World Bank Loan for Water Supply

The World Bank has extended loans to the States of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Kerala for implementing rural water supply projects. During the last three years, loans have been taken by Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and Punjab. The amounts disbursed by the World Bank and utilized by these States is as follows:

	State	Amount Disbursed and Utilized (In Us dollars)
1	Kerala	61.15 million
2	Karnataka	148.30 million
3	Maharashtra	201.00 million
4	Uttarakhand	22.39 million
5	Punjab	19.80 millio

The project of Andhra Pradesh has been approved by the World Bank only in September 2009 and implementation has not yet commenced, hence no amount has been utilized.

NGOs and private institutions are involved in these projects for monitoring, capacity building of all stakeholders, dissemination of information, etc. The same role has also been envisaged in the project of Andhra Pradesh.

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development, Ms. Agatha Sangma informed the Lok Sabha today.
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