New Delhi, 28 March 2022: Since August, 2019, Government of India in partnership with States is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) – Har Ghar Jal to make provision of potable tap water supply to every rural household of the country 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, 6.03 Crore (31.21%) rural households have been provided with tap water connections in last two and half years. Thus, as of date, out of 19.32 Crore rural households in the country, 9.26 Crore (47.97%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes. The State/ UT-wise details are at Annexure -I.

As reported by States/ UTs, as on 24.03.2022, out of 17.01 lakh rural habitations of the country, 13.25 lakh (77.89%) habitations having 78.06% population have provision of potable drinking water with supply level of more than 40 litre per capita per day (lpcd) and 3.47 lakh (20.38%) habitations having 20.57% population with supply level of less than 40 lpcd with sources at a reasonable distance and 0.29 lakh (1.73%) rural habitations having 1.37% population are reported to have water quality issues in drinking water sources.

In 2019-20, a sum of Rs. 10,000.66 Crore was allocated for the mission and the entire amount was utilized. Similarly, in 2020-21, Rs. 11,000 Crore was allocated and utilized. Further, in 2021-22, so far, more than Rs. 37,765 Crore has been utilized for implementation of the mission.

As informed by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, AMRUT was launched on 25 June, 2015 in selected 500 cities across all States /Union Territories (UTs) with focus on providing infrastructure in the sectors of water supply, sewerage and septage management, storm water drainage, non-motorized urban transport, and green spaces and parks. So far, out of target of providing 139 lakh tap connections to achieve universal water supply coverage in the selected cities, 126 lakh household water tap connections have been provided under AMRUT and in convergence with other schemes. State-wise details of household tap connections provided under AMRUT and in convergence with other schemes at given at Annexure – II. Further, Government of India has launched AMRUT 2.0 on 01 October, 2021 for the period of 05 years (FY 2021-22 to 2025-26), with the objective of providing universal coverage of water supply through functional household tap connections in all statutory towns in the country.  AMRUT 2.0 focuses on making cities water secure through recycle/reuse of treated sewage, rejuvenation of water bodies and water conservation. AMRUT 2.0 focuses on making the cities ‘self-reliant’ and ‘water secure’.

Under AMRUT, States/UTs have taken projects for developing Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) of total capacity of more than 6,000 MLD, of which ~2,020 MLD capacity have already created and development of remaining STPs are under progress.  State-wise details of STPs set up / being set up under AMRUT are given at Annexure – III.

This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a written  reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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State/ UT-wise status of tap water connections in rural households

(as on 24.03.2022)

(Number in lakhs)

S. No. State/ UT Total rural HHs as on 15.08.2019 Rural HHs with tap water connection as on 15.8.2019 Total rural HHs as on date Rural HHs given tap water connections Rural HHs with tap water supply
No. In % 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 Total In % No. In%
1. A & N Islands 0.65 0.29 43.92 0.62  –  0.33  –  0.33  53.98  0.62  100.00
2. Andhra Pradesh 95.66 30.74 32.14 95.17  1.19  12.77  8.62  22.58  23.72  53.32  56.03
3. Arunachal Pradesh 2.18 0.23 10.46 2.20  0.13  0.65  0.34  1.12  50.96  1.35  61.30
4. Assam 63.35 1.11 1.76 63.35  0.49  5.07  15.34  20.90  33.00  22.02  34.75
5. Bihar 1,83.54 3.16 1.72 1,72.21  28.97  103.46  20.46  152.89  88.78  156.05  90.62
6. Chhattisgarh 45.48 3.20 7.03 48.59  0.96  1.51  4.18  6.65  13.68  9.85  20.26
7. DNH and D&D 0.6 0.00 0.00 0.85  –  0.25  0.61  0.85  100.00  0.85  100.00
8. Goa 2.63 1.99 75.70 2.63  0.31  0.33  –  0.64  24.30  2.63  100.00
9. Gujarat 93.03 65.16 70.04 91.77  1.06  10.95  9.09  21.09  22.98  86.25  93.98
10. Haryana 28.94 17.66 61.04 30.97  1.35  7.91  4.04  13.30  42.96  30.97  100.00
11. Himachal Pradesh 17.04 7.63 44.76 17.28  1.59  3.79  3.03  8.41  48.66  16.03  92.81
12. J&K 18.17 5.75 31.67 18.35  2.07  2.16  0.61  4.84  26.38  10.60  57.73
13. Jharkhand 54.09 3.45 6.38 59.23  0.95  3.00  4.09  8.04  13.57  11.49  19.40
14. Karnataka 89.61 24.51 27.35 97.92  0.21  3.43  18.67  22.31  22.79  46.83  47.82
15. Kerala 67.15 16.64 24.78 70.69  0.85  4.04  6.23  11.13  15.74  27.77  39.29
16. Ladakh 0.44 0.01 3.21 0.43  0.01  0.02  0.09  0.11  26.11  0.13  29.42
17. Madhya Pradesh 1,21.24 13.53 11.16 1,22.28  4.19  19.87  10.42  34.48  28.20  48.01  39.26
18. Maharashtra 1,42.36 48.44 34.03 1,46.09  5.45  37.09  11.04  53.58  36.68  102.02  69.83
19. Manipur 4.52 0.26 5.73 4.52  0.04  1.96  0.67  2.68  59.34  2.94  65.08
20. Meghalaya 5.9 0.05 0.77 5.90  0.02  0.87  1.28  2.17  36.81  2.22  37.58
21. Mizoram 1.27 0.09 7.24 1.33  0.16  0.34  0.10  0.60  44.94  0.69  51.85
22. Nagaland 3.86 0.14 3.60 3.77  0.02  0.48  0.90  1.39  36.90  1.53  40.58
23. Odisha 83.06 3.11 3.74 88.34  4.37  15.47  16.76  36.60  41.43  39.71  44.95
24. Puducherry 1.15 0.94 81.31 1.15  0.06  0.08  0.07  0.21  18.63  1.15  100.00
25. Punjab 35.07 16.79 47.86 34.40  0.76  8.18  8.53  17.47  50.78  34.25  99.57
26. Rajasthan 1,01.32 11.74 11.59 1,05.69  1.02  6.81  5.01  12.85  12.15  24.59  23.26
27. Sikkim 1.05 0.70 67.00 1.05  –  0.10  0.08  0.18  16.94  0.88  83.90
28. Tamil Nadu 1,26.89 21.76 17.15 1,26.89  0.17  16.13  14.46  30.76  24.24  52.52  41.39
29. Telangana 54.38 15.68 28.84 54.06  20.18  18.20  –  38.38  70.99  54.06  100.00
30. Tripura 8.01 0.25 3.06 7.60  0.46  1.42  1.47  3.35  44.03  3.59  47.26
31. Uttar Pradesh 2,63.39 5.16 1.96 2,64.28  4.66  19.16  6.50  30.32  11.47  35.48  13.43
32. Uttarakhand 14.62 1.30 8.91 15.18  0.87  4.32  2.41  7.60  50.04  8.90  58.62
33. West Bengal 1,63.26 2.15 1.31 1,77.23  0.05  12.48  22.73  35.25  19.89  37.40  21.10
  Total 18,93.91 3,23.62 17.07 19,32.00  82.62  3,22.62  1,97.82  6,03.06  31.21  9,26.68  47.97

