
## Demand For Grants 2019-20 Analysis Drinking Water And Sanitation

The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation 
is the nodal agency responsible for policy planning, 
funding and coordination of programs for safe 
drinking water and sanitation in rural areas of the 
country.  It is responsible for the monitoring and 
implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin 
(SBM-G) and the National Rural Drinking Water 
Programme (NRDWP).1  The Department was an 
independent ministry from 2011 to 2019.  In 2019, 
it was integrated within the newly constituted 
Ministry of Jal Shakti.  

## Overview Of Finances

In the Union Budget 2019-20, the Department has 
been allocated Rs 20,016 crore.  This is an increase 
of Rs 23 crore (0.1%) over the revised estimates of 
2018-19. 

Over the past ten years, the allocation to the 
Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation has 
seen an annual average increase of 6.6%.  The 
department saw the highest increase of 49% in 
2016-17, over the previous year.  This year the 
estimated expenditure has seen a marginal decrease 
of 0.1%, over the revised expenditure estimates of 
2018-19.  These trends are illustrated in Figure 1. 

Expenditure by the Department is primarily 
towards the two major schemes, the National Rural 
Drinking Water Program (NRDWP), and the 
Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin (SBM-G).  Table 
1 provides the trends in budgetary allocation 
towards these schemes in the last three years. 

SBM-G has seen a 31% decrease in its allocation in 
2019-20, over the revised estimates of 2018-19.  

Anurag Vaishnav anurag@prsindia.org 
3rd Floor, Gandharva Mahavidyalaya  212, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg  New Delhi - 110002 
Tel: (011) 43434035-36, 23234801-02  www.prsindia.org On the other hand, NRDWP has seen an increase of nearly 82% in its allocation in 2019-20, over the revised estimates of 2017-18.  

% change 
Revised 
Budgeted 
Major head 
Actual 
17-18 
18-19 
19-20 
(2019-20 BE/ 
2018-19 RE) 
SBM-G 
16,888  
14,478 
9,994  
-31.0% 
NRDWP 
7,038  
5,500  
10,001 
81.8% 
Secretariat 
13 
15 
22 
45.1% 
Total 
23,939 
19,993 
20,016 
0.1% 

Note: RE is Revised Estimates, BE is Budget Estimates. Sources: Demands for Grants 2019-20, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation; PRS. 

In the last 10 years, the Department's expenditure 
has witnessed a gradual shift towards higher 
allocation to rural sanitation, as proportion of total 
expenditure of the Department.  The expenditure on 
rural sanitation as a proportion of the total 
expenditure of the department increased from 13% 
in 2009-10 to 72% in 2018-19.  The expenditure on 
drinking water as a proportion of the total 
expenditure of the department decreased from 87% 
in 2009-10 to 28% in 2018-19.   

Sources: Union Budgets 2009-10 to 2018-19; PRS. 

However, for 2019-20, the expenditure on both 
drinking water and rural sanitation is estimated be 
nearly equal (approximately Rs 10,000 crore or 
50% of the total expenditure of the department).  
This implies a realigned focus towards the drinking 
water component in allocation (allocation for 
NRDWP has increased by nearly 82% in the budget 
estimates for 2019-20).  

Figure 3 shows the actual expenditure as a % of the budgeted expenditure for the department for the last 10 years.  Between 2009-15, the utilisation of expenditure was lower than the budgeted expenditure. Since then, the Department has been spending more than the allocated amount.  The actual expenditure in 2015-16 was 177% of the budgeted expenditure.  However, as per the revised estimates of 2018-19, the expenditure was 11% less than the budgeted estimate for the year.  
Note: The expenditure figure for 2018-19 is the revised estimate. Sources: Union Budgets 2009-10 to 2018-19; PRS. 

## Key Issues And Analysis

In this section, we discuss the major issues regarding the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin and the National Rural Drinking Water Programme. 

## Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin

The rural sanitation programme in India was introduced in the year 1954 as a part of the first five-year plan of the government of India.  The 1981 Census revealed rural sanitation coverage was only 1%.2 In 1999, the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) was launched to increase awareness and generate demand for sanitary facilities in the country.  In 2012, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan was launched as a successor to the TSC to accelerate the sanitation coverage in rural areas.3 The Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) was restructured into Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) in September 2014.4  The Mission was officially launched on October 2, 2014 with an aim to achieve universal sanitation coverage, improve cleanliness and eliminate open defecation in the country by October 2, 2019.5 In 2019-20, the Mission has been allocated Rs 9,994 crore, which is a decrease of 31% from the revised estimate of 2018-19.  The allocation for 

rural sanitation schemes increased from Rs 1,280 
crore in 2009-10 to Rs 16,888 crore in 2017-18.  
Since then, the allocation towards the Mission has 
seen a decrease (Rs 14,478 crore in 2018-19 and Rs 
9,994 crore in 2019-20).  Figure 4 illustrates the 
expenditure on rural sanitation scheme for the last 
10 years, and the expenditure as a proportion of the 
total allocation to the Department.  

 
Note: Values for 2018-19 and 2019-20 are revised estimates and budget estimates respectively. Sources: Union Budgets 2009-10 to 2019-20; PRS. 

Expenditure on rural sanitation has increased at an 
annual growth rate of 20.3% over the last 10 years.  
The increase has been most significant from 2015-
16 onwards, after the launch of SBM-G.   

The rural and urban component of the scheme 
together got the tenth highest allocation (Rs 12,644 
crore) among all the centrally sponsored schemes 
in Union Budget 2019-20.  However, while the 
allocation to the rural component witnessed a 
decline of 31%, the urban component saw an 
increase of 6% in the budget estimates for 2019-20, 
as compared to the revised estimates of 2018-19.     

The required central fund as estimated in SBM-G 
for the five year period from 2014-15 to 2018-19 is 
Rs 1,00,447 crore.6  Of this, so far Rs 61,388 (61%) 
has been allocated for the scheme.  This implies 
that 39% of the funds are still left to be released. 

Utilisation of expenditure:  Table 2 shows the 
trends in budget allocation and actual expenditure 
on rural sanitation over the past 10 years.  Note that 
in the past few years, actual expenditure on SBM-G 
has overshot the budget estimates a few times.  In 
2016-17, it was 116% and in 2017-18, it was 121%.  
However, in 2018-19, the revised expenditure was 
94% of the budgeted expenditure.  

 

rural sanitation (Rs crore)  
| Year    | Budgeted    | Actuals    | % of Budgeted    |
|---------|-------------|------------|------------------|
| 2009-10 | 1,080       | 1,200      | 111%             |
| 2010-11 | 1,580       | 1,580      | 100%             |
| 2011-12 | 1,650       | 1,500      | 91%              |
| 2012-13 | 3,500       | 2,474      | 71%              |
| 2013-14 | 3,834       | 2,244      | 59%              |
| 2014-15 | 4,260       | 2,841      | 67%              |
| 2015-16 | 3,625       | 6,703      | 185%             |
| 2016-17 | 9,000       | 10,484     | 116%             |
| 2017-18 | 13,948      | 16,888     | 121%             |
| 2018-19 | 15,343      | 14,478     | 94%              |

Note: The 'utilised' figure for 2018-19 is the revised estimate. Sources: Union Budgets 2009-10 to 2018-19; PRS. 

Construction of Individual Household Latrines 
(IHHLs):  The cost for constructing a household toilet was increased from Rs 10,000 to Rs 12,000 in September 2014 when the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan was restructured into SBM-G.7  This cost for constructing toilets is shared between the centre and the state in the ratio of 60:40.  As of June 2019, a total of 9.69 crore toilets have been constructed. Table 3 shows the construction of household toilets since the inception of the scheme.  Although the number of toilets constructed each year has increased, a year-on-year growth rate indicates that the pace of construction of toilets has come down.   

Table 3: Toilets constructed since 2014-15 
Year 
Toilets 
Total toilets 
constructed 
Yearly % 
change 
Constructed 
in the year 
2014-15 
48,93,946 
48,93,946 
- 
2015-16 
1,25,51,903 
1,74,45,849 
156% 
2016-17 
2,18,01,807 
3,92,47,656 
74% 
2017-18 
2,97,95,687 
6,90,43,343 
37% 
2018-19 
2,78,99,480 
9,60,42,823 
-6% 

Sources: Management Information System Reports of SBM; PRS.  
As per the Department, 38.7% of the rural households had access to toilets in October 2014, which has increased to 99.4% in June 2019.8 Nearly all states have achieved 100% coverage for construction of toilets.  The only states without full coverage are Goa (76.2% coverage), Odisha (88.1% coverage) and Telangana (98.6% coverage). State-wise coverage of household toilets is provided in Table 6 in the Annexure.  Figure 5 
illustrates the total coverage of household toilets since the inception of the SBM programme.   
 
