To make provision of potable tap water supply in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality and on regular & long-term basis to every rural household by 2024, since August, 2019, Government of India in partnership with States, is implementing JalJeevan Mission (JJM) – HarGharJal.

            Under JJM, States/ UTs can utilize upto 2% of their annual allocation for taking up water quality monitoring & surveillance activities. States/ UTs have been advised to upgrade different levels of laboratories i.e. State, district, sub-division and/ or block level and get NABL accreditation and/ or recognition. As reported by States/ UTs, State-wise number of various level drinking water quality testing laboratories set up in the country as on 13.12.2021, is annexed. States/ UTs have been advised to open these water quality laboratories to general public so that they can get their water samples tested on nominal  rates.

                   Drinking Water being a State subject, it is States who plan, design, approve and implement drinking water supply schemes including setting up of labs. As such individual projects/ schemes for rural water supply are not approved at the Government of India level.

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

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Annex

States/ UTs-wise details of drinking water quality testing laboratories

(as on 13.12.2021)

S. No.	State	No. of drinking water quality testing laboratories
		State level	District level	Block/ sub–Division level	Mobile	Total
1.	A & N Islands	1	-	-	2	3
2.	Andhra Pradesh	1	13	98	-	112
3.	Arunachal Pradesh	1	17	30	1	49
4.	Assam	1	25	51	3	80
5.	Bihar	1	38	75	9	123
6.	Chhattisgarh	1	27	22	18	68
7.	Goa	1	-	13	-	14
8.	Gujarat	1	32	47	1	81
9.	Haryana	1	21	21	1	44
10.	Himachal Pradesh	1	14	43	-	58
11.	Jammu & Kashmir	-	20	72	-	92
12.	Jharkhand	1	24	5	-	30
13.	Karnataka	2	30	47	1	80
14.	Kerala	1	14	37	-	52
15.	Ladakh	-	2	4	-	6
16.	Madhya Pradesh	1	51	103	-	155
17.	Maharashtra	-	34	143	-	177
18.	Manipur	1	12	-	-	13
19.	Meghalaya	-	7	24	-	31
20.	Mizoram	1	8	18	-	27
21.	Nagaland	1	10	-	1	12
22.	Odisha	1	32	44	-	77
23.	Puducherry	-	2	-	-	2
24.	Punjab	2	22	8	1	33
25.	Rajasthan	1	32	-	21	54
26.	Sikkim	-	2	-	-	2
27.	Tamil Nadu	1	31	81	-	113
28.	Telangana	1	19	55	-	75
29.	Tripura	1	8	12	-	21
30.	Uttar Pradesh	1	75	-	5	81
31.	Uttarakhand	1	13	13	-	27
32.	West Bengal	1	21	196	2	220
Total		28	656	1,262	66	2,012
Source: JJM–IMIS

 

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