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Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme – an Analyses pertaining to
Rajasthan
I
Background
1.1
A detailed analyses was made on certain select schemes pertaining to Rural
Drinking Water Supply programme which has components of central government
assistance. The selected schemes
for analyses were:
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Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP)
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Dessert Development Programme under the Accelerated Rural Water Supply
Programme
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Minimum Needs Programme /Drinking Water (MNP)
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Pradhan Mantri Gramoday / Rural Water Supply (Yojana (PMGY)
1.2 Among the four selected
schemes, data was available for all except PMGY.
The analyses looked in to two main aspects.
One is related to allocated resources, utilised resources and physical
targets achieved during the said financial period, all Rajasthan specific. The other one was the above data related to Rajasthan in
comparison to the same data available for other states where these schemes were
implemented. However, this
comparison was done only for the financial year 2000-01.
The
summary of the findings from the analyses is given below:
II. Summary of the Findings
Amounts
Allocated, Utilised and percentages of utilisation (ARWSP + DDP)
Rs. In Lacs
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Year
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Total
Availability
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Amount
Utilised
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Amount
Un-utilised
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Percentage
Un-utilised
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1998-1999
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15574.97
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12508.39
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3066.58
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19.69%
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1999-2000
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15835.07
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10366.54
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5468.53
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34.53%
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2000-2001
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20512.00
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17204.06
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3307.94
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16.13%
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2001-2002
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34252.74
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25797.20
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8455.54
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24.68%
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Average
Un-utilised over 4 years
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21.26%
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Average
percentage of un-utilisation over four years is 21.26 percent.
We
also compared the un-utilisation status amongst other states for the year
2000-01. The following is a brief
comparison
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State with least un-utilisation is West Bengal – only 0.01 percent
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In the same year the un-utilisation in Rajasthan amounted to 16.31
percent
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Manipur recorded the highest un-utilisation which was 76.92 percent
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Rajasthan had the highest allocation and ranked 8th in order
of highest utilisation.
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Data was not available for all states.
In
terms of Physical targets, the achievement in so far as Rajasthan is concerned
seems slightly tardy, since the total uncovered villages for drinking water
supply as on 29th January 2002 was 6491 villages.
Under
the partially covered villages, the deficit is 13832 villages.
Thus
a total of 6491 villages are yet to be provided any drinking water facility,
while 13832 villages are only partially covered, totaling to 20323 villages.
In terms of percentages, out of the total villages in Rajasthan, 21.63
percent of the villages are yet to be provided with drinking water facility,
either fully or partially.
III. End Note:
The
details given in section II of the summary report is only about the analyses
done on ARWSP schemes. However, if
we look at it in totality in terms of three schemes put together and the
performance of Rajasthan in terms of utilisation of allocated resources but in
money terms as well as in terms of physical targets, the following is a broad
inference.
The
total un-utilisation (average for four years) amounts to 20.08 percent.
In
terms of physical targets, 21.63 percent of the villages are yet to be provided
with drinking water facility, either fully or partially.
Background Information about
Rajasthan State
Among
all the states in the country, Rajasthan with its meagre water resources and
perilous dependence on scanty, low and uncertain rainfall is most vulnerable to
drought condition. Rajasthan has about 1 per cent of the water resources of the
country though the State accounts 10.40 per cent of country’s area.
The
problem of non-availability of safe drinking water in the State is very complex
on account of geographical diversities and the limited availability of water,
both ground water and surface water. As per 2001 censuses total No. of Revenue
Villages are 41353, out of which there are 39787 villages main habitation (96.22
per cent) and 1566 are non-inhabitation villages (3.78 per cent) in the State.
Status of habitations connected with water supply and of partially commissioned
(PC) to fully commissioned villages (FC) are as under:
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Sl.No.
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Items
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Achievement
in No’s.
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Upto
March, 2000
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2000-2001
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1.
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Main
Habitations
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37560
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34
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2.
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PC
to FC Habitations
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3946
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9298
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3.
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Other
Habitations
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15738
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922
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There
was a total provision of Rs.176000.00 lakh for water supply and sanitation in IX
Plan. Out of above Rs.96400.00 lakh was earmarked specifically for the rural
sector. For water supply, in the year 2000-2001, the overall flow to special
component plan is Rs.6076.05 lakh out of the Total State Plan of Rs.30150.00
lakh. Water supply in 500 SC/ST colonies was proposed for the year 2000-2001.
Drinking Water Problem in Arid
Region of Rajasthan (Xth Finance Commission Recommendations)
The
Finance Commission is providing grant under recommendations of Xth Finance
Commission for augmentation/ reorganisation of water supply schemes in the arid/
semi arid areas of the state. Under this programme, the department has proposed
28 schemes of 12 districts of desert area costing Rs.70/- cr. The grant was
earmarked as Rs.70/- cr in 4 years i.e. from 1996-97. Rs.19.54 cr was made
available during 2000-2001(R.E.).
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The Project Team
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