Sources: Management Information System Reports of SBM; PRS.  

Open Defecation Free (ODF) villages:  Under 
SBM-G, a village is declared as ODF when: (i) 
there are no visible faeces in the village, and (ii) 
every household as well as public/community 
institution uses safe technology options for faecal 
disposal.9   

After a village declares itself as ODF, states are 
required to verify the ODF status of such a village.  
Since sanitation is a state subject, the department 
has set some broad guidelines for ODF verification.  
This includes indicators that are in accordance with 
the ODF verification definition, such as access to a 
toilet facility and its usage, and safe disposal of 
faecal matter through septic tanks  

Note that as per the National Family Health 
Survey-4 (2015-16), only 37% of households in 
rural areas were using improved sanitation 
facility.10  Such a facility implies that toilets have a 
faecal disposal system that could include flush to 
piped sewer system, or flush to septic tank, or flush 
to pit latrine, and is not shared with any other 
household. 

As per the Management Information System of 
SBM-G, a total of 5,68,700 villages across 622 
districts in 30 states and union territories have been 
declared as ODF as of June 2019.  Of these, 
5,11,052 villages (89.9%) have been verified as 
ODF.  Figure 6 illustrates the number of villages 
declared as ODF, number of villages verified as 
ODF and the proportion of villages verified as ODF 
since the inception of the scheme in 2014.   

The proportion of villages which have been 
verified as ODF has increased from 37.9% in 2015-
16 to 89.9% in June 2019.  Note that the proportion 
of ODF verified villages has only increased by 1% 
in the last year.  

Sources: Management Information System Reports of SBM; PRS.  The total number of villages is taken from Census 2011. 

State-wise details on the number of villages declared and verified ODF is presented in Table 7 in annexure. The National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS) 2018-19, conducted by an independent verification agency under the World Bank support project to SBM-G confirmed 90.7% of the surveyed villages to be ODF.11  The NARSS was conducted between November 2018 and February 2019 and covered 92,040 households in 6,136 villages across the country.  It also found that 96.5% of the households in rural India who have access to a toilet use it.12  
Budget Announcement:  The Union Budget 2019-
20 announced that Swachh Bharat Mission will be expanded to undertake sustainable solid waste management in every village of the country.13  

## National Rural Drinking Water Programme

The National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) aims at assisting states in providing adequate and safe drinking water to the rural population in the country. 14  Rural drinking water programs have existed in various forms since 1972- 73, starting with the Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme, followed by a Technology Mission in 1986.15  Subsequently, the Sector Reform Project was initiated in 1999-2000, with an aim to involve the rural community in planning, implementation and management of drinking water schemes.  From 2009, it has been renamed as the National Rural Drinking Water Programme. 

Fund sharing pattern:  Rural water supply is a state subject.  The centre-state fund sharing pattern within the scheme for the components of coverage of habitations, quality of water and operation and maintenance of projects is: (i) 50:50 for all states, and (ii) 90:10 for north-east and Himalayan states.16   

The Programme also has provision for SCs and STs 
(22% and 10% of the funds are earmarked for use 
in SC and ST dominated areas respectively) and 
north-eastern states (10% of the funds are 
earmarked for the north-eastern states).  Further, 
2% of allocation of funds is earmarked for 60 high 
priority Japanese Encephalitis (JE) / Acute 
Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) affected district 
identified by the Ministry of Health and Family 
Welfare.17  

For the components of monitoring and surveillance 
of water quality, sustainability of water sources, 
and support activities like awareness generation, 
the centre-state fund sharing pattern within the 
scheme is: (i) 60:40 for all states, and (ii) 90:10 for 
north-east and Himalayan states.  The centre funds 
the scheme entirely for union territories.18 

NRDWP accounts for 50% of the department's 
finances this year.  In 2019-20 it has been allocated 
Rs 10,001 crore, which is an increase of 81.8% 
from the revised estimates of 2018-19.  In 2018-19, 
the scheme was allocated Rs 7,000 crore.  
However, the expenditure on the scheme for 2018-
19 was only Rs 5,500 crore (1,500 crore less than 
the budget estimate).  Figure 7 shows the 
expenditure on NRDWP over the years. 

