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Volume 1: Main Report A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes Water and Sanitation Program The World Bank 55 Lodi Estate, New Delhi 110 003, India Phone: (91-11) 24690488, 24690489 Fax: (91-11) 24628250 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.wsp.org Ministry of Rural Development Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation 9th Floor, Paryavaran Bhawan CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi 110 003, India Phone: (91-11) 24362705 Fax: (91-11) 24361062 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.ddws.nic.in/ National Workshop A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Lessons Learnt and Way Forward A National Workshop on ‘A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Lessons Learnt and Way Forward’ was organised in New Delhi on 22 and 23 April 2010 by the Department of Drinking Water Supply (DDWS) in partnership with WSP. The objective of the workshop was to review the status of the TSC, identify the lessons learnt in the implementation of the campaign, and plan for the way forward to realise the goal of making the rural areas Nirmal a reality by 2012. The workshop was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Minister of State for Rural Development, Ms. Agatha Sangma. From the national level, the Union Secretary Mrs. Rajwant Sandhu, Joint Secretary Mr. J.S. Mathur, Joint Secretary Mr. T.M. Vijay Bhaskar and Director Mr. Vijay Mittal, of the DDWS participated. In addition, representatives from 21 states and three sector partners (UNICEF, WaterAid and Arghyam) joined the event to share their insights and map the way forward. The total number of participants was around 85. Disclaimer Raw data for graphs and figures in this report have been taken from the Total Sanitation Campaign online monitoring system in early 2010, but during different months (www.ddws.nic.in and www.nirmalgrampuraskar.nic.in). Therefore,there may be some differences in graphs on related indicators due to the time lag between different points when information was accessed and subsequent updates to TSC/NGP websites. The workshop provided an opportunity to discuss the emerging trends in TSC implementation over the last decade. On the first day, a presentation was made to highlight the performance on different components of the TSC and the fact that we have to assess our progress towards the Millennium Development Goal or Nirmal Bharat not just in terms of physical coverage but usage of the sanitation facilities created. There was also an opportunity to discuss the findings of two rapid assessments undertaken by WSP. The first was on the patterns of usage and quality of toilets in Nirmal Gram Puraskar winning Panchayats which put the focus on how we can address sustainability of progress under TSC. The second assessment shared the findings of the impact of access to sanitation and hygiene on health and focused on the fact that it was not singular interventions but an integrated package of sanitation and hygiene that is most effective in reaching health outcomes. On the second day, the focus was on the results of a national level assessment of the TSC undertaken by WSP to understand the processes that underpin scaling up and sustainability of TSC. Based on findings from 22 districts across 21 states, the study underscored that districts/states that follow the TSC guidelines in the right spirit and implement the processes in the right way tend to reach the TSC goal faster. It was also agreed that enhancing subsidy was not a solution for increasing coverage and usage among the households. The workshop ended with concluding remarks from the Secretary, DDWS. Volume 1: Main Report A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes Acknowledgements The study feeding into this report, the analysis and report writing was undertaken in the first quarter of 2010 by a team from the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), which included Ajith Kumar, Upneet Singh, Suseel Samuel, Mariappa Kullappa, Rajiv Raman, Manu Prakash, Kakumanu Arokiam, Aravinda Satyavada and Prapti Mittal. Their contribution to the development of this report is acknowledged. Acknowledgement is also due to the participants of the various workshops, where this study was presented, and whose feedback and questions enabled the contents of the report to be enriched. Thanks are also due to Christopher Juan Costain, Regional Team Leader (WSP) for support and feedback, Vandana Mehra for support in production and dissemination of this study, and Lira Suri for coordinating logistics backup support during the study period. The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Government of India, is also acknowledged for the data which formed a major source for this report, as also the Joint Secretary and Director for the comments and Foreword for this report. While all efforts have been made to ensure that the data presented are correct, any inadvertent errors remain the responsibility of the author team. 2 Foreword The Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) is a flagship programme of the Government of India, and has achieved significant success over the last one decade. The coverage has increased significantly from 21 percent in 2001 (Census, 2001) to more than 65 percent, according to the TSC online monitoring system. The number of Gram Panchayats which have won the Nirmal Gram Puraskar for achieving total sanitation has also increased to more than 22,000. The TSC can be considered one of the most effective programmes in rural sanitation across the world for its focus on a community-led, demand-driven approach in reaching total sanitation to villages across the country, resulting in rural populations living in a clean, healthy environment. A decade after the implementation of the campaign is an opportune time for the country to assess and ascertain its status, the successes achieved, and the challenges faced, so that the remaining task of ensuring that the entire country becomes Nirmal can be adequately addressed. Despite overall progress, there still remain challenging states and districts where the programme is yet to show satisfactory results. This analysis of the TSC online monitoring data and the assessment of processes adopted by districts correlated with outcomes achieved by these districts will go a long way in understanding the successes and challenges of the programme. The benchmarking of the districts and states, based on the TSC monitoring indicators, helps understand the relative position of states and districts, which enables more focused attention on the lagging areas as well as more encouragement to the leaders. J. S. Mathur Joint Secretary to the Government of India Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation Ministry of Rural Development New Delhi 3 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes 4 Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY / 11 1. INTRODUCTION / 13 1.1 Context / 13 1.2 Purpose / 13 1.3 Methodology / 14 1.4 Organisation of this Report / 21 2. TOWARDS NIRMAL BHARAT: THE TOTAL SANITATION CAMPAIGN / 23 2.1 Background / 23 2.2 Evolution of the Policy Framework for Rural Sanitation / 23 2.3 A Decade of TSC: Shifts in Programme Guidelines / 24 2.4 TSC Delivery Structure / 25 2.5 TSC Progress at National and State Levels / 26 3. A Decade of TSC: Progress and Status / 33 3.1Introduction / 33 3.2Context: The Scale of the Sanitation Challenge / 33 3.3Inputs / 34 3.4Outputs / 40 3.5Process / 45 3.6Outcomes / 49 3.7Goal / 51 4. TSC Process and Outcomes at District Level: Findings of the rapid assessment / 52 4.1Correlation between District Performance on Benchmarking and Rating Scale (Cumulative) / 53 4.2Component 1: Strategy for TSC Implementation / 54 4.3Component 2: Institutional Structure and Capacity / 57 4.4Component 3: Approach to Creating Demand and Scaling Up / 60 4.5Component 4: Technology Promotion and Supply Chain / 64 4.6 Component 5: Financing and Incentives / 67 4.7Component 6: Monitoring / 70 5. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS / 73 5.1Summary / 73 5.2Recommendations / 73 REFERENCES / 75 National Workshop on Rural Sanitation: List of Participants / 76 5 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes List of Tables Table 1.1: Table 1.2: Table 1.3: Table 1.4: Table 1.5: Table 2.1: Table 3.1: Indicators Analysed to Track Progress under TSC / 15 Rural Sanitation Performance Monitoring and Benchmarking Model – Indicators and Weighted Score / 17 Assigning States/Districts to Colour-coded Performance Bands / 17 List of Sample Districts Selected for Primary Assessment / 18 Rating Scale to Measure District Performance on TSC Processes and Outcomes / 20 Population-linked Incentives / 25 Indicators Analysed to Track Progress under TSC / 34 List of Figures 1. INTRODUCTION Figure 1.1: Study Methodology / 14 2. TOWARDS NIRMAL BHARAT: THE TOTAL SANITATION CAMPAIGN Figure 2.1: TSC Delivery Structure / 26 Figure 2.2: Rural Sanitation Coverage in India / 27 Figure 2.3: NGP Winners (2005-09) / 27 Figure 2.4: How are States Performing on the Total Sanitation Campaign? / 28 Figure 2.5: How much have States Spent out of TSC Funds? / 29 Figure 2.6: How many Individual Household Latrines have been Constructed against the TSC Target? / 29 Figure 2.7: How many School Toilets have been Constructed against the TSC Target? / 30 Figure 2.8: What is the Success Rate of NGP Applications at State Level? / 30 Figure 2.9: What is the Average Population of a Gram Panchayat in Different States? / 31 Figure 2.10: How much is Spent to make a Gram Panchayat Nirmal? / 31 Figure 2.11: How many Panchayats have Won the NGP across Different States? / 32 Figure 2.12: What is the Percentage of Panchayats that have become NGP across Different States? / 32 3. A Decade of TSC: Progress and Status Figure 3.1: TSC Objectives, 1999 / 34 Figure 3.2: State-wise Percentage of BPL Households (as per TSC Baseline Survey) / 35 Figure 3.3: Financial Allocation and Expenditure for TSC (INR, Crore) / 35 Figure 3.4: Average Project Allocation per District (INR, Crore) / 36 Figure 3.5: Average Hardware Allocation and Expenditure per District, by State (INR, Crore) / 36 Figure 3.6: Average Software Allocation and Expenditure per District, by State (INR, Crore) / 37 Figure 3.7: Average Software Allocation and Expenditure per Household (INR) / 37 6 Contents Figure 3.8: Average Hardware Expenditure Incurred on BPL Households (INR) / 38 Figure 3.9: Average Hardware Expenditure Incurred per School Toilet (INR) / 38 Figure 3.10: Average Expenditure Incurred per Pre-school Toilet (INR) / 39 Figure 3.11: Average District Expenditure Incurred per RSM/PC (INR) / 39 Figure 3.12: Average District Expenditure Incurred on SLWM (INR) / 40 Figure 3.13: Progress of Toilets in Households and Institutions (Cumulative) / 40 Figure 3.14: Household Toilet Construction Pace - Current and Required / 41 Figure 3.15: Total Household Toilet Coverage under TSC, by State / 41 Figure 3.16: APL Household Toilet Coverage under TSC / 42 Figure 3.17: BPL Household Toilets Constructed under TSC / 42 Figure 3.18: School Toilet Coverage under TSC / 43 Figure 3.19: Comparative Status of Household Sanitation and School Sanitation under TSC / 43 Figure 3.20: Pre-school Toilet Coverage under TSC / 44 Figure 3.21: RSM/PC Progress against Target / 44 Figure 3.22: Number of Villages in which SWLM Work Taken Up / 45 Figure 3.23: Performance of the Country and States on Acceleration Scale (0-10) in Scaling Up Household Coverage / 46 Figure 3.24: Comparative Status of APL and BPL Household Toilet Achievement / 46 Figure 3.25: Ratio of APL and BPL Household Toilet Achievement / 47 Figure 3.26: Sanitation Coverage (Household) in BRGF Districts and Non-BRGF Districts / 47 Figure 3.27: NGP Coverage in BRGF Districts and Non-BRGF Districts / 48 Figure 3.28: Sanitation Coverage (Household) in DPAP Districts and Non-DPAP Districts / 48 Figure 3.29: NGP Coverage in DPAP Districts and Non-DPAP Districts / 48 Figure 3.30: Application versus Award: NGP Success Rate of States / 49 Figure 3.31: NGP GPs, by State / 49 Figure 3.32: NGP State-wise Status (%) / 50 Figure 3.33: NGP GPs as Percentage of Total Number of Gram Panchayats / 50 Figure 3.34: Country and States Achieving Universal Sanitation (Household) Coverage (Year Wise) / 51 4. TSC Process and Outcomes at District Level: Findings of the rapid assessment Figure 4.1: Components of Rating Scale and Benchmarking / 52 Figure 4.2: Study Districts Average Performance on Strategy for TSC Implementation (n=22) / 55 Figure 4.3: Study Districts Average Performance on Institutional Structure and Capacity (n=22) / 58 Figure 4.4: Study Districts’ Average Performance on Programme Approach to Creating Demand and Scaling Up (n=22) / 61 Figure 4.5: Study Districts’ Average Performance on Technology Promotion and Supply Chain (n=22) / 65 Figure 4.6: Efforts to Promote Multiple Technology Options in Sample Districts (n=22) / 66 Figure 4.7: Study Districts’ Average Performance on Financing and Incentives (n=22) / 68 Figure 4.8: Study Districts’ Average Performance on Monitoring (n=22) / 71 Figure 4.9: Finding on Existence of Monitoring for Toilet Usage in Sample Districts (n=22) / 72 7 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes List of Boxes Box 1: Box 2: Box 3: Box 4: Box 5: Box 6: Box 7: Box 8: Box 9: Box 10: Model to Monitor and Benchmark Rural Sanitation Performance of States/Districts / 17 Nirmal Gram Puraskar / 25 Strategy for Achieving Nirmal Status at District Level: Experience of East Sikkim / 56 Creating a Dedicated Unit for TSC Implementation: Example from Kolhapur / 59 Inter-departmental Coordination: A Pressing Need / 60 Scaling Up in Phases: Experience of Shimoga District / 62 