The Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja has said that Centrally sponsored revised Integrated Low Cost Sanitation Scheme is underway in the country since January, 2008 for conversion of dry latrines into twin-pit pour flush latrines and construction of new latrines for the Economically Weaker Section in the urban areas who have no latrines. State-wise details of proposals sanctioned and funds released including Maharashtra is at Annexure - I.
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today she said, the upper ceiling cost of `10,000/- is prescribed for the complete unit of a two pit pour flush individual latrines with superstructure. `12,500/- cost is provided for the States falling in the category of difficult and hilly areas. The said structure is funded in the manner: 75% Central Share, 15% State Share and 10% Beneficiary share. Hence, funds provided to the States as share of Centre is `9375/- for States falling under hilly and difficult areas and `7500/- for other States.
She said, at present, this Ministry is not taking any steps to increase the prescribed per unit cost.
Annexure – I
| SL. No. | Name of the State | Units sanctioned | Central subsidy sanctioned (in crores) |
| 1. | Bihar | 12131 | 9.251 |
| 2. | Jammu & Kashmir | 5897 | 5.54 |
| 3. | Manipur | 7117 | 6.78 |
| 4. | Maharashtra | 39663 | 30.50 |
| 5. | Nagaland | 5480 | 5.19 |
| 6. | Kerala | 8239 | 6.28 |
| 7. | Madhya Pradesh | 14281 | 11.31 |
| 8. | Tripura | 25039 | 26.95 |
| 9. | Odisha | 4690 | 4.10 |
| 10. | Jharkhand | 3891 | 3.4 |
| 11. | Chhattisgarh | 26018 | 22.76 |
| 12. | Uttar Pradesh | 238253 | 181.66 |
| 13. | Uttarakhand | 1613 | 1.32 |
| 14. | West Bengal | 14549 | 11.96 |
| 15. | Rajasthan | 1039 | 0.79 |
| | Total | 407900 | 340.411 |
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