195.96 2 2 0 2 - 0
Manipur - - 0 1 1 48.08 - - 0 - - 0
Meghalaya - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 2 - 0
Mizoram - - 0 - - 0 3 - 0 - - 0
Nagaland - - 0 3 3 118.33 - - 0 1 1 0
Orissa 3 3 243.06 - - 971.06 5 5 567.83 4 - 357.63
Punjab - - 0 3 2 94.25 4 4 142.17 - - 52.67
Rajasthan 4 4 333.45 1 1 1285.23 4 4 0 1 - 0
Sikkim 2 2 17.98 - - 0 2 2 124.42 - - 0
Tamil Nadu 5 5 513.67 3 3 834.25 2 2 1688.99 6 6 601.83
Tripura - - 0 1 1 253.66 3 3 364.63 - - 0
Uttar Pradesh 4 4 170.49 8 8 1650.72 16 16 2348.85 - - 0
Uttaranchal - - 0 - - 0 1 1 34.62 - - 0
West Bengal 1 1 0 5 5 1300.03 7 7 1170.99 1 1 419.95
Pondicherry - - 0 - - 0 1 1 47.42 - - 0
D & N Haveli - - 0 - - 0 1 1 0 - - 3.15
Total 46 44 4599.96 50 47 10911.59 89 82 12405.76 32 12 3289.13