Community Mobilisation for Behaviour Change to End Open Defecation: A Case Study of Sirsa District / 63 An Effective Rural Sanitary Mart Operation: The Bardhaman Experience / 67 Community-led Monitoring in Sirsa District / 71 Monitoring and Incentivising Sustainability of NGP Status: Swachch Puraskar / 72 Numbers 1 lakh 1 million 1 crore 1 billion 100,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 1,000,000,000 Currency US$ 1 = INR 45.95 (April 2010 exchange rate) 8 Abbreviations APL AWC BDO BP BPL BRGF CEO CLTS CRSP DDWS DEE DLM DPAP DWSC DWSM GDP GP HDI HH ICDS IEC IHHL IPC MDG MIS M&E MPR Above Poverty Line Anganwadi Centre Block Development Officer Block Panchayat Below Poverty Line Backward Regions Grant Fund Chief Executive Officer Community Led Total Sanitation Central Rural Sanitation Programme Department of Drinking Water Supply Department of Elementary Education District Level Monitoring Drought Prone Areas Programme District Water and Sanitation Committee District Water and Sanitation Mission Gross Domestic Product Gram Panchayat (village local self government) Human Development Index Household Integrated Child Development Scheme Information, Education and Communication individual household latrine Interpersonal Communication Millennium Development Goal Management Information System Monitoring and Evaluation Monthly Progress Report NFHS NGP National Family Health Survey Nirmal Gram Puraskar (Clean Village Prize) NGO non-government organisation NRHM National Rural Health Mission NSS National Sample Survey ODF open defecation free O&M Operation and Maintenance PC Production Centre PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal PRI Panchayati Raj Institution (Local Government system) RGDWM Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Water Mission RSM Rural Sanitary Mart SHG Self Help Group SLWM Solid and Liquid Waste Management SSA Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (Universal Education Campaign) SSHE School Sanitation and Hygiene Education SWSM State Water and Sanitation Mission TSC Total Sanitation Campaign UNICEF United Nations International Children’s Education Fund UT Union Territory WHO World Health Organization WSP Water and Sanitation Program ZP Zila Panchayat/Parishad (district local government) 9 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes Glossary (Above/Below) Poverty Line: To measure poverty, it is usual to look at the level of personal expenditure or income required to satisfy a minimum consumption level. The Planning Commission of the Government of India uses a food adequacy norm of 2,400 to 2,100 kilo calories per capita per day to define state-specific poverty lines separately for rural and urban areas. These poverty lines are then applied on India’s National Sample Survey Organisation’s household consumer expenditure distributions to estimate the proportion and number of poor at the state level. Anganwadi: Pre-school or crèche, an initiative promoted under the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) of the Government of India. Nirmal Gram Puraskar (Clean Village Prize): NGP is an incentive programme introduced by the Government of India that gives a cash prize to any local government that achieves community-wide total sanitation. More than a fiscal incentive, the award carries tremendous prestige as it is given by the Hon’ble President of India to block- and district-level winners and by high ranking state dignitaries to village-level winners. Panchayati Raj Institutions: The term ‘Panchayat’ literally means ‘council of five (wise and respected leaders’) and ‘Raj’ means governance. Traditionally, these councils settled disputes between individuals and villages. Modern Indian government has adopted this traditional term as a name for its initiative to decentralise certain administrative functions to elected local bodies at village, block and district levels. It is called Gram Panchayat at the village level, Panchayat Samiti at the block level and Zila Parishad at the district level. Information, Education, Communication: IEC is the term used to describe software activities that support and promote the provision of programme services and facilities, for example, media campaigns, capacity-building activities, community hygiene promotion sessions, and so on. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): The MDGs are eight goals to be achieved by 2015 that respond to the world’s main development challenges. These include: Goal 1: Goal 2: Goal 3: Goal 4: Goal 5: Goal 6: Goal 7: Goal 8: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Ensure environmental sustainability Develop a global partnership for development Total Sanitation: A community-wide approach based on participatory principles which seeks to achieve not only 100 percent open defecation free (ODF) communities but also broader environmental sanitation objectives such as promotion of improved hygiene behaviours and solid/liquid waste management. 10 Executive Summary The Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) of the Government of India has been in operation for over a decade (1999 to date), and the Nirmal Gram Puraskar, a fiscal incentive programme that rewards local governments (Green Panchayats) that achieve total sanitation, has completed five years (2005 to date). The country has made significant progress in terms of coverage and outcomes. However, these achievements have been concentrated in a few states while others continue to lag significantly behind. This report analyses primary and secondary data on the TSC to arrive at an understanding of the processes, outputs and outcomes at a national level and across the states; this is compared with the inputs which have gone into the programme. These indicators are then compared individually and in combination to benchmark the states, to understand the relative performance of the states. This benchmarking, based on a combination of eight indicators, is undertaken for both states and districts across the country. The analysis is also useful in tracking the efficiency of the states in terms of time taken to achieve total sanitation (rate of acceleration of the programme) and the financial expenditure on achieving outcomes. It, then, extrapolates, based on current achievements, to understand when the various states would achieve the ultimate objective of full coverage. Recognising that the success of a sanitation campaign is dependent on how sustainable the outcomes are, and that its sustainability depends on the quality of the processes adopted in mobilising communities, the study also undertakes a primary analysis of 22 sample districts (across 21 states) to understand the correlation between processes and outcomes. It identifies six qualitative indicators of the process of implementation at the district level, converts these into quantitative scores, and scores each of these districts on a process rating scale. Comparing the process with the benchmarking outcomes clearly shows that there is a strong and positive correlation between the processes and the outcomes – wherever the combination of process indicators has been good, so are the outcomes. This has been found to be true even for each of the individual process indicators – they too have a strong and positive correlation with outcomes (except on technology). On the basis of the secondary data analysis and primary study on processes, the report concludes and recommends that the districts that have performed well have done so under the same TSC guidelines and conditions – they have effectively used the processes in the true spirit of the TSC guidelines and managed to achieve the outcomes. All that the districts that are lagging behind have to do is adopt these processes to achieve better outcomes as well. In addition, the higher levels of government (state and national governments) can facilitate this process through strong monitoring which tracks these processes and sustainability of outcomes, to support the lagging districts/states in effectively implementing the TSC in the true spirit. 11 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes 12 1. Introduction 1.1 Context Open defecation is a traditional behaviour in rural India. This, along with the relative neglect of sanitation in terms of development priorities, was reflected in the country’s low sanitation coverage at the close of the 1990s when it was found that only one in five rural households had access to a toilet (Census 2001). This fact, combined with low awareness of improved hygiene behaviour, made the achievement of the goal of total sanitation a pressing challenge in rural India. In response to this challenge, the Government of India launched the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) in 1999 with the goal of achieving universal rural sanitation coverage by 2012. The responsibility for delivering on programme goals rests with local governments (Panchayati Raj Institutions — PRIs) with significant involvement of communities. The state and central governments have a facilitating role that takes the form of framing enabling policies, providing financial and capacity-building support, and monitoring progress. To give a fillip to the TSC, the government introduced an innovative incentive programme known as Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) in 2003. The NGP offers a cash prize to motivate Gram Panchayats (GPs) to achieve total sanitation. In addition, the NGP is an attractive incentive as winners are felicitated by the President of India at the national level and by high-ranking dignitaries at the state level. The TSC has recently completed a decade of implementation (1999-2009) and the NGP has completed five years of operation (2005-10). Since its launch, the programme framework of the TSC and NGP has been based on a common national guideline whereas implementation has been decentralised to the state and district levels. Although there is an undeniable upwards trend in scaling up rural sanitation coverage, national performance aggregates conceal significant disparities among states and districts when it comes to the achievement of TSC goals. Therefore, this is an opportune time to assess the processes that contribute to differential achievement of performance outcomes at state and district levels. 1.2 Purpose To achieve the vision of a Nirmal Bharat (Clean India) within the TSC timeframe, there is need for a clear understanding of the processes that underpin scaling up, replication and sustainability of best practices implemented by districts. The purpose of this report is to synthesise the wealth of information available through secondary sources such as the TSC and NGP online monitoring systems and primary surveys of select districts at different points on the performance curve, to understand the processes by which the national TSC guidelines are implemented at state and district levels and how these contribute to the outcomes achieved. The analysis will focus on the successes and challenges faced in implementing the TSC and NGP, identify gaps and lessons learnt, and recommend programmatic approaches through which these can be addressed. The audience for this report includes policy-makers and implementers at national, state and district levels, and the broader sanitation and hygiene community. 13 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes 1.3 Methodology A three-step methodology was followed for this study, as can be seen from Figure 1.1, comprising literature review, and collection and analysis of secondary and primary data. Each of these steps of the methodology followed for this study is described in detail below. 1.3.1 Literature Review The study team reviewed key documents related to the TSC and NGP implementation as well as previous studies on the rural sanitation sector in India. Previously, studies on these programmes have been mainly conducted by the government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) such as WaterAid, TARU and Arghyam. These studies have involved different objectives and followed a variety of approaches for sampling and analysis, to develop the methodology and objectives for this assessment. A complete list of documents reviewed is given in the References at the end of this Report. 