Sanitation
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…
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Sanitation
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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Rural sanitation did not feature on the investment horizon during the first five plan periods as reflected in its negligible funding share. However, it received prominence from the Sixth Plan (1980-85) onwards amid the launch of the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation decade in 1980, says the 51st Report of Standing Committee on Rural Development related…
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KEY TRENDS • According to NSS 76th Round, the major source of drinking water of the household was hand pump in the rural areas and piped water into dwelling in the urban areas. About 42.9 percent of the households in the rural areas used hand pump as the principal source of drinking water and about 40.9…
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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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