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Country Report Abstract - India. SACOSAN IV 4 th - 7 th April 2011, Colombo, Sri Lanka. J.S. Mathur, Joint Secretary Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation Ministry of Rural Development Government of India. Country Profile: India . Sources: Status of world children report 2011.
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Country Report Abstract - India SACOSAN IV 4th - 7th April 2011, Colombo, Sri Lanka J.S. Mathur, Joint Secretary Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation Ministry of Rural Development Government of India
Country Profile: India Sources: Status of world children report 2011
Political Commitment to Sanitation “The day every one of us gets a toilet to use, I shall know our country has reached the pinnacle of progress.” “ Good sanitation should be the birthright of all citizens.” “Sanitation is more important than independence”
Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) for Rural Sanitation by Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India • Integrated Low Cost Sanitation Scheme (ILCS) for Urban Sanitation by Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MHUPA), Govt. of India • Indira & Rajiv Awas Yojana in urban areas targeted to achieve housing for all • Various river cleaning projects to stop untreated municipal sewage and industrial effluents flowing into rivers by Ministry of Environment and Forests. Programmes on Sanitation
493 Million additional rural people (68% of rural population) now have access to sanitation facilities since 1990, with 88 Million (11% of rural population) additional since SACOSAN III • 124 Million children from 5,82,456 schools participated in Hand-washing with soap campaigns between the period 2009 to 2011 Achievements in Rural Sanitation Rural Sanitation Coverage as per GoI data
Nirmal Gram Puraskar • Introduced in 2003; Recognition and cash awards given by H.E President of India to local governments that achieve total sanitation as per eligibility criteria • One State viz. Sikkim has been declared total open defecation free state since SACOSAN-III. • Three other States, viz. Kerala, Goa and Himachal Pradesh, are on the verge of attaining the status of open defecation free environment since SACOSAN-III. • 25,251 Gram Panchayats (GPs) ( Local Self Governments at the village level) have achieved Total Sanitation, a total of 7364 achieving Total Sanitation since SACOSAN III • 80.4 million people are living in Total Sanitation environments, 23.6 million more since SACOSAN III • 10% of the total GPs have achieved Total Sanitation, 3% more since SACOSAN III
National Urban Sanitation Policy launched • Fifteen States have drafted State Sanitation Strategies • More than 140 cities preparing City Sanitation Plans by end of 2011 • National rating of sanitation in 423 Class-I cities (population more than 100,000) conducted and results widely disseminated in May 2010 and garnered excellent response from stakeholders and citizens. • Service-level benchmarking of urban sanitation services Achievements in Urban Sanitation
Sanitation Coverage as per JMP • Every sixth person who gained access in period 1990-2008 to improved sanitation, lived in India. • India added 315 million people who started using sanitation facilities between 1990 to 2008 • Under rural sanitation, India added 196 million people using sanitation facilities during this period and 119 million people in urban areas • India’s contribution is 17% to world population gaining access to sanitation
Population gaining access to sanitation (1990- 2008) as per JMP data
The policy guidelines as per 73rd constituted amendment give lead role to Gram Panchayat(local village body) and advocate a community-led, demand-driven, participatory approach • Empanelment of academia and technical institutions as Key Resource Centres, and establishment of National Resource Centre • State Water and Sanitation Missions (SWSM), and District Water and Sanitation Missions (DWSM) undertake the broad decisions regarding the policies and implementation • Creation of Alternate Delivery Mechanism through Rural Sanitary Marts and Production centres • Strategic Action Plan 2012 to 2022 prepared to achieve the objective set for an open defecation free India • National Urban Sanitation Policy (NUSP) for Urban Sanitation launched in Oct 2008. • A national sanitation rating exercise of 423 top cities in 2010 raised awareness of urban sanitation issues Enabling policies
A project based approach with total project outlay of Rs.200 billion has been adopted, clearly identifying financing requirements for achieving the project objectives • Central Govt. budget for rural sanitation has increased from Rs. 1650 million in 2002-03 tenfold to Rs. 16500 million in 2011-12 • An additional financial outlay of Rs.470 billion has been identified for investment over next 10 years(2012-22) • Budgetary allocation for urban sanitation from urban development programme sources – cities proposed 32.67% and 24.47% respectively of their budgets under JNNURM to water and sanitation Financing
Comprehensive web-based online monitoring systems for TSC and NGP separately are in place • Social audit proposed for accountability • A comprehensive public grievance mechanism is in place • Right to Information Act which also empowers citizens and service users to demand for services • The Service Level Benchmarking in 28 pilot cities has been scaled up to more than 1,500 urban local bodies in the country. Monitoring and sustaining change
High-level political and administrative commitment for sanitation responsible for India’s progress in rural sanitation • NGP and State award schemes providing required push to sanitation agenda • Decentralized planning, implementation and monitoring at district and Gram Panchayat levels key to success • The Government’s policy of consultations with all stakeholders in the planning process developing consensus on issues • Participation and ownership of the city stakeholders • The national rating of cities in 2010 assisting real assessment Lessons
Different strategies to deal with difficult terrains and environments, and different categories of un-served people. • Sustaining the habit and changed sanitary behaviour leading to realization of health and environmental benefits. • Management of solid and liquid waste leading to environmental cleanliness • Reaching the poorest of the households • High proportion of shared and community toilets (24% and 6.5% respectively) in urban area Gaps and Issues
Strategic action plan 2012-2022 prepared for rural areas through extensive consultations with all stake holders at all levels • Performance benchmarking of states and districts • National Communication Strategy being strengthened for behaviour change. • State Sanitation Strategies and City Sanitation Plans - appraisal • Enhanced Training and capacity building activities initiated • National advisories to cities to tackle a range of subjects related to sanitation, including improved septage management. • National Urban Housing Policy and Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) introduced Current Initiatives
LET US TOGETHER MAKE Sanitation is more important than Independence Cleanliness is next to Godliness Thank you