1.3.2 Secondary Data The TSC and NGP have dedicated online monitoring systems1 which provide quantitative information on progress towards the overall programme goal of universal rural sanitation coverage. This includes information on programme components such as inputs (for example, resources invested in the programme), outputs (for example, the number of toilets built at household, school and pre-school levels), and outcomes (for example, the number of PRIs that have won the NGP). Although the programme component of process is not explicitly covered by the online monitoring system, this can be derived from the data available on the other components, for example, efficiency can be derived from the rate of increase in outputs over time. Figure 1.1: Study Methodology Literature review Secondary data Quantitative analysis of TSC monitoring data Primary data Study of sample districts Methodology TSC status and trends over a decade Benchmarking of state and district performance based on current performance Rating scale Correlating implementation process with outcomes The TSC online monitoring system can be accessed at www.ddws.nic.in and the NGP online monitoring system at http://nirmalgrampuraskar.nic.in 1 14 Introduction For this study, data from each of these programme components have been taken from the online monitoring systems and two types of quantitative analyses have been undertaken based on this: a) analysis of the TSC status and trends in progress over the decade; and b) benchmarking of performance based on current status. Each of these quantitative analyses is explained in detail below. a. Quantitative Analysis of TSC Status and Trends Secondary data have been collected on each programme component – input, output, process and outcome – and the progress towards the overall goal of achieving universal sanitation coverage has been analysed. The results of these findings are presented in Chapter 3 of this report; a snapshot of the data indicators analysed under each programme component is shown in Table 1.1. Table 1.1: Indicators Analysed to Track Progress under TSC Context Input Output Process Outcome • No. of HH, and institutions without access to sanitation • Rural poverty (BPL distribution) • TSC financial allocation and expenditure • Average TSC project allocation per district • TSC allocation and expenditure on software and hardware per district • Average TSC software allocation and expenditure per HH • Average TSC expenditure per BPL HH toilet, school and pre-school toilet • Average expenditure per RSM/PC and SLWM • Sanitation target achieved at national and state level • % school sanitation target achieved • % RSM/PC target achieved • % SLWM target achieved • Acceleration rate of HH sanitation coverage • Reaching the poorest – ratio of BPL and APL HH coverage • Reaching the backward and drought-prone areas • Success rate of NGP applications • Number of NGP • Progress winners made towards • State-wise % of universal rural NGP winners sanitation • Number of NGP coverage vs total number of GPs GOAL HH: Household; BPL: Below Poverty Line; SLWM: Solid and Liquid Waste Management; RSM: Rural Sanitary Mart; PC: Production Centre; APL: Above Poverty Line 15 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes b. Benchmarking State and District Performance on TSC A quantitative model to benchmark state and district performance on the TSC has been developed which consists of a simple four-step process, explained in Box 1. This model comprises eight key performance indicators, each of which is assigned a weighted score. The maximum cumulative performance score that a state or district can achieve is 100 and the minimum is zero. On this basis, all states and districts have been divided into four colour-coded performance bands depending on the cumulative performance score achieved. 1.3.3 Primary Data An analysis of the processes adopted by the districts was undertaken to understand the correlation between these and the final outcomes achieved by the districts. Districts, for this study, were selected across the performance spectrum, based on which an assessment of their processes was undertaken. These were then compared with their overall performance outcomes to understand how the processes influence outcomes. a. Sampling Purposive sampling was used for the selection of districts and stakeholders for key person interviews as detailed below. Selection of Districts A total of 22 districts across 21 states were selected for this study. The criteria for selection of districts included: • Geographical spread: Districts were selected from the north, east, west, south and north-east regions of the country; and • Differential performance on the TSC: Results of the quantitative benchmarking of district performance on the TSC were used to select districts at different points on the TSC performance curve. The list of sample districts and states selected for this study is given in Table 1.4. Selection of Stakeholders for Key Person Interviews In the sample districts, criteria for stakeholder selection for interviews included: • Should have participated in the TSC programme for at least six months; and • Should represent a key decision-maker or implementer at the district or block level. b. Research Protocol To ensure consistency in the assessment findings, a research protocol was used as the basis for conducting key stakeholder interviews in the sample districts selected for this study. This protocol 16 Introduction Box 1: Model to Monitor and Benchmark Rural Sanitation Performance of States/Districts Step 1: Select indicators and collect data from TSC/NGP: For a balanced measurement across inputs, outputs, processes and outcomes, eight indicators have been selected from the TSC online monitoring system. This information is reported by the districts and states to the Department of Drinking Water Supply (DDWS) and is available in the public domain on the DDWS website (http://ddws.nic.in). Step 2: Assign scores to each indicator: Each indicator was assigned a weighted score which specified the maximum and minimum range of marks. Two principles underlying the strategy for assigning weighted scores were: • Higher priority was given to outcomes and processes relative to inputs and outputs. Therefore, the number of NGP Panchayats is given more marks than the percentage TSC budget spent on toilets constructed; and • The maximum score was capped at 100. Table1.2: Rural Sanitation Performance Monitoring and Benchmarking Model – Indicators and Weighted Score # Performance Indicator Type 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. % TSC budget spent % household toilets target achieved % school sanitation target achieved Financial efficiency (cost per NGP community) Average population per GP Success rate of NGP applications No. of NGP Panchayats % NGP Panchayats Input Output Output Process Process Process Outcome Outcome CUMULATIVE PERFORMANCE SCORE Weighted Score Max. Min. 5 15 10 10 10 10 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 Step 3: Sum up scores: This entails adding up individual scores on each indicator to arrive at a cumulative performance score out of a maximum of 100. Step 4: Benchmark districts based on scores achieved: States and districts are ranked in descending order on the basis of the cumulative performance score achieved. The scores are divided into four colour-coded performance bands, as shown in Table 1.3. Table 1.3: Assigning States/Districts to Colour-coded Performance Bands Below Average <25 Below Average Average Above Average 26-49 Average Superior 50-74 Above Average >75 Superior 17 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes Table 1.4: List of Sample Districts Selected for Primary Assessment Geographical District State Region Performance Band (based on cumulative performance score on the benchmarking model) North SirsaHaryanaSuperior Rewa BikanerRajasthan Average Mainpuri Uttar Pradesh Below Average Hamirpur Himachal Pradesh Below Average Amritsar Punjab Below Average Madhya Pradesh Above Average SouthShimoga Karnataka Superior Virudhunagar Above Average KottayamKerala Average Srikakulam Andhra Pradesh Below Average East Bardhaman West Bengal Superior Surguja Chhattisgarh Above Average GumlaJharkhandAverage BegusaraiBihar Average Dhenkanal Below Average Tamil Nadu Orissa West Kolhapur MaharashtraSuperior Valsad JunagadhGujarat Akola MaharashtraAverage North East East Sikkim Sikkim Above Average West Tripura Tripura Average Jorhat Assam Below Average Key: <25 Below Average Gujarat 26-49 Average 50-74 Above Average Above Average Average >75 Superior comprised questions on six components that are considered essential for scaling up and sustaining the TSC, namely: 1. Strategy for TSC Implementation 2. Institutional Structure and Capacity 3. Programme Approach to Creating Demand and Scaling Up 4. Technology Promotion and Supply Chain 5. Financing and Incentives 6.Monitoring 18 Introduction Each component is described in detail below. Component 1: Strategy for TSC Implementation The TSC guidelines provide a broad framework within which states and districts have the flexibility to devise their own strategies for programme implementation depending on the socio-economic and institutional context, terrain and capacity existing in that state/district. A strategy can signal priorities, assign roles and responsibilities, and often allocate human and financial resources for execution. Ensuring the administrative will to implement a shared strategy uniformly is the starting point for scaling up. Component 2: Institutional Structure and Capacity Institutions set the rules of the game and define the framework for service delivery. To effectively scale up and sustain TSC outcomes, institutional arrangements must have clearly defined roles and responsibilities, and the resources to fulfil these effectively. Institutional frameworks should also include mechanisms for coordination between linked activities. Capacity refers to the availability of skilled human resources for TSC implementation, budgetary allocations to effectively implement programme activities, an organisational home within the institution that is accountable for the TSC, ability to monitor programme progress, and make revisions as needed. Component 3: Programme Approach to Creating Demand and Scaling Up A programme approach consists of specific activities, their timing and sequence. The TSC guidelines advocate a demand-driven approach to rural sanitation backed by post-achievement incentives. Districts have the flexibility to implement this principle based on their context and capacity. Component 4: Technology Promotion and Supply Chain The TSC guidelines advocate informed technology choices and setting up of alternate supply channels such as Rural Sanitary Marts (RSMs). At the implementation level, technology promotion includes not only separate toilet components (for example, sanitary pans, pipes, traps, etc.) but also existing latrine technology options (for example, septic tank, ventilated double pit toilet, eco-sanitation, etc.). It also includes provision of masonry services for installation, and sanitary services for operation, maintenance and final disposal. Component 5: Financing and Incentives Financing refers to the budgetary allocations to finance programme activities. This includes costs for activities under different programme components (for example, school sanitation and hygiene education, administration, etc.) as well as the process by which funds are allocated, released and spent. Incentives can be financial or non-financial, given upfront or post achievement. Component 6: Monitoring Large-scale sanitation programmes such as the TSC require an efficient monitoring system and ability to ensure that the results of monitoring are used to improve programme implementation. Monitoring should be carried out by the level above the one being monitored but information for monitoring should be collected from all levels, starting with the lowest. 19 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes c. Rating Scale The rating scale was devised to provide a quantitative score card to analyse the findings of the research protocol. In this scale, each component of the research protocol is further sub-divided into five dimensions which describe different field scenarios and carry one mark each. Therefore, each component carries five marks and the maximum score on the rating scale is 30 marks. The cumulative score on the rating scale is converted into a percentage. The scale is depicted in Table 1.5. Table 1.5: Rating Scale to Measure District Performance on TSC Processes and Outcomes Topic Max. Score 1 Strategy for TSC Implementation i. TSC guidelines are understood and implemented by the 1 core group ii. A well-defined strategy with goal, phasing, budgetary allocation 1 and monitoring plan exists iii. TSC implementation is being undertaken by related departments 1 iv. Strong political and administrative will exists to implement at 1 different levels v. TSC principles are being adopted in the right spirit — community 1 level engagement, post-construction incentive, appropriate technology Sub-total 5 2 i. ii. iii. iv. v. Institutional Structure and Capacity The nodal agency is functional and effective A dedicated unit for TSC with adequate staff exists at district level and is effective Adequate staff and capacity exists at block and sub-block levels (e.g., cluster, GP, habitation) for implementing the programme effectively The nodal agency coordinates effectively with other departments Village-level institutions are set up and are effective Sub-total 3 i. ii. iii. iv. v. Approach to Creating Demand and Scaling Up Implementation does not depend on upfront subsidy 1 Implementation is phased 1 Demand creation depends on community mobilisation 1 Motivators are used to the optimal level and are incentivised 1 Strategy is implemented at scale 1 Sub-total 5 20 1 1 1 1 1 5 Score Given Introduction Topic 4 i. ii. iii. iv. v. Max. Score Technology Promotion and Supply Chain Multiple technology options are promoted 1 Technology choices respond to community preferences and 1 are affordable Technology choices promoted and adopted are safe 1 Products and services sourced are easily available 1 Well-qualified trained masons are available for construction 1 Sub-total 5 5Financing and Incentives i. Additional instalments are asked for on time ii. There are no funding bottlenecks iii. Funding is used efficiently (focus on both short-term achievement and long-term sustainability) iv. Funding is used to maximum capacity (funds available under all heads namely SLWM, IEC, etc., are being used) v. Incentives are available for various stakeholders to perform optimally Sub-total 5 6Monitoring i. Monitoring systems are available at the village level ii. Monitoring system exist for block and district levels iii. Monitoring system track both BPL and APL coverage accurately iv. Monitoring for usage exists v. Monitoring of NGP/ODF villages is undertaken regularly Sub-total 1 1 1 1 1 5 Score Given TOTAL TOTAL (%) 1 1 1 1 1 30 100 SLWM: Solid and Liquid Waste Management; IEC: Information, Education and Communication; BPL: Below Poverty Line; APL: Above Poverty Line; ODF: Open Defecation Free 1.4 Organisation of this Report This report is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 is this introduction which provides the context and purpose of this study and details the methodology adopted for the study, including the research protocol and linked rating scale. It also introduces the TSC performance benchmarking model which was used as the basis for selecting the sample districts for this study. 