NSS Report No. 584: Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing Condition in India (July-December, 2018)
The report is based on ‘Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing Condition’ survey of NSS 76th round conducted during July - December 2018. For the central sample, the survey was spread over 8,992 first stage units (5,378 in rural areas and 3,614 in urban areas) covering 1,06,838 households (63,736 in rural areas and 43,102 in urban areas). Some of the key findings of the survey are given below. 1. The major source of drinking water of the household was hand pump in the rural areas and piped water into dwelling in the urban areas. About 42.9 percent of the households in the rural areas used hand pump as the principal source of drinking water and about 40.9 percent of the households in the urban areas used piped water into dwelling as the principal source of drinking water. 2. About 48.6 percent of the households in the rural areas and about 57.5 percent of the households in the urban areas had exclusive access to principal source of drinking water. 3. About 87.6 percent of the households in the rural areas and about 90.9 percent of the households in the urban areas had sufficient drinking water throughout the year from the principal source. 4. About 58.2 percent of the households in the rural areas and about 80.7 percent of the households in the urban areas had drinking water facilities within the household premises About 71.3 percent of the households in the rural areas and about 96.2 percent of the households in the urban areas had access to latrine. It may be noted that there may be respondent bias in the reporting of access to latrine as question on benefits received by the households from government schemes was asked prior to the question on access of households to latrine. Among the households living in houses, about 61.1 percent of the households in the rural areas and about 92.0 percent of the households in the urban areas had drainage system in the house for disposal of waste water/liquid waste.
