Please click here to access the Report no 9 of 2021: Performance Audit of Ground Water Management and Regulation for the period 2013-18 (laid on the floor of the Parliament on 21 December, 2021). Kindly click here to access the press release by CAG dated 21 December, 2021. — Please click here to access the key findings of NSS Report No. 584: Drinking Water, Sanitation,…
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The key findings of the CAG’s Report No.15 of 2018 – Performance Audit of National Rural Drinking Water Programme (published on 7th August, 2018) in the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation are as follows (please click here to access): • The National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) was launched with the objective of providing adequate safe water for…
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According to the Economic Survey 2015-16, Ministry of Finance (Volume 1 , Volume 2): • The Census of India 2011 informs that around 70 percent of India’s population (650 million) lives in rural and slum areas. It increases the possibility of exposure of the population to water-borne and vector-borne diseases • Only 46.6 percent of households in India…
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According to the United Nations’ report entitled: Progress on drinking water and sanitation, Joint Monitoring Programme update 2014 (released in May 2014), (Please click here to download): Indian scenario • Between 1990 and 2012, India increased access to improved drinking water source for 534 million people. • There are 92 million people in India and 112 million people in…
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Please click here to access the salient findings of 69th Round of NSS regarding Key Indicators of Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing Condition in India (July 2012 to December 2012). Please click here to download the full report Key Indicators of Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing Condition in India, NSS 69th Round, July 2012-December 2012, MoSPI. Key findings…
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According to the policy report titled Off-track, off-target-Why investment in water, sanitation and hygiene is not reaching those who need it most (2011), Water Aid, http://www.wateraid.org/documents/Off-track-off-target.pdf: • India has made a political commitment of reaching universal access to clean water by 2012. It has made the political commitment of reaching universal access to urban sanitation by 2012…
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According to Housing Condition and Amenities in India, 2008-09 (released in 2010), National Sample Survey, http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/press_note_535_15nov10.pdf: • The field work of the nationwide survey was carried out during July 2008 to June 2009. The report is based on the Central sample of 1,53,518 households (97,144 in rural areas and 56,374 in urban areas) surveyed from 8,130…
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According to the study titled Combating Waterborne Disease at the Household Level (2007), prepared by The International Network to Promote Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage and WHO, http://www.who.int/household_water/advocacy/combating_disease.pdf: • Globally, 1.1 billion lack access to an “improved” drinking water supply; many more drink water that is grossly contaminated. • 4 billion cases of diarrhoea occur…
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According to the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Links to Health FACTS AND FIGURES *updated November 2004: • 1.8 million people die every year from diarrhoeal diseases (including cholera); 90% are children under 5, mostly in developing countries. • 88% of diarrhoeal disease is attributed to unsafe water supply, inadequate sanitation and hygiene. Improved water supply reduces diarrhoea…
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