21 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes Chapter 2 provides an in-depth overview of the TSC and NGP incentive programme, including key implementation principles, shifts in the programme guidelines over the past decade, and institutional arrangements. Following this overview, it details national and state-level trends in the performance on TSC and NGP, based on the performance monitoring and benchmarking model introduced in the methodology. Chapter 3 presents the findings of an analysis of secondary data from the online monitoring systems of the TSC and NGP. This is mainly quantitative data and analysis focuses on the linkages between inputs, outputs, processes and outcomes in terms of how they contribute towards the programme goal of universal rural sanitation coverage by 2012. Chapter 4 presents the findings of the primary study which tracks processes with outcomes. Each dimension of the assessment framework is used to analyse the linkage between the dimensions (individual and cumulative) and outcomes achieved. Chapter 5 provides overall conclusions and summarises the recommendations of this study. 22 2. Towards Nirmal Bharat: The Total Sanitation Campaign 2.1 Background A broad definition of sanitation includes interventions for the safe management and disposal/re-use of excreta and solid and liquid waste. It includes both infrastructure (for example, latrines, compost pits) and behaviour (for example, improved hygiene practices, habit formation to switch from open to fixed point defecation). Lack of adequate sanitation and the linked burden of disease take an immense toll on life in India. Children are particularly vulnerable (Murray and Lopez 1997); each day, an estimated 1,000 children under five die in the country because of diarrhoea alone, a preventable disease (WaterAid 2006). Prevalence of child under-nutrition in India (47 percent according to National Family Health Survey III, 2005-06) is among the highest in the world and nearly double that of Sub-Saharan Africa. Child under-nutrition, aggravated by diarrheal disease, is estimated to be responsible for 22 percent of the country’s burden of disease (World Bank 2004). Sanitation related illnesses in both children and adults deplete productivity and resources, ultimately contributing to deprivation. Disaggregating the impacts of sanitation by gender reveals that the privacy afforded by access to adequate sanitation facilities imparts a sense of dignity, especially to women and young girls. Access to safe sanitation in schools is also linked to continued education enrolment by young girls and teenage women, particularly at puberty (Bruijne et al 2007). Sanitation is, therefore, appropriately considered a policy priority in India and the next section describes the evolution of the policy response to this issue. 2.2 Evolution of the Policy Framework for Rural Sanitation The responsibility for provision of sanitation facilities in India is decentralised and primarily rests with local government bodies – GPs in rural areas and municipalities or corporations in urban areas. The state and central governments have a facilitating role that takes the form of framing enabling policies/ guidelines, providing financial and capacity-building support and monitoring progress. In the central government, the Planning Commission, through Five Year Plans, guides investment in the sector by allocating funding for strategic priorities. 2.2.1 Pre-1986: Ad hoc Investments through Five Year Plans Rural sanitation did not feature on the investment horizon during the first five plan periods as reflected in its negligible funding share. However, it received prominence from the Sixth Plan (1980-85) onwards amid the launch of the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade in 1980. In addition, responsibility for rural sanitation at the central level was also shifted from the Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation to the Rural Development Department. 23 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes 2.2.2 Conventional Approach: Central Rural Sanitation Programme (1986-98) In 1986, the Rural Development Department initiated India’s first national programme on rural sanitation, the Central Rural Sanitation Programme (CRSP). The CRSP interpreted sanitation as construction of household toilets, and focused on the promotion of a single technology model (double pit pour-flush toilets) through hardware subsidies to generate demand. The key issue of motivating behaviour change to end open defecation and use toilets was not addressed, contributing to the programme’s failure. Although more than Rs. 660 crore2 was invested and over 90 lakh3 latrines constructed, rural sanitation grew at just 1 percent annually throughout the 1990s and the Census of 2001 found that only 22 percent of rural households had access to toilets. 2.2.3 Sector Reforms: Total Sanitation Campaign (1999-2012) In light of the relatively poor performance of the CRSP, the Government of India restructured the programme, leading to the launch of the TSC in 1999. A key learning that informed TSC design was that toilet construction does not automatically translate into toilet usage, and people must be motivated to end open defecation if rural sanitation outcomes are to be achieved. A second key learning was the recognition of the ‘public good’ dimensions of safe sanitation and the realisation that health outcomes will not be achieved unless the entire community adopts safe sanitation. Accordingly, the TSC introduced the concept of a “demand-driven, community-led approach to total sanitation” (DDWS 1999). This was further strengthened with the introduction of the NGP in 2003, which incentivised the achievement of collective outcomes in terms of 100 percent achievement of total sanitation by a GP. Key features of the TSC include: • A community-led approach with focus on collective achievement of total sanitation; • Focus on Information, Education and Communication (IEC) to mobilise and motivate communities towards safe sanitation; • Minimum capital incentives only for Below Poverty Line (BPL) households, post construction and usage; • Flexible menu of technology options; • Development of a supply chain to meet the demand stimulated at the community level; and • Fiscal incentive in the form of a cash prize – NGP (Box 2). 2.3 A Decade of TSC: Shifts in Programme Guidelines Since the launch of the TSC, the programme guidelines have been modified twice, once in 2004 and again in December 2007. In 2004, the revision in TSC guidelines followed a mid-term review of the programme. The revision led to a focus on sanitary arrangements, not merely on the construction of household toilets. The School Sanitation and Hygiene Education (SSHE) component was strengthened; and the provision of toilets was extended to Anganwadi Centres (AWCs), all levels of schools (primary, middle, secondary, etc.) and all establishments of the GP. The Government of India sought to re-orient the focus of the sanitation programme to achieving the outcome of an open defecation free (ODF) environment. Thus, not only individual households but also communities, villages, and Panchayat governments started to be targeted. 2 3 For explanation of ‘crore’, refer to numbers on page 8. Ibid. 24 Towards Nirmal Bharat: The Total Sanitation Campaign Box 2: Nirmal Gram Puraskar The Nirmal Gram Puraskar of the Government of India, introduced in 2003, is an innovative programme that offers fiscal incentives in the form of a cash prize to local governments that achieve 100 percent sanitation, that is, they are 100 percent ODF and have tackled issues of solid and liquid waste management (SLWM). The amount of incentive is based on population as shown in Table 2.1. Table 2.1: Population-linked Incentives (All figures in Rs. 100,000) Particulars Gram Panchayat Block District Population Less 10002000500010000 Up 50001 Up Above Criteria than tototoand toand to 10 1000199949999999above 50000 above 10 lakh lakh PRIs 0.501.002.004.005.0010.00 20.00 30.0050.00 Individuals0.10 0.20 0.30 Organisations other than PRI0.20 0.35 0.50 Providing post-achievement incentives is a significant shift from the upfront subsidy promoted by conventional rural sanitation programmes. The NGP has elicited a tremendous response with the number of GPs winning this award going up from a mere 40 in 2005 to over 22,000 to date. The NGP helps to raise the status of the winning Panchayat, and create peer pressure among neighbouring Pancahyats as well as tough competition at all tiers of the administration. Source: Government of India, Department of Drinking Water Supply <http://nirmalgrampuraskar.nic.in> In 2007, the TSC guidelines were modified again to include an emphasis on developing community managed and ecologically safe environmental sanitation systems focusing on SLWM. Up to 10 percent of the project costs could now be used for meeting upfront capital costs incurred under the SLWM component. The IEC component was strengthened and the provision of a revolving fund was extended to community-based organisations, Above Poverty Line (APL) households and Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) centres. On account of rising input costs, the incentive provision for BPL families, to be given post construction and verification of toilet usage, was increased from Rs. 625 to a maximum of Rs. 2,500. 2.4 TSC Delivery Structure The TSC operates through district projects of three to five years’ duration, jointly financed by central and state governments with contribution from beneficiary households (generally in the ratio of 65:25:15). At the district level, Zila Panchayats lead the implementation of the project – a District Water and Sanitation Mission (DWSM), headed by the Zila Panchayat, with Deputy Commissioners/ 25 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes Collectors/Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and other heads of departments as members, is set up. Similarly, at the block and the Panchayat levels, Panchayat Samitis and respective GPs are involved in the implementation of the TSC. The TSC delivery structure is shown in Figure 2.1. Centre Government of India (Ministry of Rural Development, Department of Drinking Water Supply) Funding, technical support, M&E, training and inter-sectoral coordination State State Government (Nodal Department) Funding, technical support, development of state action plan, inter-sectoral coordination, training, M&E District Zila Panchayat – DWSM (and other government and non-government institutions) Facilitate and support overall implementation, development of action plan, inter-sectoral coordination, training, M&E Block Panchayat Samiti (Extension workers of government and non-government organisations) Institution building (e.g., GPs, Watsan committee), facilitate supply chains, hygiene education, monitoring Village Figure 2.1: TSC Delivery Structure Gram Panchayat (Motivators) Community Institution building, mobilisation, facilitate construction of hardware, hygiene education, monitoring, O&M M&E: Monitoring and Evaluation; O&M: Operation and Maintenance 2.5 TSC Progress at National and State Levels 2.5.1 TSC Performance at National Level The TSC is currently being implemented at scale in 606 districts of 30 states/Union Territories (UTs). As can be seen from Figure 2.2, after sluggish progress throughout the 1980s and 1990s, rural sanitation coverage (individual household latrines) has nearly tripled from approximately 22 percent in 2001 to 61 percent in 2009 and 65 percent in 2010, post-TSC and -NGP. 26 Towards Nirmal Bharat: The Total Sanitation Campaign Figure 2.2: Rural Sanitation Coverage in India 70 65% 14% 21.9% 22.4% 23% 27% 31% 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 1993 1991 2005 onwards: Nirmal Gram Puraskar 6% 3% 1990 1980 0 4% 1989 1% 1988 10 17% 18% 2002 10% 11% 11% 45% 2001 20 57% 38% 1997 30 1996 40 1994 50 Percent 1999 onwards: Total Sanitation Campaign 1980-90: International Drinking Water Supply & 1986-99: Central Rural Sanitation Sanitation Programme Decade 2000 60 61% Source: Government of India, Department of Drinking Water Supply http://ddws.nic.in. Accessed in March 2010. Since its launch, the NGP has been very successful as a fiscal incentive for achievement of sanitation outcomes. The number of winners has gone up from approximately 40 in 2005 to 22,569 in 2009, as can be seen from Figure 2.3. The number of NGPs in each state across the years is provided in Volume 2, Annex 34. Figure 2.3: NGP Winners (2005-09) 25,000 22,569 18,013 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,743 5,000 38 798 2005 2006 NGPs – annual NGPs – cumulative 0 2007 2008 2009 Source: Government of India, Department of Drinking Water Supply http://ddws.nic.in. Accessed in March 2010. 27 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes 2.5.2 TSC Performance at State Level Despite the undeniable upward trend at the national level, these aggregates disguise state-level disparities in performance on the TSC. This section presents the performance of states on the TSC based on the performance monitoring and benchmarking model, which tracks performance based on a mix of outcome, output, processes and input indicators, and, thereafter, ranks districts and states based on performance (as against alphabetically) (for more details of this model, see Box 1 on page 17). The performance of different states in terms of cumulative score is presented in Figure 2.4 and the scores achieved on constituent indicators are presented in the remainder of this section. 