Values for 2017-18 and 2018-19 are revised estimates and budget estimates respectively. Sources: Union Budgets 2009-10 to 2018-19; PRS. 

As can be noted from the figure above, from 2009-
10 to 2013-14, the expenditure on NRDWP 
accounted for about 80%-90% of the department's 
budget.  From 2013-14 onwards, the allocation to 
the scheme has been reducing.   

The Standing Committee (2016-17) examining the 
scheme had observed that reduction in budget for 
NRDWP will affect the coverage and tackling of 
water quality problems in rural areas.19,20  In 2019-
20, however, the expenditure on NRDWP has seen 
an 81.8% increase.   

Budgeted versus actual expenditure:  Table 4 
shows the trends in allocation and actual expenditure on NRDWP over the past ten years. The actual expenditure saw a decline in 2014-15, which could be a reason for the reduction of funds at the budget estimates stage in 2015-16.  However, the actual expenditure in 2015-16 was 167% more than the budget estimates.  Note that during 2015- 18, the actual expenditure on NRDWP has overshot the budget estimates significantly. 

Table 4: Budgeted versus actual expenditure on NRDWP (Rs crore) 
Year 
Budgeted 
Actuals 
% of Budgeted 
2009-10 
8,120 
7,996 
98% 
2010-11 
9,000 
8,985 
100% 
2011-12 
9,350 
8,493 
91% 
2012-13 
10,500 
10,489 
100% 
2013-14 
11,426 
9,691 
85% 
2014-15 
11,000 
9,243 
84% 
2015-16 
2,611 
4,369 
167% 
2016-17 
5,000 
5,980 
120% 
2017-18 
6,050 
7,038 
116% 
2018-19 
7,000 
5,500 
79% 

Note: The 'utilised' figure for 2018-19 is the revised estimate. Sources: Union Budgets 2009-10 to 2018-19; PRS. 

CAG report on 'Performance Audit of National Rural Drinking Water Programme' (2018) noted that of the Rs 89,956 crore of available funds (central funds + state funds) under the programme for the years 2012-17, nearly 10% (Rs 8,788 crore) remained untilised.21  Further, Rs 359 crore of scheme funds was diverted for ineligible purposes. The report also pointed out that poor programme management resulted in work remaining incomplete, abandoned or non-operational.    
Target versus achievements:  In 2011, the Ministry came out with a strategic plan for the period from 2011-22.22  It set out a goal that by 2022, every person in rural areas in the country will have access to 70 Litres Per Capita Per Day (LPCD) of water within their household premises or at a distance of not more than 50 metres.  It identified three standards of service: 

i. 
Piped water supply with all metered, household connections (designed for 70 LPCD); 
ii. 
Basic piped water supply with a mix of household connections, public taps and handpumps (designed for 55 LPCD); and  
iii. 
Handpumps, protected open wells, protected ponds, etc. (designed for 40 LPCD). 
The revised guidelines of the NRDWP in 2015 raised the drinking water supply norms from 40 LPCD to 55 LPCD.23 

As of July 2019, a total of 13,87,480 habitations 
(81%) were fully covered under the programme, 
and a total of 2,69,465 habitations (15.6%) were 
partially covered under the programme.24  Hence, 
96.6% of the rural households have access to safe 
drinking water under the programme.  State-wise 
details on habitations covered under NRDWP are 
listed in Table 8 in annexure.  

 
Source: Starred Question No. 199, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Lok Sabha; PRS. 

Note that while the coverage under NRDWP has 
improved, the coverage of piped-water-supply 
(PWS) remains low.  As of July 2019, only 18.33% 
of rural households have PWS connections.25  The 
proportion of households with PWS connections 
for different states is listed in Table 9 in annexure.  

Sources: Integrated Management Information System Reports 2014-15 to 2018-19, National Rural Drinking Water Programme; PRS. 

Budget Announcement:  The Union Budget 2019-
20 has announced that the government will ensure 
'Har Ghar Jal', or piped-water-supply (PWS) to all 
rural households by 2024, under the Jal Jeevan 
Mission.26  This implies that the remaining 81.7% 
of the households will have to be covered under the 
PWS in the next five years.  

