Government of India in partnership with States is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), to make provision of tap water supply to every rural household in all the villages across the country. JJM follows universal saturation approach and with focus on health and well-being of children, a special campaign was launched under JJM to make provision of tap water supply in schools including girls’ schools, anganwadi centres and ashramshalas (tribal residential schools) for drinking and cooking of mid-day meals, hand washing and piped water supply in toilets on priority. So far, provision of potable tap water supply is available in more than 9.23 lakh (90.55%) schools in the country. The State/ UT-wise details of tap water connections reported in schools are at Annex-I.

Department of School Education, Ministry of Education has reported that the Prime Minister on 15^th August 2014 had launched the Swachh Vidyalaya Initiative in partnership with Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and Private Corporates for providing separate toilets for girls and boys in all Government elementary and secondary schools in one-year upto 15^th August, 2015.

Under Swachh Vidyalaya Initiative, 4.17 lakh toilets (2.26 lakh boys’ and 1.91 lakh girls’ toilets) were constructed or made functional in 2.61 lakh elementary and secondary government schools. State/UT-wise total number of schools toilets constructed/re-constructed under Swachh Bharat: Swachh Vidyalaya initiative (SVI) is at Annex-II. Moreover, as per UDISE+, 2021-22 data, 95.5% of Government schools have boys’ toilets, 97.4% of Government Schools have girls’ toilets. State/UT-wise data is at Annex-III.

Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and most of the schools are under the jurisdiction of concerned States/ UTs. State and UT Governments are the appropriate Governments under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, and have the responsibility and mandate to provide school infrastructure including drinking water and toilet facilities in schools in accordance with the norms laid down in the Schedule to the RTE Act, 2009 and as per respective State RTE Rules.

Government of India is committed to make provision for safe & potable tap water supply in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality and on a regular & long-term basis to all rural households in the country. Towards this end, the Government of India launched the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), to be implemented in partnership with states, in August 2019. Drinking Water is a state subject, and hence, the responsibility of planning, approval, implementation, operation, and maintenance of drinking water supply schemes, including those under the Jal Jeevan Mission, lies with State/UT Governments. The Government of India supports the states by providing technical and financial assistance.

Significant progress has been made in the country since the launch of Jal Jeevan Mission, towards enhancing access to tap water to rural households. At the start of Jal Jeevan Mission in August 2019, only 3.23 Crore rural households were reported to have tap water connections. So far, as reported by States/ UTs as on 19.12.2023, around 10.62 Crore additional rural households have been provided with tap water connections under JJM. Thus, as on 19.12.2023, out of 19.24 Crore rural households in the country, approximately 13.85 Crore (72%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes.

Under JJM, the minimum service delivery has been fixed as 55 litres per capita per day (lpcd) and states may enhance the same to higher level depending on availability of clean drinking water. Further, a number of steps have been taken to plan and implement JJM in the whole country which, inter alia, includes joint discussions and finalization of annual action plans (AAP) of States/ UTs, regular review of implementation, workshops/ conferences/ webinars for capacity building, training, knowledge sharing, field visits by multi-disciplinary team to provide technical support, etc. A detailed Operational Guideline for the implementation of JJM; Margdarshika for Gram Panchayats & VWSCs to provide safe drinking water in rural households and Guidelines on a special campaign to provide piped water supply in anganwadi centres, ashramshalas and schools have been shared with States/ UTs to facilitate planning and implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission. For online monitoring, JJM–Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) and JJM–Dashboard has been put in place. Provision has also been made for transparent online financial management through Public Financial Management System (PFMS).

This information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

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Annex-I

 

Status of tap water connection in Schools

(As on 19.12.2023)

S. No	State/ UT	No. of Schools	No. of Schools with tap water supply	In %
1.	A & N Islands	368	368	100.00
2.	Andhra Pradesh	41,510	41,510	100.00
3.	D&NH and D&D	411	411	100.00
4.	Goa	1,098	1,098	100.00
5.	Haryana	12,818	12,818	100.00
6.	Himachal Pradesh	17,253	17,253	100.00
7.	Kerala	10,877	10,877	100.00
8.	Lakshadweep	33	33	100.00
9.	Puducherry	390	390	100.00
10.	Telangana	22,845	22,845	100.00
11.	Uttarakhand	19,123	19,123	100.00
12.	Ladakh	891	890	99.89
13.	Gujarat	29,754	29,713	99.86
14.	Mizoram	2,390	2,379	99.54
15.	Punjab	22,389	22,230	99.29
16.	Jammu & Kashmir	22,422	22,232	99.15
17.	Bihar	71,323	70,537	98.90
18.	Maharashtra	77,725	76,640	98.60
19.	Tamil Nadu	38,445	37,628	97.87
20.	Karnataka	42,976	42,012	97.76
21.	Uttar Pradesh	1,17,533	1,14,695	97.59
22.	Chhattisgarh	46,280	43,974	95.02
23.	Manipur	3,456	3,283	94.99
24.	Assam	44,251	41,411	93.58
25.	Tripura	4,515	4,196	92.93
26.	Arunachal Pradesh	2,915	2,685	92.11
27.	Jharkhand	41,408	36,759	88.77
28.	Sikkim	1,055	913	86.54
29.	Nagaland	2,391	2,029	84.86
30.	West Bengal	74,109	59,044	79.67
31.	Madhya Pradesh	93,419	74,082	79.30
32.	Rajasthan	86,217	63,344	73.47
33.	Odisha	53,997	37,668	69.76
34.	Meghalaya	13,821	8,893	64.34
Total		10,20,408	9,23,963	90.55

Source: JJM-IMIS

 

Annex-II

State/UT-wise total number of schools toilets constructed/re-constructed under Swachh Bharat: Swachh Vidyalaya initiative (SVI)

 

 

Annexure-III

 

State/UT-wise number and percentage of Government Schools having Boys’/ Girls’ Toilets

 

 

Source: UDISE+ 2021-22

*Boys toilet calculated for Boys only and Co-Educational Schools

*Girls toilet calculated for Girls only and Co-Educational Schools

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