79 76 70 70 65 64 63 62 60 60 59 48 47 46 45 44 41 41 39 39 35 29 25 23 22 21 19 15 15 DN Pu Ha du vel ch i M err an y ip ur Go a Ar un J& ac K M ha eg l ha P la As ya sa Pu m nj a Bih b M izo ar ra Or m Ra iss ja a Na stha Ut ga n ta lan ra d Jh kha ar nd kh an Ch Tri d p U hat ur An ttar tisg a d P ar M hra rad h ad Pr es hy ad h a Pr esh Ka ade rn sh at ak Sik a k G im Hi uja m ra ac t h Ha al P Ta rya m n W il N a es ad M t Be u ah n ar ga as l ht r Ke a ra la Percent 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 88 Figure 2.4: How are States Performing on the Total Sanitation Campaign? Key: Performance Band <25 Below Average 26-49 Average 50-74 Above Average >75 Superior The detailed score for each indicator, along with the aggregate score for each state, and overall rank and score for each district is given in Volume 2, Annex 1. The rank of every district where TSC is being implemented is given in Volume 2, Annex 2 (rank wise) and Volume 2, Annex 3 (alphabetically). a. Indicator 1 (Input): Percent TSC Funds Spent This indicator measures the financial investment in the TSC project, calculating the percentage of spend against total allocation (Figure 2.5). b. Indicator 2 (Output): Percent Individual Household Latrine Target Achieved This indicator measures an output – the percentage of individual household toilets constructed against the target (Figure 2.6). 28 Towards Nirmal Bharat: The Total Sanitation Campaign 150 136 Figure 2.5: How much have States Spent out of TSC Funds? 76 75 70 66 58 54 49 44 42 41 40 29 29 28 26 26 25 25 24 23 20 16 19 15 14 4 2 50 20 Percent 100 71 % TSC Budget Spent Da dr a & Na ga rH av Pu eli M nja Ja a b m Pu nip m du ur u & che Ka r r y sh m i Bih r a M Assa r eg m h Ra alay Ut j a a ta sth ra an kh an Hi Or d m iss Ar ach a un al G ac Pr oa ha ad l P es r h Jh ade ar sh k Ka han rn d An N atak a M dhra gala a ad P n hy ra d a d M Pra esh ah d Ch aras esh h h W attis tra es ga t B rh en ga Ta Guja l m ra il N t a Ut Ha du ta rya rP n ra a de s Ke h M rala i zo ra Tri m pu r Si k a ki m 0 Source: Government of India, Department of Drinking Water Supply http://ddws.nic.in. 109 97 96 87 74 73 72 61 60 59 53 48 45 45 42 36 32 31 28 25 23 15 Da dr a & Na ga rH av M el Ja m Pud anip i m u uch ur & Ka erry sh m i Ar Bih r un a ac ha Ass r l P am ra Na des ga h M la eg nd Jh hala ar ya kh an d Ra Oris jas sa K th Ch arna an ha ta tti ka sg a Ut Pu rh M ta nj ad ra ab hy kh a a Ut Pra nd ta d M r P es An ah rad h dh ara esh ra sh P tr Ta rade a m W il N sh es a t B du en ga l Hi Go m ac G a ha uja l P ra ra t d Ha esh rya Tri na M pura izo ra Ke m ra Sik la kim 0 1 20 12 40 19 60 38 80 9 Percent 100 90 % Household Latrines Achieved 101 120 98 Figure 2.6: How many Individual Household Latrines have been Constructed against the TSC Target? Source: Government of India, Department of Drinking Water Supply http://ddws.nic.in. c. Indicator 3 (Output): Percent School Sanitation Target Achieved This indicator measures an output – the percentage of school toilets constructed against the target (Figure 2.7). d. Indicator 4 (Process): Success Rate of NGP Applications The number of NGP applications has been increasingly geometrically, from 464 in 2005 to 13,956 in 2009. Simultaneously, the number of winners trails the number of applicants in any year. States (and districts) may put in as many applications, but the true test of outcome achievement is the number of NGP winners (Figure 2.8). By recognising and giving a higher weight to high success rate, the benchmarking model rewards process and a good internal monitoring system to evaluate ODF applications. 29 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes 100 100 98 99 95 94 94 94 93 91 91 90 90 87 80 77 66 61 55 55 51 25 40 51 44 60 47 Percent 80 59 100 97 % School Sanitation Achieved 120 108 Figure 2.7: How many School Toilets have been Constructed against the TSC Target? 0 Da dr a & Na ga r Pu Ha du vel M ch i eg err h y Na alay ga a M lan Hi We an d m st ipu ac ha Ben r l P ga ra l Ja de m sh m u & Bih Ut Kas ar ta hm ra kh i r an d Go A a Ra ssam jas An Jha tha dh rk n ra han Pr d Ar ad un es ac ha Ori h Ut l Pra ssa ta d r P es ra h d Tri esh p M Pu ura ah nj a a Ta rash b m tr C i M hh l Na a ad at du hy tisg a Pr arh ad es Ke h Ha rala Ka ryan rn a at ak Si k a M ki m i zo ra Gu m jar at 0 0 20 Source: Government of India, Department of Drinking Water Supply http://ddws.nic.in. Figure 2.8: What is the Success Rate of NGP Applications at State Level? Success Rate in NGP Till Date 98 120 68 65 64 63 51 46 45 44 44 40 39 36 32 32 28 27 25 22 21 21 20 0 0 0 20 12 40 20 60 39 Percent 80 60 85 100 Da dr a & Na ga Go Pu r Ha a du ve ch li M err izo y r Gu am j a Ut Raja rat ta sth rP a ra n Ar de un sh ac M ha Trip ad l P ur hy ra a a d Ch Pra esh ha de tti sh sg An ar dh h ra Bih Pr ar ad e Ut Pu sh ta nja ra kh b Ha and rya n Or a i s M Ja W a sa m e n m st ipu u Be r & n Ka ga sh l m A ir Hi m Jha ssa ac rk m ha ha l P nd ra Na des g h M ala e M gh nd ah ala ar ya Ta ash m tr a il Ka Nad rn u at ak Ke a ra Sik la kim 0 Source: Government of India, Department of Drinking Water Supply http://ddws.nic.in. e. Indicator 5 (Process): Average Population per Gram Panchayat The benchmarking model is not merely based on the number of NGP Gram Panchayats, but also factors such as the size of each GP and the corresponding level of effort required to make a GP Nirmal (Figure 2.9). Bonus points are given to the states with the most populous GPs – 10 points for those states where the average GP population is greater than 15,000; five points to states where the average GP population is above 5,000 but less than 15,000; and the balance states where the average GP population is below 5,000 receive a zero. 30 Towards Nirmal Bharat: The Total Sanitation Campaign f. Indicator 6 (Process): Financial Efficiency This indicator measures return on investment by calculating the amount of TSC budget spent to make a Panchayat Nirmal. Therefore, it takes the figure for TSC spend to date and divides it by the number of NGPs winners by a state to date. To incentivise financial efficiency, the benchmarking model only awards bonus points to the top five most financially efficient states, while giving zero points to the remaining states (Figure 2.10). Figure 2.9: What is the Average Population of a Gram Panchayat in Different States? Average GP Population Average Pop b/w 5,001 and 15,000 Average Pop <5,000 Average Pop >15,000 Ar un Me ac gh ha al l P aya ra M de Ut izo sh ta ra ra m kh M and an Hi ip m u ac ha Pun r l P ja C r b M hha ade ad tt sh hy isg a M Pra arh ah d ar esh as h Gu tra jar a Ta Trip t m ur il N a An a dh Har du y ra an Ja Utta Prad a m m r Pr esh u & ade Ka sh sh m Sik ir kim Ra G jas oa th an O Jh ri ar ssa k Ka han r na d Da ta dr a As ka an sa d m Na B ga ih W r H ar es av t B eli e Na ng ga al lan d K Pu era du la ch er ry 40,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 Source: Government of India, Department of Drinking Water Supply http://ddws.nic.in 212 183 149 114 97 89 80 58 51 50 44 35 34 33 28 25 19 17 17 12 8 8 7 6 370 654 Financial Efficiency (Rs. in lakhs) Hi Ma m ha ac ra ha sh l Ut Pra tra ta de ra sh kh an Pu d n Ha jab rya n Ke a ra Sik la k G im Ta uja m ra i t Ka l Na rn du M M ata ad eg k hy ha a a la Pr ya a Na des W ga h es la t B nd en g Ch Tr al An ha ipu dh ttis ra ra ga Pr rh a M desh izo Ra ra Ar j m un Jh asth ac ark an ha h Ut l Pr and ta ad r P es ra h de sh Ja Bih m m ar u & Oris Ka sa sh M mi an r Da ip dr a As ur an sa d m Na ga Go r a Pu Hav du eli ch er ry 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 675 Figure 2.10: How much is Spent to make a Gram Panchayat Nirmal? Source: Government of India, Department of Drinking Water Supply http://ddws.nic.in. 31 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes g. Indicator 7 (Outcome): Number of NGP Winners This indicator measures the absolute number of NGP Panchayats out of the total number of GPs in a state. This is equal to the cumulative number of NGPs won by a state (Figure 2.11). h. Indicator 8 (Outcome): Percentage of NGP Winners The performance benchmarking model is designed to reward both absolute and percentage achievement in terms of NGP (Figure 2.12). Recognising and giving points to percentage NGP achievement helps to neutralise the ‘low base effect’. (Other things being equal, let us say State A has 50 GPs and State B has 500. Both states have been able to achieve 20 NGP Panchayats. Therefore, while the absolute number of NGP achievement is the same, State A is 40 percent NGP while State B is only 8 percent NGP. Therefore, the benchmarking model recognises this and is designed to reward both absolute and percentage achievement.). The percentage of NGP winners of every district where TSC is being implemented is given in Volume 2, Annex 36. 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 8,389 Figure 2.11: How many Panchayats have Won the NGP across Different States? 2,096 1,670 1,512 1,263 1,061 1,087 989 876 845 522 418 520 225 207 200 164 113 155 96 63 50 31 24 14 12 2 0 0 Da dr a & Na ga Go Pu r Ha a du ve Ja ch li m e Ar mu Man rry un & i ac Ka pur ha sh l P mi ra r de As sh M sam iz Na oram M gal eg an ha d la Pu ya n Tri jab pu r Or a iss Sik a kim Ra Bih ja ar Jh stha Hi Ut arkh n m ta a ac ra nd ha kh Ch l Pra and ha de tti sh Ka sga rn rh at a Ke ka r a W Ha la An est ryan dh Be a r n Ut a Pr gal a t M ar de ad Pr sh hy ad a Pr esh ad e G s Ta uja h m r M il N at ah ad ar as u ht ra 0 National Average = 753 Source: Government of India, Department of Drinking Water Supply http://ddws.nic.in. 96 120 79 100 Percent 80 17 16 16 15 12 11 7 6 6 6 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Da Ja m m u & Ka sh m dr ir a G & M o Na an a ga ipu r Pu Ha r du ve ch li e Pu rry nj A ab Ar un Me ssa ac gh m h a Ut al Pr laya ta ad rP e ra sh Ra des jas h th a Bih n ar An M Oris s dh izo a ra ra Ch Pra m ha de tti sh Jh sga a rh M Utt rkha ad ar n hy akh d a Pr and ad Tri esh pu Gu ra Ka ja rn rat Hi at m ac Ha aka ha ry l P an Ta rade a m M il N sh ah a d W aras u es ht t B ra e Na ng ga al lan Ke d ra Sik la kim 0 2 30 40 33 60 20 Source: Government of India, Department of Drinking Water Supply http://ddws.nic.in. 32 99 Figure 2.12: What is the Percentage of Panchayats that have become NGP across Different States? 3. A Decade of TSC: Progress and Status 3.1 Introduction This chapter analyses data from the online monitoring system of the TSC and NGP, a wealth of information at the national, state and district levels. The data have been accessed in March 2010 from the TSC and NGP Management Information System (MIS). This information is presented across six sections: • Context in terms of the scale of the sanitation challenge. It provides information on the number of households and schools that lacked access to sanitation when the TSC was launched along with information on the socio-economic conditions of programme implementation; • Programme inputs begin with the overall TSC budget and then focus on the average project expenditure per district. It also provides information on the allocation to project hardware and software components within the overall financial envelope; • Outputs such as construction of toilets in households and schools; • Programme processes in terms of acceleration of scale-up, inclusion, success rate of NGP applications, and rate of return; • Outcomes such as the number of NGP winners; and • Projections on when India will reach the TSC goal of universal sanitation coverage. The specific indicators analysed under each component are detailed in Table 3.1. 3.2 Context: The Scale of the Sanitation Challenge 3.2.1 Number of Households and Institutions that Lack Access to Rural Sanitation The TSC was launched with the objective of achieving universal rural sanitation coverage by 2012. This meant the construction of about 12 crore4 toilets at the beginning of the campaign (1999) (Figure 3.1). 3.2.2 Rural Poverty TSC envisaged financial support to the poorer households, defined by the BPL survey of the Government of India. In 1999, according to the TSC baseline survey, 47 percent of all households in India were classified as BPL (Figure 3.2). 4 120 million. 33 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes Table 3.1: Indicators Analysed to Track Progress under TSC Context Input Output Process Outcome • No of HHs and institutions without access to sanitation • Rural poverty (BPL distribution) • TSC financial allocation and expenditure • Average TSC project allocation per district • TSC allocation and expenditure on software and hardware per district • Average TSC software allocation and expenditure per household • Average TSC expenditure per BPL household toilet, school and pre-school toilet • Average expenditure per RSM/PC and SLWM • Sanitation target achieved at national and state level • % school sanitation target achieved • % RSM/PC target achieved • % SLWM target achieved • Acceleration rate of HH sanitation coverage • Reaching the poorest – ratio of BPL and APL HHs coverage • Reaching the backward and drought-prone areas • Success rate of NGP applications • Number of NGP • Progress winners made towards • State-wise % of universal rural NGP winners sanitation • Number of coverage NGPs vs total number of GPs GOAL 1,400 1,200 1,202 Figure 3.1: TSC Objectives, 1999 600 591 800 611 x100000 1,000 400 IHHL Total IHHL APL IHHL BPL 4 0 12 200 School Toilets Pre-school Toilet IHHL 3.3 Inputs The TSC uses the resources of central and state governments and contributions from beneficiaries to promote access to sanitation facilities. This section looks at financial allocation and expenditure on the project till date. 34 A Decade of TSC: Progress and Status 86 84 76 72 70 66 64 64 60 59 55 54 54 50 49 48 47 45 45 44 44 42 36 24 24 23 21 6 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Hi m G Pu oa R n ac aja jab ha sth l P an ra de H M ar sh ah ya U ar na M ttar ash ad Pr tra hy ad a Pr esh ad e Gu sh Ka j a Ut rna rat ta ta r a ka kh an d W es Ind t B ia en g Ch K al ha era l t Ta tisg a m ar il N h ad u Bih M ar an ip Sik ur An dh A kim ra ssa m P Jh rade ar sh kh an Or d i T ssa M ripu eg ra h Na alay ga a Ar la un ac Miz nd ha or l P am ra de sh Percent Figure 3.2: State-wise Percentage of BPL Households (as per TSC Baseline Survey) See Volume 2, Annex 4 for calculations leading to this graph. 