Contamination of drinking water:  The Estimates 
Committee in its report on 'Evaluation of Rural 
Drinking Water Programmes' (2015) noted that 
NRDWP is over-dependant on ground water.27 The 
Committee also noted that ground water is affected 
by arsenic and other contaminants in several 

districts of the country.  Table 5 shows the number of habitations affected due to the presence of Flouride, Arsenic, Iron, Nitrate and other contaminants.  As of January 1, 2019, 3.6% of the total habitations were affected by contamination of ground water.28  

of groundwater (as of January 1, 2019) 
| Contaminants    | Number of affected    | % of affected    |
|-----------------|-----------------------|------------------|
| habitations     | habitations           |                  |
| Arsenic         | 15,795                | 0.9%             |
| Fluoride        | 9,655                 | 0.6%             |
| Heavy Metal     | 2,106                 | 0.1%             |
| Iron            | 18,939                | 1.1%             |
| Nitrate         | 1,562                 | 0.1%             |
| Salinity        | 13,494                | 0.8%             |
| Total           | 61,551                | 3.6%             |

                                                           
2 Background of Sanitation in India, Guidelines for Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin, http://swachhbharatmission.gov.in/sbmcms/writereaddata/image s/pdf/Guidelines/Complete-set-guidelines.pdf. 3 Background of Sanitation in India, Guidelines for Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin, http://swachhbharatmission.gov.in/sbmcms/writereaddata/image s/pdf/Guidelines/Complete-set-guidelines.pdf. 4 Review of Sanitation Programme in Rural Areas, 8th Report, Committee on Estimates 2014-15, Lok Sabha, http://164.100.47.193/lsscommittee/Estimates/16_Estimates_8.p df. 5 About SBM, Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin, http://swachhbharatmission.gov.in/SBMCMS/about-us.htm. 6 Review of Sanitation Programme in Rural Areas, Committee on Estimates 2014-15, Lok Sabha, http://164.100.47.193/lsscommittee/Estimates/16_Estimates_8.p df. 7 Review of Sanitation Programme in Rural Areas, Committee on Estimates 2014-15, Lok Sabha, http://164.100.47.193/lsscommittee/Estimates/16_Estimates_8.p df. 8 Swachh Bharat Mission- Gramin, http://sbm.gov.in/sbmdashboard/IHHL.aspx. 9 Open Defecation Free (ODF) Sustainability Guidelines, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, http://swachhbharatmission.gov.in/sbmcms/writereaddata/image s/pdf/guidelines/Guidelines-ODF-sustainability.pdf. 10 India Fact Sheet, National Family Health Survey - 4, 2015-16, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, http://rchiips.org/NFHS/pdf/NFHS4/India.pdf. 11 'Independent Verification of Swachh Bharat Grameen confirms over 96% usage of toilets', Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Rural Development, March 5, 2019. 12 'Independent Verification of Swachh Bharat Grameen confirms over 96% usage of toilets', Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Rural Development, March 5, 2019. 13 'Key Highlight of Union Budget 2019-20', Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Finance, July 5, 2019. 14 About NRDWP, National Rural Drinking Water Programme, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, https://nrdwp.gov.in/about-nrdwp. 15 Evaluation Study on Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission, November 2010, Sources: Unstarred Question No. 2738, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Rajya Sabha,  PRS. 

The National Water Quality Sub-Mission was 
launched in March, 2017 to provide safe drinking 
water to arsenic and fluoride affected habitations 
over a span of 4 years.29  

Chemical contamination of ground water has also 
been reported due to deeper drilling for drinking 
water sources.  It has been recommended that out 
of the total funds for NRDWP, allocation for water 
quality monitoring and surveillance should not be 
less than 5%.30  Presently, it is 3% of the total 
funds.  It has also been suggested that water quality 
laboratories for water testing should be set up 
throughout the country. 

http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/peoreport/peoevalu/pe
o_rgndwm.pdf. 

16 About NRDWP, National Rural Drinking Water Programme, 
Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal 
Shakti, https://nrdwp.gov.in/about-nrdwp. 

17 Annual Report 2017-18, Department of Drinking Water and 
Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, https://jalshakti-
ddws.gov.in/sites/default/files/Annual_Report_2017-
18_English.pdf. 

