Explain about the national rural drinking water programme (nrdwp).
Answers
To tackle the problem of safe and drinking water shortage, the government of India launched a centrally sponsored Scheme with an aim to proving safe and adequate drinking water in the rural area. This programme was launched under Bharat Nirman by UPA Government to provide safe and enough drinking water to every household. Nearly 140.9 million people in our country are deprived of household pipe water facility according to reports of 2017 by ministry.
Explanation:
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India submitted its report on ‘National Rural Drinking Water Programme’ on August 7, 2018. National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) was launched in 2009. It aims to provide safe and adequate water for drinking, cooking and other domestic needs to every rural person on a sustainable basis. The audit was conducted for the period 2012-17. Key findings and recommendations of the CAG include:
Underperformance of the scheme: By 2017, NRDWP aimed to achieve certain objectives. However, by December 2017, these objectives were not completely attained. It aimed to provide all rural habitations, government schools, and anganwadis access to safe drinking water. Of this, only 44% of rural households and 85% of government schools and anganwadis were provided access. It also aimed to provide 50% of rural population potable drinking water (55 litres per capita per day) by piped water supply. Of this, only 18% of rural population was provided potable drinking water. It also sought to give household connections to 35% of rural households. Of this, only 17% of rural households were given household connections.