3.3.1 TSC Financial Allocation and Expenditure TSC allocation and expenditure – national Under the TSC, the total commitment to date is approximately Rs. 17,866 crore (US$ 3,888 million), of which BPL households have committed Rs. 2,016 crore (US$ 438 million or 11.4 percent) (Figure 3.3). The allocation and expenditure is divided between the national government, state government and beneficiaries (BPL families). This is in addition to the additional expenditure by the BPL families5 and expenditure by the APL families, both of which are not captured by the online monitoring system of the TSC. 20,000 18,000 17,886 Figure 3.3: Financial Allocation and Expenditure for TSC (INR, Crore) 16,000 11,094 12,000 - Total Centre State See Volume 2, Annex 5 for calculations leading to this graph. 1,011 2,000 2,016 4,000 2,203 6,000 4,776 8,000 4,155 10,000 7,369 INR/Crores 14,000 Allocation Expenditure Beneficiary BPL families have to contribute about Rs. 300 (US$ 6.5) to avail of the government’s support to construct a toilet; however, in practice, they may contribute a higher amount to construct a better quality of toilet. 5 35 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes TSC allocation and expenditure – per district, state wise The unit for implementation of the TSC is the district. On an average, the allocation for implementing the TSC is Rs. 30 crore (US$ 6.6 million) per district, ranging from Rs. 4 crore in Arunachal Pradesh to Rs. 73 crore in Andhra Pradesh (Figure 3.4). Figure 3.4: Average Project Allocation per District (INR, Crore) 73 80 – 50 38 38 37 32 31 31 30 26 23 19 18 15 15 12 11 11 9 7 5 5 4 10 – 4 20 – 11 30 – 25 40 – 30 50 – 44 INR/Crores 60 – 52 70 – Ar un ac ha lP ra M desh izo ra Sik m kim Na G ga oa lan Ha d ry M ana an ip Hi Ut Pu ur m tar nja ac ak b ha h l P an d M rade eg sh ha lay Ja Ke a m ra m u Trip la & Ka ura sh Gu mir j M ad Raja arat hy st h a Pr an Ka ade rn sh at ak a In di Ta Ass a m am il N Jh ad M ark u ah h Ch ara and h sh Ut atti tra ta sg r P ar ra h de W O sh es ris t B sa en An ga dh ra Bih l Pr ar ad es h 0– See Volume 2, Annex 6 for calculations leading to this graph. The TSC budget for each district is given in Volume 2, Annex 7. TSC hardware allocation and expenditure – per district, state wise Splitting the average allocation by hardware and software at the district level shows that the average hardware allocation per district is Rs. 26 crore (US$ 5.7 million) while the expenditure is just over Rs. 11 crore (US$ 2.4 million) which is 42 percent (Figure 3.5). Only two or three states have been able to show consistency in using hardware funds; most others exhibit low absorption capacity. Figure 3.5: Average Hardware Allocation and Expenditure per District, by State (INR, Crore) 65 70 – Ar un ac ha lP 23 27 37 35 26 9 6 10 13 16 28 27 17 11 8 31 44 Hardware allocation per district Hardware expenditure per district See Volume 2, Annex 8 for calculations leading to this graph. 36 27 26 26 10 8 21 5 3 11 20 16 13 17 13 9 3 10 2 1 0 2 10 9 9 7 2 5 7 6 4 1 ra d es h Go S a Na ikkim ga l Ha and rya Pu na M nja Hi U an b m ttr ip ac ak ur ha h l P an d M rade eg sh ha lay Ja Ke a m ra m u Trip la & Ka ura sh Gu mir M ad Raj jara hy ast t a Pr han Ka ade rn sh at ak a Jh Ind ar ia Ta kha m n il N d a M A du ah ssa Ch ara m h sh Ut atti tra ta sg r P ar ra h de W O sh es ris t B sa en An ga dh ra Bih l Pr ar ad es h 0– 1 3 10 – 4 20 – 12 30 – 22 40 – 31 INR/CRORES 50 – 46 60 – A Decade of TSC: Progress and Status TSC software allocation and expenditure – per district, state wise The average software allocation is Rs. 4 crore (US$ 0.7 million) with corresponding expenditure being recorded as just Rs. 1.1 crore (US$ 0.24 million) which translates into 32 percent against the average allocation (Figure 3.6). Figure 3.6: Average Software Allocation and Expenditure per District, by State (INR, Crore) Ar un ac 5.3 7.0 6.6 1.9 1.9 ha lP ra M desh iz Na oram ga lan d Ut ta Go ra kh a an Sik d M kim an Ha ipur Hi rya m n ac P ha un a l P jab M rade eg sh ha Ja m lay m a T u r i & pu Ka ra sh m Ke ir ra As la s Gu am Ta j m ara il t Ka Nad rn u Ra atak jas a th an Ut t I M ar nd ad P hy rad ia a Pr esh Jh ade ar sh kh an d M ah Bih Ch ara ar ha sht W ttis ra es ga t B rh en An dh O gal ra ris Pr sa ad es h 0.0 – .9 1.0 – 1.7 2.0 – 2.5 3.0 – .9 4.0 – .5 .2 .8 .7 .8 .4 .9 .3 1.0 .3 1.1 .5 1.4 .6 1.6 1.0 1.7 .4 1.9 1.0 2.2 .4 2.3 1.2 2.4 .2 2.4 1.5 2.7 .6 2.8 1.4 3.2 1.5 3.5 .9 3.6 1.1 3.7 1.1 3.7 1.2 4.1 1.2 4.4 .7 INR/CRORES 5.0 – 5.3 6.0 – 5.6 7.0 – 5.9 8.0 – Average software allocation per district Average software expenditure per district See Volume 2, Annex 9 for calculations leading to this graph. TSC software allocation and expenditure – per household, state wise The average software allocation per household is Rs. 181 (US$ 4) per household while average software expenditure is Rs. 102 (US$ 2.5) (Figure 3.7). 2439 Figure 3.7: Average Software Allocation and Expenditure per Household (INR) 2500 – 2000 – 950 816 718 588 193 313 509 578 19 398 Ta m W il N es ad Ut t B u An tar eng dh Pra al ra de Ut Prad sh ta ra esh k Ra han jas d th Tri an pu Gu ra j Ha arat r y Ka a M rna na ah ta ar ka as ht ra Bih a In r M di ad Ja hy As a m a sa m Pr m u & ade K s C Hi hh ash h m a ac tti mir ha sg l P arh ra de sh O Jh ris ar sa kh a Pu nd nj a K b Na era ga la lan d M Goa an ip Ar S ur un Me ikk ac gh im ha al l P ay ra a M desh izo ra m 0– 114 74 123 54 125 70 152 68 153 78 163 130 165 92 170 98 171 117 172 102 178 142 179 159 181 102 211 183 241 132 257 142 267 181 276 155 282 106 286 144 295 16 314 194 363 500 – 680 1000 – 472 INR 1500 – Software allocation per household Average expenditure household See Volume 2, Annex 10 for calculations leading to this graph. 37 jab G M oa a Ka nip rn ur at a Tri ka p Ra u jas ra th an Ut O t a An r ris dh Pra sa ra de Pr sh Hi ad m es ac h M hal In ad P dia r hy ad a e Ja Ma Prad sh m h m ar esh u & asht Ka ra sh Gu mir Ar un jar ac a ha B t l P iha Ch ra r ha de tti sh s M garh izo Jh ra W arkh m es an tB d en g Ke al ra l Ta Ass a m am Ut il N ta ad ra kh u Ha and rya n Sik a Na kim M gala eg nd ha lay a Pu n 10,000 – 5,000 – 38 20,000 – 15,000 – 25,000 – See Volume 2, Annex 12 for calculations leading to this graph. 30,000 – 2,301 3,338 4,000 – 25,888 23,949 2,299 1,889 1,779 1,590 1,563 3,000 – 20,979 20,529 20,202 20,148 20,098 20,078 1,491 1,472 1,425 1,389 1,307 1,274 1,190 1,171 1,155 1,146 1,123 1,091 1,085 1,081 1,019 2,500 – 19,856 19,520 19,498 19,407 19,314 19,277 19,020 18,756 18,443 17,473 17,452 17,320 16,221 15,981 1,012 947 912 INR 2,000 – 15,721 15,492 15,437 907 610 1,500 – 12,991 12,603 341 156 1,000 – 6,020 ha Pun l j W Pra ab es de t B sh e Ra nga jas l th Tri an pu M r An ah Oris a a s dh ra a ra sh Pr tra Ja ad m m Ha esh u & rya K n Ta ash a m m il ir Ka Nad r Ut na u ta ta ra ka kh a Gu nd Jh jar ar at kh an Ke d ra la In di a M ad Mi Goa hy zo a ra Pr m Ar ad un es h ac ha Bih lP ar ra d As esh N sa Ch aga m ha lan tti d sg Ut Ma arh ta ni r P pu M rade r eg sh ha la Sik ya kim ac m Hi 500 – 5,884 INR A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes TSC hardware expenditure – per BPL household, state wise The TSC provides financial support (post-construction incentives) for BPL households (APL households are mobilised to invest on their own to construct toilets). In this context, the average expenditure per BPL household toilets is Rs. 1,274 (US$ 28) (Figure 3.8). Figure 3.8: Average Hardware Expenditure Incurred on BPL Households (INR) 3,500 – 0– See Volume 2, Annex 11 for calculations leading to this graph. TSC hardware expenditure – per school sanitation facility, state wise The average school toilet expenditure is Rs. 17,320 (US$ 384) (Figure 3.9). Figure 3.9: Average Hardware Expenditure Incurred per School Toilet (INR) 0– M Go izo a ra Pu m nj a Sik b kim Or is Tri sa pu An ra dh ra Bih W Pra ar es de Ut t Be sh ta ng M rakh al ah a ar nd as h Gu tra jar at Ka Ind rn ia at a As ka Jh sa ar m kh M ad Raj and hy ast a Pr han ad es K Ta er h m al il N a Ha adu ry M a Ja Utt an na m ar ip Ar mu Pra ur un & de s Hi acha Kash h m ac l Pr mir ha ad Ch l Pr esh ha ad tti esh sh Na gar h M gala eg nd ha lay a 0– 1,00,000 – 50,000 – 1,50,000 – 2,00,000 – 2,50,000 – 3,00,000 – 3,50,000 – Figure 3.11: Average District Expenditure Incurred per RSM/PC (INR) 5,00,000 – 4,68,750 9,615 6,447 5,979 5,682 5,600 5,489 5,342 5,230 4,921 4,829 4,815 4,811 4,791 4,776 4,736 4,684 4,682 4,662 4,523 4,340 4,293 4,209 3,678 3,398 INR 15,000 – 4,00,000 – 2,84,000 2,70,273 2,62,000 2,19,600 2,19,167 2,13,931 1,62,700 1,56,029 1,54,946 1,51,291 1,18,003 1,13,673 77,346 76,700 76,401 64,854 54,599 54,192 41,480 41,162 3,030 3,217 10,000 – 39,122 30,087 20,135 13,590 0 0 2,869 483 5,000 – 0 Pu An n dh O jab M ra ri s a Ar dh Prad sa un ya e ac Pra sh ha d e l Ut Pra sh ta de ra sh kh an Ke d ra la Hi m Ra Go ac ja a ha st l P ha ra n de Ch Gu sh ha jar tti at sg ar h Ka Ind rn ia at Ut Ha aka ta rya r M Pra na ah de ar sh as Ja m Miz htra m u ora Ka m Na shm g ir Jh alan ar kh d a Tri nd pu W A ra es ssa tB m en ga Ta Bi l m ha i M l Na r eg du ha la Sik ya M kim an ip ur 0– 0 INR 30,000 – 25,226 A Decade of TSC: Progress and Status TSC hardware expenditure – per Anganwadi (pre-school) sanitation facility, state wise The expenditure on pre-school toilet (Aganwadi) is Rs. 4,684 (US$ 104) (Figure 3.10). Figure 3.10: Average Expenditure Incurred per Pre-school Toilet (INR) 25,000 – 20,000 – See Volume 2, Annex 13 for calculations leading to this graph. TSC hardware expenditure – per RSM/Production Centre (PC), state wise The average district expenditure on setting up RSMs/PCs is Rs. 64,854 (US$ 1,141) (Figure 3.11). 4,50,000 – See Volume 2, Annex 14 for calculations leading to this graph. 39 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes TSC expenditure on SLWM, state wise The average district expenditure on SLWM initiatives is Rs. 40,089 (US$ 890) (Figure 3.12). 1,494,333 Figure 3.12: Average District Expenditure Incurred on SLWM (INR) 16,00,000 – 14,00,000 – 8,00,000 – Ar un ac 148,750 81,207 46,458 40,089 39,359 36,591 34,784 35,091 32,588 33,756 27,301 27,098 20,841 7,003 8,739 6,644 6,032 4,921 3,236 0 0 0 0 M ha lP ra de sh eg Go h a Na alay ga a la Pu nd nj W Tri ab es pu M t Be ra ah ng ar al Hi a m Ka sht ac rn ra ha at l P ak ra a Ra des jas h M th ad a hy O n a riss P Ut rad a tra es kh h an Ch ha Ass d tti am sh ga rh Ja B m m Ha ihar u & rya Ka na sh M mi an r ip Gu ur jar at Jh Ind Ut ark ia ta ha rP n ra d de s Ke h ra S la An Tam ikki dh il m ra Na Pr du a M desh izo ra m 0 – 0 2,00,000 – 745 4,00,000 – 126,367 6,00,000 – 535,429 10,00,000 – 280,948 INR 12,00,000 – See Volume 2, Annex 15 for calculations leading to this graph. 3.4 Outputs The outputs of the TSC in terms of toilets constructed in households, schools and pre-schools, and progress in terms of the number of RSMs set up and SLWM works undertaken is presented here. 3.4.1 Toilets Constructed in Households, Schools and Pre-schools Under TSC, more than 6.43 crore toilets have been constructed – 3.48 crore BPL toilets, and 2.95 crore APL toilets (Figure 3.13). Target 40 IHHL Total Progress IHHL BPL IHHL APL School Toilets Pre-school Toilets 0.18 0.3 3.16 0– 4.4 200 – 9.73 11.97 400 – 295.1 600 – 610.7 800 – 348.2 1,000 – 591.0 x100000 1,200 – 643.3 1,400 – 1,201.7 Figure 3.13: Progress of Toilets in Households and Institutions (Cumulative) Community Toilets A Decade of TSC: Progress and Status More than 5.5 crore household toilets still need to be constructed – 3.1 crore APL and 2.4 crore BPL. Currently, India, on an average, constructs 29,247 toilets per day. However, India needs to construct more than 76,498 household toilets per day in the next two years to achieve 100 percent coverage which means doubling its efforts (Figure 3.14). Construction of IHHL under TSC – current and required pace 103 757 87 80% – 742 25 90% – 738 0 5 2 0 193 12,306 76,498 1,826 29,247 11,470 6,155 6,125 1,099 5,459 5,914 1,989 2,324 5,089 1,199 5,342 3,106 4,085 3,551 789 1,300 3,479 888 3,329 1,518 3,109 949 80 2,138 266 253 330 32 80 135 186 25 115 0% – 26 10% – 23 20% – 24 30% – 627 40% – 2,520 659 50% – 1,429 60% – 1,288 16 70% – 450 100% – Ke ra Sik la M kim izo ra m Go Tri a Hi pu m Ar ach Har ra un al ya ac Pr na ha ad l P es ra h Na des h M gala eg nd ha la Ut Man ya ta ip ra ur kh a Pu nd Ja m n ja m u Gu b & jar Ch Kas at ha hm t Ta tisg ir m ar W il N h es ad tB u Jh eng ar al kh an d A M K ssa ad ar m n h An ya ata dh Pra ka ra de M Pra sh ah de ar sh a Ra sht jas ra th a Ut ta Or n r P iss ra a de sh Bih a In r di a Rate of Construction per day Figure 3.14: Household Toilet Construction Pace - Current and Required Current construction capacity per day Construction capacity needed per day to reach 100% coverage by 2012 See Volume 2, Annex16 for calculations leading to this graph. Coverage of IHHL under TSC There has been 54 percent progress against the target for household sanitation – 59 percent among BPL households and 48 percent among APL households (Figure 3.15). 