18 About NRDWP, National Rural Drinking Water Programme, 
Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal 
Shakti, https://nrdwp.gov.in/about-nrdwp. 

19 Demand for Grants 2016-17, Ministry of Drinking Water and 
Sanitation, Standing Committee on Rural Development 2015-
16, 
http://164.100.47.193/lsscommittee/Rural%20Development/16_
Rural_Development_23.pdf.  

20 Demand for Grants 2017-18, Ministry of Drinking Water and 
Sanitation, Standing Committee on Rural Development 2016-
17, 
http://164.100.47.193/lsscommittee/Rural%20Development/16_
Rural_Development_35.pdf.  

21 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on 
Performance Audit of National Rural Drinking Water 
Programme, Report No. 15 of 2018, 
https://cag.gov.in/sites/default/files/audit_report_files/Report_N
o_15_of_2018_-
_Performance_Audit_on_National_Rural_Drinking_Water_Prog
ramme_in_Ministry_of_Drinking_Water_and_Sanitation.pdf. 

22  "Ensuring Drinking Water Security in Rural India", Strategic 
Plan 2011-12, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, 
Ministry of Rural Development, 
http://mdws.gov.in/sites/default/files/StrategicPlan_2011_22_W
ater.pdf.  

23 National Rural Drinking Water Programme Guidelines 2013, 
http://www.mdws.gov.in/sites/default/files/NRDWP_Guidelines
_2013_0.pdf. 

24 'Drinking Water Coverage', Starred Question No. 199, 
Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal 
Shakti, Lok Sabha, answered on July 4, 2019. 25 'Piped Water Supply', Unstarred Question No. 2055, 
Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal 
Shakti, Lok Sabha, answered on July 4, 2019.  

26 'Providing access to safe and adequate drinking water to all 
Indians is a priority of the Government', Press Information 
Bureau, Ministry of Finance, July 5, 2019.  

27 Evaluation of Rural Drinking Water Programmes, Committee 
on Estimates 2014-15, Lok Sabha, 
http://164.100.47.193/lsscommittee/Estimates/16_Estimates_2.p
df. 

                                                                                                                                                                                     
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## Annexure Table 6: State-Wise Coverage Under Ihhl (June 2019)

|   Sr. No.   | State             |   % households under IHHL   |
|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|          1  | A & N ISLANDS     |                      100    |
|          2  | ANDHRA PRADESH    |                      100    |
|          3  | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                      100    |
|          4  | ASSAM             |                      100    |
|          5  | BIHAR             |                      100    |
|          6  | CHANDIGARH        |                      100    |
|          7  | CHHATTISGARH      |                      100    |
|          8  | D & N HAVELI      |                      100    |
|          9  | DAMAN & DIU       |                      100    |
|         10  | GOA               |                       76.22 |
|         11  | GUJARAT           |                      100    |
|         12  | HARYANA           |                      100    |
|         13  | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                      100    |
|         14  | JAMMU & KASHMIR   |                      100    |
|         15  | JHARKHAND         |                      100    |
|         16  | KARNATAKA         |                      100    |
|         17  | KERALA            |                      100    |
|         18  | LAKSHADWEEP       |                      100    |
|         19  | MADHYA PRADESH    |                      100    |
|         20  | MAHARASHTRA       |                      100    |
|         21  | MANIPUR           |                      100    |
|         22  | MEGHALAYA         |                      100    |
|         23  | MIZORAM           |                      100    |
|         24  | NAGALAND          |                      100    |
|         25  | ODISHA            |                       88.14 |
|         26  | PUDUCHERRY        |                      100    |
|         27  | PUNJAB            |                      100    |
|         28  | RAJASTHAN         |                      100    |
|         29  | SIKKIM            |                      100    |
|         30  | TAMIL NADU        |                      100    |
|         31  | TELANGANA         |                       98.59 |
|         32  | TRIPURA           |                      100    |
|         33  | UTTAR PRADESH     |                      100    |
|         34  | UTTARAKHAND       |                      100    |
|         35  | WEST BENGAL       |                      100    |

 Sources:  Sources: Management Information System Reports of SBM; PRS. 