Source: JJM – IMIS                            NR: Not Reported               HH: Household

Annexure -II

State/ UT-wise status of tap water connections

S. No. Name of States/UTs Total Tap Connection provided (Under AMRUT and in convergence)
States
1. Andhra Pradesh 3,93,073
2. Arunachal Pradesh 750
3. Assam 64,775
4. Bihar 5,75,536
5. Chhattisgarh 3,09,248
6. Goa 150
7. Gujarat 5,72,864
8. Haryana 3,30,836
9. Himachal Pradesh 22,563
10. Jharkhand 2,54,423
11. Karnataka 7,80,509
12. Kerala 2,16,474
13. Madhya Pradesh 13,51,140
14. Maharashtra 8,20,234
15. Manipur 28,947
16. Meghalaya 190
17. Mizoram 56,535
18. Nagaland 3,755
19. Odisha 4,92,723
20. Punjab 2,33,915
21. Rajasthan 6,86,704
22. Sikkim 3,907
23. Tamil Nadu 14,99,801
24. Telangana 5,43,710
25. Tripura 43,137
26. Uttar Pradesh 7,93,958
27. Uttarakhand 71,308
28. West Bengal 15,03,394
Union Territories
29. A&N Islands 7,198
30. Chandigarh 1,76,434
31. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 21,458
32. Daman & Diu 7,000
33. Delhi 7,53,791
34. Jammu & Kashmir 170
35. Ladakh 1,620
36. Lakshadweep
37. Puducherry 1,050
Total 1,26,23,280

Annexure -III

State-wise details of STPs constructed under AMRUT

 

S. No.

 

Name of States/UTs

Completed Ongoing Total
No. of STPs Sewage treatment capacity

(in MLD)

No. of STPs Sewage treatment capacity

(in MLD)

No. of STPs Sewage treatment capacity (in MLD)
States
1 Andhra Pradesh 22 187 22 187
2 Arunachal Pradesh 1 3 1 3
3 Chhattisgarh 4 263 4 263
4 Gujarat 23 1,082 17 606 40 1688
5 Haryana 14 56 8 232 20 288
6 Himachal Pradesh 2 21 2 21
7 Jharkhand 1 50 1 50
8 Karnataka 19 187 4 85 23 272
9 Kerala 1 5 9 35 10 40
10 Madhya Pradesh 18 441 13 529 31 970
11 Maharashtra 2 50 23 932 25 982
12 Meghalaya 1 2 1 2
13 Odisha 1 1 1 1
14 Punjab 2 35 7 446 9 481
15 Rajasthan 7 27 10 92 17 119
16 Tamil Nadu 3 92* 9 358 12 450
17 Telangana 2 18 2 18
18 Uttar Pradesh 1 20 11 370 12 390
19 Uttarakhand 4 49 4 49
20 West Bengal 1 4 1 4
Union Territories
21 D&N Haveli 1 4 1 4
22 Delhi 1 32 1 32
23 Jammu – Kashmir 1 4 1 2 2 6
  Total 95 2,023 149 4,297 244 6,320

*

Note: Out of 92 MLD treatment capacity created in Tamil Nadu, 90 MLD is for tertiary treatment.