87 98 97 97 109 74 73 62 60 59 59 54 54 48 46 38 36 32 31 31 26 20 20 – 15 40 – 23 60 – 45 72 80 – 9 Percent 100 – 91 120 – 102 Figure 3.15: Total Household Toilet Coverage under TSC, by State Ja m m u & M an Ka ipur sh m i Ar Bih r un ac a ha Ass r l P am M rade eg sh h Na alay g a Jh alan ar kh d an Or d R is Ch ajas sa ha tha tti n Ka sga Ut rna rh ta ta ra ka kh M an ad d hy I n a Pr dia ad Ut P esh ta un r j M Pra ab An ah de dh ara sh ra sh P tr Ta rad a m es W il N h es ad tB u en ga Hi l Go m ac G a ha uja l P ra ra t d Ha esh rya Tri na M pur izo a ra Ke m ra Sik la kim 0– See Volume 2, Annex 17 for calculations leading to this graph. 41 M M anip m eg ur u ha & Ka laya Ar sh un m ac P ha un ir l P ja ra b de sh Bih A ar Ra ssa ja m Na stha g n Jh alan ar kh d an Or d Ka is Ut rna sa ta ta C ra ka M hh kha ad att nd hy isg a Pr arh ad es h M An ah Ind dh ara ia ra sh Ut Pr tra ta ad r P es Ta rad h m es il N h Hi m ac G adu ha uj l P ara ra t de sh W es G t B oa en Ha ga rya l Tri na M pur izo a ra Ke m ra Sik la kim m Ja 7 20 – 42 40 – 36 60 – See Volume 2, Annex 20 for calculations leading to this graph. 80 – 100 – 120 – 113 102 99 98 97 97 93 90 120 – 99 97 97 96 92 90 65 100 – 86 83 64 60 58 54 52 51 50 48 46 80 – 80 71 64 60 59 57 53 51 49 44 41 39 Percent 60 – 46 45 29 20 14 14 10 9 7 6 40 – 31 28 27 26 24 m Nag u & alan Ka d Jh shm ar kh ir an d Bih M a an r ip Ar As ur un sa ac m ha Or l P iss Ch ra a ha de tti sh Ra sgar ja h Ka stha r Ut na n ta ta ra ka kh an d W es Ind t U ia M ttar Ben ad P ga hy rad l a Pr esh An Me ade dh gh sh ra ala M Pra ya ah de ar sh as ht ra Ta G m o il N a Hi m ac G adu ha uja l P ra ra t d Ha esh rya Tri na pu Pu ra M njab izo ra Sik m ki Ke m ra la m Ja 20 – 24 24 Percent 140 – 128 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes The IHHL coverage for each district is given in Volume 2, Annex 18. Coverage of APL IHHL under TSC Figure 3.16: APL Household Toilet Coverage under TSC 0– See Volume 2, Annex 19 for calculations leading to this graph. Coverage of BPL IHHL under TSC Figure 3.17: BPL Household Toilets Constructed under TSC 0– eg h Na alay ga a M lan Hi W an d m es ip Ja ach t Be ur m al ng m Pr a u l & ade Ka sh sh m ir Ut ta Bih ra ar kh an d Go A a Ra ssam jas Jh th ar an kh An an dh d ra Ind P i Ar ra a de un s ac ha Or h i l s P Ut ra sa ta de rP s ra h de Tri sh p M P ura ah un a ja M Ta rash b ad m tr hy il N a a Pr adu ad e Ch Har sh ha ya tti na sg ar Ke h Ka ra rn la a M taka izo ra Sik m k Gu im jar at M 40 20 School toilet progress 26 54 60 59 59 100 98 100 109 108 87 99 102 99 98 97 98 95 94 94 91 97 93 91 90 90 87 120 46 72 62 54 81 108 100 100 99 99 98 98 95 94 94 93 91 91 90 90 87 81 80 78 120 45 36 32 80 66 61 59 55 55 53 51 49 46 100 38 78 59 48 61 74 66 55 91 26 80 23 20 55 73 80 53 51 49 100 15 31 60 46 Percent 40 26 31 eg h Na alay ga a M lan Hi W an d m es ip Ja ach t Be ur m al ng m Pr a u l & ade Ka sh sh m ir Ut ta Bih ra ar kh an d Go A a Ra ssam jas Jh th ar an kh An an dh d ra Ind P Ar ra ia de un s ac ha Or h i l s P Ut ra sa ta de rP s ra h de Tri sh p M P ura ah un a ja M Ta rash b ad m tr hy il N a a Pr adu ad e Ch Har sh ha ya tti na sg ar Ke h Ka ra rn la a M taka i zo ra Si k m k Gu im jar at M 60 9 Percent A Decade of TSC: Progress and Status Coverage of school sanitation under TSC Figure 3.18: School Toilet Coverage under TSC 20 0 See Volume 2, Annex 21 for calculations leading to this graph. Comparison of coverage of IHHL and school sanitation under TSC Figure 3.19 shows the coverage of school sanitation vis-à-vis household sanitation coverage. Figure 3.19: Comparative Status of Household Sanitation and School Sanitation under TSC 0 IHHL progress See Volume 2, Annex 22 for calculations leading to this graph. 43 M Goa izo ra Sik m k Ar P im un Me unj Ja ach gha ab m al la m Pr ya u & ade K s Hi Utt ash h m ar m ac ak ir ha ha l P nd r Na ade ga sh l M and an Ra ip ja ur Ka stha Ch rna n h t Ut atti aka ta sg r P ar ra h de sh K M Tam era ad l hy il N a ad a W Pra u es de t B sh en As gal An sa m dh ra In Pr dia Jh ade ar sh kh an d Bih ar Or is M Gu sa ah jar ar at as h Ha tra rya Tri na pu ra 44 See Volume 2, Annex 24 for calculations leading to this graph. 493 371 346 302 294 200 191 157 152 122 106 88 77 76 72 68 57 44 36 31 14 13 11 9 0 936 1,842 2000 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 0 Ka sh m ir Go M Bih a eg a ha r M laya Ut an ta ip ra ur kh a Pu nd Jh nja Hi W arkh b m es a ac t B nd ha e l P ng ra al d An dh A esh ra ss Pr am a Ra des jas h Na tha ga n Ar un lan ac ha In d l P di ra a de sh Ut O ta r P riss ra a d Tri esh Ha pur rya a Ch K na ha er t al Ta tisg a m arh il N a Gu du j K ar M arna at ah ta ar ka as M ad Mi htra hy zo a ram Pr ad Gu esh jar at & Percent 18 16 15 15 11 8 46 37 35 35 34 33 32 100 100 99 95 94 92 86 86 85 79 76 73 72 61 122 122 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 0 u m m Ja A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes Coverage of Anganwadi (pre-school) sanitation under TSC Figure 3.20: Pre-school Toilet Coverage under TSC See Volume 2, Annex 23 for calculations leading to this graph. Establishment of RSMs/PCs under TSC The TSC has sanctioned 4,191 RSMs and 139 PCs; overall, 5,214 RSMs and 3,046 PCs have been set up across the country (Figure 3.21). Figure 3.21: RSM/PC Progress against Target A Decade of TSC: Progress and Status 3.4.2 Progress in Undertaking SLWM Works The SLWM component has been initiated in only in 17,063 villages so far (Figure 3.22). 17,063 3,223 2,763 2,101 1,688 1,645 1,245 842 699 652 548 385 312 212 208 105 143 51 98 45 15 44 15 11 9 4 0 0 sh Na Go ga a lan Ja Sik d m m Mi kim u zo & r K am M ash eg mi ha r la Pu ya nj M ab an ip ur Ut ta Bih ra ar kh An a dh K nd ra era Pr la ad e W As sh es sa t m Ta Ben m ga il l Jh Nad ar u kh an Tri d pu r Hi m Ka Oris a ac rn sa ha at a Ch l Pra ka ha de tti sh s Ra gar jas h th M Gu an ah jar ar at as M ad Ha htra hy ry a a Ut Pra na ta d r P es ra h de sh In di a 0 18000 16000 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 Ar un ac ha lP ra de work/Rs taken up Figure 3.22: Number of Villages in which SWLM Work Taken Up See Volume 2, Annex 25 for calculations leading to this graph. 3.5 Process Process analysis explores the performance of the states’ efficiency and priority which is measured against acceleration rate, inclusiveness and effectiveness of the scaling up coverage. 3.5.1 Acceleration Rate of Household Sanitation An acceleration rate scale has been developed to measure the extent of coverage achieved in a specified period of time. In this regard, the states have been ranked on a scale of 1 to 10 based on the IHHL coverage and the time taken to achieve that coverage. The following formula has been used to calculate this coverage: Acceleration Rate Scale (0-10) = Household Sanitation Coverage Achieved under TSC X 10 Average time taken* * The time taken by each district from the sanction date is averaged at state and country levels On the acceleration rate scale, India scores 5.1 in reaching the TSC target (Figure 3.23) while Himachal Pradesh stands out as the most efficient state in achieving the maximum acceleration. 45 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes 8.3 7.1 7.0 6.6 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.7 3.3 3.3 3.0 2.5 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.4 Pr ad M esh an ip Ke ur ra Tri la pu ra Ja m Go m a u & Bih Ka ar sh m Pu i r nj a A b Na ssa ga m la M Ut iz nd o ta ra ra m kh an d S i Jh kk ar im kh an O d An Ra ris dh jas sa ra th a M Pra n ah de s a M rash h eg tr Ka hala a rn ya at ak Ut ta In a rP d i M Wes rade a ad t s hy Be h a ng Ch Pra al ha de t sh Ta tisg m ar il N h Ha adu Hi ry m ac G ana ha uj l P ara ra t de sh 1.0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Ar un ac ha l Acceleration Rate Scale Figure 3.23: Performance of the Country and States on Acceleration Scale (0-10) in Scaling Up Household Coverage See Volume 2, Annex 26 for calculations leading to this graph. 3.5.2 Reaching the Poorest 128 99 102 113 10 24 29 26 27 14 28 41 31 6 36 9 45 20 46 44 49 46 51 39 53 52 57 48 59 60 60 58 64 51 71 65 80 90 83 93 86 64 90 50 92 97 96 97 97 99 97 98 7 24 54 24 14 7 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Ja m M M anip m eg u u ha r & Ka laya Ar sh un m ac P ha un ir l P ja ra b de sh Bih A ar Ra ssam jas Na tha n Jh gala ar nd kh an d Ka Oris r s n a Ut ta ata Ch rak ka M ha ha ad tt nd hy isg a Pr arh ad es h M I a n An ha d dh ra ia s r Ut a P htra ta rad r e Ta Prad sh m es il N h Hi m ac G adu ha uj l P ara ra t de sh W es G t B oa en Ha gal rya Tri na M pura izo ra m Ke ra Sik la kim Percent Figure 3.24: Comparative Status of APL and BPL Household Toilet Achievement APL IHHL progress BPL IHHL progress See Volume 2, Annex 27 for calculations leading to this graph. In most states, the ratio of the BPL and APL is about 1, indicating equal importance to both groups in mobilising their commitment for adoption of toilet facilities. However, some states have given more importance to BPL. States showing a ratio more than 1 have placed higher priority on BPL families. Overall, India has accorded higher priority to BPL household sanitation (Figure 3.25). 46 A Decade of TSC: Progress and Status 2.6 2.3 1.9 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.4 3.6 4.8 6.2 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 M Pu eg njab ha M lay an a Ra ipu jas r Ar un th a ac ha Ker n l P ala ra Hi d m ac G esh ha uja l P ra ra t M desh i zo Ha ram rya M Tr na M ah ip ad ar ur a a An hya sht P dh ra ra ra de Pr sh ad es Si k h Ka ki Ut rna m ta tak ra kh a an Ta In d Ch mil dia h N Ut atti adu ta sg r P ar ra h de sh W es Go tB a en g As al sa m Ja Or m iss m a u & Bih Ka ar Jh shm ar k ir Na han ga d lan d Ratio Figure 3.25: Ratio of APL and BPL Household Toilet Achievement See Volume 2, Annex 28 for calculations leading to this graph. 3.5.3 Reaching Backward and Drought Prone Regions A comparative analysis of household sanitation coverage and NGP coverage (against the number of total GPs) in backward and drought-prone regions has been carried out. The districts covered under the Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) and Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP) were analysed in comparison with non-BRGF and -DPAP districts (Figures 3.26, 3.27, 3.28 and 3.29). Figure 3.26: Sanitation Coverage (Household) in BRGF Districts and Non-BRGF Districts 20 67 57 68 72 68 59 71 66 72 71 74 84 80 75 83 71 85 76 86 66 89 100 89 70 94 88 95 97 99 100 100 100 100 100 100 59 33 40 38 60 58 82 54 46 36 52 80 33 22 Percent 100 62 69 62 72 63 71 65 47 66 100 120 Ar Ch ha Bih tti ar sg un ar ac h O ha l P rissa ra Ra des jas h An Jh tha dh ark n ra ha Pr nd ad es h A M ssa eg m Ka hala rn ya Ja at m a m u Pu ka & n K ja M Utta ashmb ad ra hy kh ir a a M Pra nd ah de ar sh as ht ra In d Ut Gu ia ta r P jara t r Na ade s g h Ta al m an il N d M adu an Ha ipu W r Hi m es ryan ac t B a ha en l P ga ra l de s Ke h M ral izo a ra Sik m k Tri im pu ra 0 IHHL coverage in BRGF districts IHHL coverage in non-BRGF districts See Volume 2, Annex 29 for calculations leading to this graph. In the context of NGP coverage, the non-BRGF districts show better coverage but the BRGF districts in states like Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, and Gujarat have better access comparatively. 47 48 & As s Ka am sh M m an ir ip Ar Pu ur un nj a ac ha Bi b l P ha ra r de s Or h Ra iss Ut ja a ta sth Ch r Pra an ha de tti sh s M ad M garh hy izo An a ra dh Pra m ra de Ut Pra sh ta de ra sh k Jh han ar kh d a T nd M ripu eg ra Hi ha m ac H laya a ha ry l P an ra a de s In h d i Ta Guj a m ara i W lN t es ad tB u Ka eng rn al Na atak M ga a ah la ar nd as ht r Ke a ra Sik la kim u m m Ja Percent 40 20 0 NGP coverage in DPAP districts See Volume 2, Annex 32 for calculations leading to this graph. NGP coverage in non-DPAP districts 120 100 0 0 100 100 16 12 16 22 21 34 38 14 7 51 42 94 85 100 100 73 100 0 100 86 100 99 94 87 96 90 84 15 18 16 120 0 62 64 81 86 82 120 0 0 0 0 80 73 80 74 65 75 83 79 100 0 36 11 4 8 6 1 6 9 6 7 6 8 8 20 15 20 60 57 Average IHHL coverage in DPAP districts 69 71 70 68 63 68 1 5 2 0 2 3 3 80 20 60 54 0 67 58 67 NGP coverage in BRGF districts 0 20 60 65 65 Percent 40 0 40 0 60 0 80 0 3 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 22 33 35 39 35 45 54 52 36 59 Pr ad M esh an M ipu i zo r ra Pu m n Ra ja jas b Ja th m a m u As n & sa Ka m Ka shm rn ir at ak Or a iss Ut ta Bi a r P ha ra r d An dh Tr esh i ra pu Ch Pra ra ha de tt sh M Jh isga ad ar rh hy kh a P an Hi Utt rad d m ar es ac ak h ha ha W l Pra nd es de t B sh en ga M In l eg dia h Na ala y g Ta ala a m nd M il N ah a ar du as h Gu tra j Ha arat rya n Ke a ra Si k l a ki m ha l Ar un ac 20 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 3 0 3 2 3 6 5 0 5 7 6 4 7 6 8 5 9 0 9 0 11 0 16 24 16 5 19 17 21 20 21 25 27 6 29 0 B ar ihar kh a Ch O nd ha ris tt sa Ar un R isga a a ja rh M cha sth ad l P an hy rad a Pr esh ad e A sh Ka ssa rn m An Me ata dh gh ka ra ala Pr ya Ja ad m e m u Pun sh & Ka jab sh m ir Ut ta Ind ra ia kh a Gu nd j N a Ut ag rat ta ala rP n ra d M des Ta an h m ip W il N ur es ad tB u e H ng Hi Ma ary al m h an ac ar ha ash a l P tr ra a de s Ke h r M al izo a ra Sik m k Tri im pu ra Jh Percent A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes Figure 3.27: NGP Coverage in BRGF Districts and Non-BRGF Districts NGP coverage in non-BRGF districts See Volume 2, Annex 30 for calculations leading to this graph. Figure 3.28: Sanitation Coverage (Household) in DPAP Districts and Non-DPAP Districts Average IHHL coverage in non-DPAP districts See Volume 2, Annex 31 for calculations leading to this graph. Figure 3.29: NGP Coverage in DPAP Districts and Non-DPAP Districts 80 A Decade of TSC: Progress and Status 3.5.4 Success Rate in NGP Applications A comparison of the number of awards and the number of applications year wise provides the success rate of the applications (Figure 3.30). In total, only 40 percent of the applicants won the award. This may be due to a weak monitoring system at district and state levels. Figure 3.30: Application versus Award: NGP Success Rate of States 100 120 85 68 65 64 63 60 51 46 45 44 43 40 40 39 36 32 32 28 27 25 22 21 20 20 20 40 19 60 39 80 12 Percent 100 U Mi tta zo r P ram R rade aja sh st G han A u ru ja na ra M cha Trip t ad l P ura hy rad a C Pra esh hh d at esh tis ga rh A Bih nd P a hr un r a ja U Pra b ttr de ak sh ha n O d Ha rissa r M yan an a ip ur Ja W m es Ind m t B ia u & eng Ka al sh H m im Jh Ass ir ac ark am ha ha l P nd N rade a s M gala h M egh nd ah ala a y Ta rash a m tr a i K l Na ar du na ta K ka er S ala ikk im 0 See Volume 2, Annex 33 for calculations leading to this graph. 