 

| State          | Total Villages    | Total declared    | Total Verified    | % Verified    |
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------|
| A & N Islands  | 192               | 192               | 192               | 100.0%        |
| Andhra Pradesh | 18,841            | 18,841            | 18,841            | 100.0%        |
| Arunachal      |                   |                   |                   |               |
| Pradesh        | 5,389             | 5,389             | 5,389             | 100.0%        |
| Assam          | 25,503            | 25,503            | 17,939            | 70.3%         |
| Bihar          | 38,759            | 33,345            | 11,532            | 34.6%         |
| Chandigarh     | 13                | 13                | 13                | 100.0%        |
| Chhattisgarh*  | 18,769            | 18,769            | 18,769            | 100.0%        |
| D & N Haveli   | 69                | 69                | 69                | 100.0%        |
| Daman & Diu    | 26                | 26                | 26                | 100.0%        |
| Goa            | 378               | 22                | -                 | 0.0%          |
| Gujarat        | 18,261            | 18,261            | 18,261            | 100.0%        |
| Haryana        | 6,908             | 6,908             | 6,908             | 100.0%        |
| Himachal       |                   |                   |                   |               |
| Pradesh        | 15,921            | 15,921            | 15,921            | 100.0%        |
| Jammu &        |                   |                   |                   |               |
| Kashmir        | 7,565             | 7,565             | 7,493             | 99.0%         |
| Jharkhand      | 29,564            | 29,564            | 25,091            | 84.9%         |
| Karnataka      | 27,044            | 27,044            | 26,890            | 99.4%         |
| Kerala         | 2,027             | 2,027             | 2,027             | 100.0%        |
| Lakshadweep    | 9                 | 9                 | -                 | 0.0%          |
| Madhya         |                   |                   |                   |               |
| Pradesh        | 50,228            | 50,228            | 49,504            | 98.6%         |
| Maharashtra    | 40,503            | 40,501            | 40,501            | 100.0%        |
| Manipur        | 2,556             | 2,556             | 2,556             | 100.0%        |
| Meghalaya      | 6,028             | 6,028             | 6,028             | 100.0%        |
| Mizoram        | 697               | 697               | 697               | 100.0%        |
| Nagaland       | 1,451             | 1,451             | 1,142             | 78.7%         |
| Odisha         | 47,227            | 23,863            | 16,605            | 69.6%         |
| Puducherry     | 265               | 265               | 265               | 100.0%        |
| Punjab         | 13,726            | 13,726            | 13,700            | 99.8%         |
| Rajasthan      | 42,869            | 42,869            | 42,869            | 100.0%        |
| Sikkim         | 442               | 442               | 442               | 100.0%        |
| Tamil Nadu     | 12,524            | 12,524            | 12,524            | 100.0%        |
| Telangana      | 10,993            | 8,331             | 5,957             | 71.5%         |
| Tripura        | 1,178             | 1,178             | 554               | 47.0%         |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 97,641            | 97,641            | 85,501            | 87.6%         |
| Uttarakhand    | 15,473            | 15,473            | 15,473            | 100.0%        |
| West Bengal    | 41,461            | 41,459            | 41,373            | 99.8%         |
| Total          | 6,00,500          | 5,68,700          | 5,11,052          | 89.9%         |

Sources:  Management Information System Reports of SBM; PRS. Note:  The total number of villages is taken from Census 2011. 


| No of fully coverered    | No of partially covered    |
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
| State                    |                            |
| Total no of              |                            |
| habitations              | habitations                |
| ANDAMAN AND              |                            |
| NICOBAR                  |                            |
| 400                      | 324                        |
| ANDHRA PRADESH           |                            |
| 48,895                   | 34,673                     |
| ARUNACHAL                |                            |
| PRADESH                  |                            |
| 7,525                    | 3,303                      |
| ASSAM                    |                            |
| 88,076                   | 55,171                     |
| BIHAR                    |                            |
| 1,10,218                 | 70,982                     |
| CHATTISGARH              |                            |
| 74,753                   | 72,775                     |
| GOA                      |                            |
| 347                      | 345                        |
| GUJARAT                  |                            |
| 35,996                   | 35,996                     |
| HARYANA                  |                            |
| 7,655                    | 7,305                      |
| HIMACHAL                 |                            |
| PRADESH                  |                            |
| 54,469                   | 42,583                     |
| JAMMU AND                |                            |
| KASHMIR                  |                            |
| 15,778                   | 9,481                      |
| JHARKHAND                |                            |
| 1,20,591                 | 1,19,724                   |
| KARNATAKA                |                            |
| 59,774                   | 34,342                     |
| KERALA                   |                            |
| 21,520                   | 6,144                      |
| MADHYA PRADESH           |                            |
| 1,28,231                 | 1,28,076                   |
| MAHARASHTRA              |                            |
| 99,641                   | 84,709                     |
| MANIPUR                  |                            |
| 2,976                    | 2,050                      |
| MEGHALAYA                |                            |
| 10,470                   | 4,124                      |
| MIZORAM                  |                            |
| 720                      | 490                        |
| NAGALAND                 |                            |
| 1,450                    | 742                        |
| ODISHA                   |                            |
| 1,57,013                 | 1,54,461                   |
| PUDUCHERRY               |                            |
| 266                      | 153                        |
| PUNJAB                   |                            |
| 15,190                   | 10,406                     |
| RAJASTHAN                |                            |
| 1,21,526                 | 61,641                     |
| SIKKIM                   |                            |
| 2,337                    | 861                        |
| TAMIL NADU               |                            |
| 1,00,014                 | 96,796                     |
| TELANGANA                |                            |
| 24,597                   | 15,405                     |
| TRIPURA                  |                            |
| 8,723                    | 4,992                      |
| UTTAR PRADESH            |                            |
| 2,60,018                 | 2,56,865                   |
| UTTARAKHAND              |                            |
| 39,311                   | 23,156                     |
| WEST BENGAL              |                            |
| 1,07,328                 | 59,405                     |
| Total                    |                            |
| 17,25,808                | 13,97,480                  |

Sources:  Starred Question No. 199, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Lok Sabha; PRS. 

 

% of total household 
State 
Total Rural households 
Household PWS Connections 
(as on 07/07/2019) 
connections with PWS 
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR 
65,096 
6,604 
10.2% 
ANDHRA PRADESH 
91,29,939 
30,60,696 
33.5% 
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 
2,20,826 
19,998 
9.1% 
ASSAM 
57,92,987 
1,27,962 
2.2% 
BIHAR 
1,78,46,077 
3,36,178 
1.9% 
CHHATTISGARH 
43,17,108 
3,85,296 
8.9% 
GOA 
1,61,459 
0 
0.0% 
GUJARAT 
64,77,917 
50,82,540 
78.5% 
HARYANA 
32,88,145 
17,58,292 
53.5% 
HIMACHAL PRADESH 
13,48,841 
7,59,047 
56.3% 
JAMMU & KASHMIR 
16,36,151 
4,91,152 
30.0% 
JHARKHAND 
50,28,402 
2,88,692 
5.7% 
KARNATAKA 
80,72,422 
35,36,334 
43.8% 
KERALA 
91,75,250 
15,36,707 
16.8% 
MADHYA PRADESH 
1,08,90,226 
13,26,738 
12.2% 
MAHARASHTRA 
1,32,03,245 
50,74,816 
38.4% 
MANIPUR 
4,38,943 
24,512 
5.6% 
MEGHALAYA 
4,60,527 
4,359 
1.0% 
MIZORAM 
1,03,949 
16,359 
15.7% 
NAGALAND 
3,17,975 
15,559 
4.9% 
ODISHA 
81,25,852 
3,19,955 
3.9% 
PUDUCHERRY 
82,258 
41,418 
50.4% 
PUNJAB 
33,01,599 
17,57,459 
53.2% 
RAJASTHAN 
92,84,150 
11,49,036 
12.4% 
SIKKIM 
88,013 
87,431 
99.3% 
TAMIL NADU 
98,62,767 
29,33,243 
29.7% 
TELANGANA 
54,09,686 
18,13,791 
33.5% 
TRIPURA 
8,59,052 
27,358 
3.2% 
UTTAR PRADESH 
2,58,81,064 
3,45,452 
1.3% 
UTTARAKHAND 
15,09,758 
2,16,182 
14.3% 
WEST BENGAL 
1,63,35,210 
2,14,683 
1.3% 
TOTAL 
17,87,14,894 
3,27,57,849 
18.3% 

Sources:  Integrated Management Information System Reports 2019-20, National Rural Drinking Water Programme; PRS. 