3.6 Outcomes The NGP provides a context for capturing the elimination of open defecation at the household level but also for assessing related sanitation issues at the community level. The receipt of NGP at the national level is a good indicator for measuring the achievement of total sanitation status. 3.6.1 Number of NGP Winners At the national level, 22,618 NGPs had been awarded by 2009. More than 22,443 GPs (Figure 3.31), 165 blocks, 10 districts, and one state have won the award so far. Sikkim is the first state to have achieved Nirmal status with 100 percent access to sanitation facilities in homes and institutions. 22,443 Figure 3.31: NGP GPs, by State 20,000 8,387 15,000 2,097 1,670 1,512 1,132 1,087 1,041 989 870 845 521 520 418 225 207 198 164 155 96 63 50 31 24 14 Ja m Ar mu Ma un & nip ac Ka ur ha sh lP m ra ir de A sh M ssa iz m N ora ag m M al eg and ha la Pu ya n Tr jab ip O ura ris S sa ikk im R Bih aj a Jh asth r a a H Ut rkh n im ta an ac rak d ha h a l Ch Pra nd ha des tt h K isga ar r na h t K aka er H a A We arya la nd st n hr Be a U a Pr nga M tta ad l ad r P esh hy rad a Pr esh ad G esh Ta uj m a M il rat ah Na ar du as ht ra In di a 0 12 5,000 113 10,000 2 No. of NGPs 25,000 See Volume 2, Annex 34 for calculations leading to this graph. 49 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes States such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have received the maximum number of awards. The district-wise distribution of NGP awards is given in Volume 2, Annex 35. Figure 3.32: NGP State-wise Status (%) 3.6.2 NGP Winners versus Total Number of GPs At the national level, the percent achievement of NGP is less than 10 percent against the total number of GPs. & u m m Ja See Volume 2, Annex 36 for calculations leading to this graph. 50 31.9 16.6 16.1 16.0 15.0 12.1 9.2 6.6 6.2 5.8 5.7 5.0 4.3 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 an i Ka pur sh m Ar Pu ir un nj a ac ha Ass b l P am M rad Ut egh esh ta al r P ay ra a Ra des jas h th an Bih a An M Oris r s dh iz a ra or Ch Pra am ha de Ut ttis sh ta ga ra rh M Jh kha ad ar nd hy kh a Pr and ad es h In di Tri a p Gu ura Ka ja rn rat Hi at m ac Ha aka ha ry l P an Ta rade a m M il N sh ah a d W aras u es ht t B ra Na eng ga al lan Ke d ra Sik la kim 0 0.4 20 0.1 40 10.9 60 30.0 80 100.0 79.4 100 M NGP COVERAGE (%) 120 95.1 Figure 3.33: NGP GPs as Percentage of Total Number of Gram Panchayats A Decade of TSC: Progress and Status 3.7 Goal The TSC’s goal is to eradicate the practice of open defecation in the rural areas of the country, which it plans to achieve in 2012. In addition, India is also committed to achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target. This section looks at the performance of the states on achieving universal sanitation coverage (households) which would help in understanding the current status as well as the extent of progress expected in the future towards reaching the goal. To assess and project universal sanitation coverage, the analysis takes into account current cumulative coverage (based on projected household growth) and average growth rate of access to toilets for the last seven years across India and within states. 3.7.1 Progress towards Universal Sanitation Coverage Given the current and annual growth rate in coverage, India will attain complete coverage in individual household toilets by 2018 (Figure 3.34). 2064 2056 2046 2038 2037 2029 2028 2027 2024 2024 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2018 2017 2017 2016 2016 2014 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2008 2070 2060 2050 2040 2030 2020 2010 2000 1990 1980 Si M kkim izo r Tri am Hi pu m ac Ha ra ha ry l P an ra a de sh Ta Ker m al W il N a es ad tB u en M Gu gal ah j Ut ara arat t An ar sht ra d P M hra rade ad Pr sh hy ad a Pr esh ad es h Ch ha Ind i Ut ttis a ta ga ra rh k Ka han rn d at ak M Or a eg iss h a Na ala ga ya Ra lan jas d th As an Jh sa ar m Ja kh m an m d P u & unja Ka b sh m ir Go a Ar B un ac Ma ihar ha n l P ipu ra r de sh Year of Achievement Figure 3.34: Country and States Achieving Universal Sanitation (Household) Coverage (Year Wise) Already Achieved By 2012 Beyond 2012 See Volume 2, Annex 37 for calculations leading to this graph. 51 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes 4. TSC Process and Outcomes at District Level: Findings of the Rapid Assessment This chapter presents the findings of this study under each component of the rating scale developed to assess district-level processes and outcomes on the TSC (cumulative and stand-alone) and analyses the linkages between this and the sample districts benchmarking score. To recap, the components of the rating scale and benchmarking indicators are presented in Figure 4.1. This chapter is structured as follows: • First, it presents the results of an analysis between district cumulative score on the rating scale and the benchmarking score to understand if these two factors are correlated and to what extent; and • Next, it analyses district performance on each of the six individual dimensions of the rating scale in terms of their individual score and if this correlates with the overall performance as represented by the benchmarking score and the extent of correlation. Study findings from the sample districts on individual dimensions are also presented here. Figure 4.1: Components of Rating Scale and Benchmarking Rating Scale Measures Programme Processes & Outcomes 1. Strategy for TSC Implementation 2.Institutional structure and Capacity 3.Programme Approach to Creating Demand and Scaling Up 4.Technology Promotion and Supply Chain 5. Financing and Incentives 6. Monitoring System 52 Benchmarking Measures Programme Results 1. % TSC Budget Spent 2. % Individual Household Latrine Target Achieved 3. % School Sanitation Target Achieved 4. Financial Efficiency 5. Average Population Covered by a GP 6. Success Rate of NGP Applications 7. No. of NGPs won 8. % of NGP Panchayats to Total No. of PRIs TSC Process and Outcomes at District Level: Findings of the Rapid Assessment 4.1 Correlation between District Performance on Benchmarking and Rating Scale (Cumulative) 58 58 55 95 90 89 85 85 Am rit sa Va r Ju lsa na d ga dh J o Dh rh en at ka n Gu al Sr m ika la ku Be lum gu sa Vi B rai ru ika dh n an er a M gar W ain es p t T ur rip i ur a Ak Su ola rg Sh uja im og a Ba Si rd rsa ha m an Ha Rew m a Ko irpu l r Ea hap st u Sik r Ko kim tta ya m 0 o Kolhapur o Sirisa Shimoga o o Bardhaman Benchmarking score percent 80 – Bi-variate Correlation 83 73 40 33 28 27 18 10 20 15 40 27 60 78 Mean = 59% 80 83 100 81 Strategy for TSC Implementation Institutional Structure and Capacity Programme Approach to Creating Demand and Scaling Up Technology Promotion and Supply Chain Financing and Incentives Monitoring System 67 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Percent Sample Districts’ Score on the Rating Scale Component CUMULATIVE PERFORMANCE ON RATING SCALE o Virudhanagar o Valsad o East Sikkim o Rewa o Surguja 60 – Average benchmarking score =52% o Gumla o Junagadh 40 – o West Tripura o Bikaner o Akola o Begusarai o Hamirpur o Kottayam o Jorhat o Dhenkanal o Srikakulum 20 – o Mainpuri R Sq Linear = 0.436 Average rating scale =59% o Amritsar 0– 0 20 40 60 80 100 Total rating scale percent Correlation is significant at 0.01 level (Pearson Correlation .661**) In the sample districts, a strong positive correlation was found between district performance on the benchmarking model and rating scale. This means that districts that do well on six components required for scaling up and sustaining sanitation, also perform well in terms of TSC results which are captured by the benchmarking model, and vice versa. 53 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes 4.2 Component 1: Strategy for TSC Implementation 4.2.1 Correlation between District Strategy Score and Benchmarking Score 50 40 30 20 20 100 100 100 o Kolhapur o Sirisa Shimoga o o Bardhaman Benchmarking score percent 80 – Bi-variate Correlation 95 90 80 80 70 na ga Am dh rit s Va ar Be lsad g Sr usa ika ra ku i lu m Dh Jorh en at ka na l Vi G ru um dh an la a Bik gar an Su er rg M uj ain a pu r Ak i Ha ol W mir a es t T pur rip ur a Ea Rew st Sik a Ko kim lh Sh apu im r Ko og tta a ya m Ba S rd irs ha a m an 0 0 0 20 20 40 20 60 15 Percent 80 60 Mean = 57% 100 95 120 90 TSC guidelines are understood and implemented by core group A well-defined strategy with goal, phasing, budgetary allocation and monitoring plan exists TSC implementation is being undertaken by related departments Strong political and administrative will exists to implement at different levels TSC principles are being adopted in the right spirit – community-level engagement, post-construction incentive, appropriate technology 60 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Ju Sample Districts’ Score on the Rating Scale Component STRATEGY FOR TSC IMPLEMENTATION o Virudhanagar o Valsad o Surguja 60 – East Sikkim o o Rewa Average benchmarking score =52% o Gumla o Junagadh o Begusarai 40 – o Hamirpur o West Tripura o Bikaner o Akola o Kottayam o Jorhat o Dhenkanal o Srikakulum 20 – o Mainpuri R Sq Linear = 0.436 Average strategy scale =57% o Amritsar 0– 0 20 40 60 80 100 Strategy score (percent) Correlation is significant at 0.01 level (Pearson Correlation .660**). As can be seen from the graph above, in sample districts, there is a strong positive correlation between the performance on strategy for TSC implementation and TSC results as indicated by the benchmarking score. Therefore, districts that have a well-defined strategy for TSC implementation perform better in terms of programme results, and vice versa. 54 TSC Process and Outcomes at District Level: Findings of the Rapid Assessment 4.2.2 Study Findings on Strategy for TSC Implementation Component 1: Strategy for TSC Implementation The TSC guidelines provide a broad framework within which states and districts have the flexibility to devise their own strategies for programme implementation depending on the socio-economic context, terrain and capacity existing in that state/district. A strategy can signal priorities, assign roles and responsibilities, and often allocate human and financial resources for execution. Ensuring the administrative will to implement a shared strategy uniformly is the starting point for scaling up. Figure 4.2: Study Districts Average Performance on Strategy for TSC Implementation (n=22) TSC guidelines are understood and implemented by core group TSC principles are being adopted in the right spirit Strong political and administrative will to implement at different levels Well defined strategy with goal, phasing, budgetary allocation and monitoring plan exists TSC implementation is being undertaken by related departments 4.2.2.1 TSC guidelines are understood and implemented by the core group The TSC represents a departure from the way that conventional rural sanitation programmes are implemented. According to programme guidelines, the TSC seeks to be community-led and demanddriven rather than target-led and supply-driven. As can be seen from Figure 4.2, in 89 percent of the sample districts, senior district-level officials share this understanding of the TSC framework and principles. The core team is also aware of the participatory campaign mode in which the TSC is supposed to be implemented with significant involvement of GPs. In terms of the goal, the NGP features prominently with many districts aspiring to Nirmal status as a result of the TSC. 4.2.2.2 Well-defined strategy with goal, phasing, budgetary allocation and monitoring plan exists A strategy is required to implement the TSC as a people’s campaign, prioritise implementation in terms of geographical areas, populations and resources, and design solutions for problems such as behaviour change to end open defecation and scarcity of water/space. However, in only half of the sample districts, despite the progress in developing a shared understanding of the TSC guidelines within the core team, there is a lack of needed strategy and planning to move from paper to the ground. In these districts, it is observed that the implementation tends to be target-driven and goals set by implementation agencies are not realistic, given the time and resources available. On the other 55 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes hands, in districts that have developed a well-defined strategy for implementation suited to their context, we find that this is highly correlated with positive results on the ground (Box 3). Box 3: Strategy for Achieving Nirmal Status at District Level: Experience of East Sikkim Traditionally, toilet usage has been a part of Sikkim’s culture but many toilets used were unsafe or unimproved sanitation. Between 2002-07, the TSC project in East Sikkim focused on promoting safe sanitation facilities. As a result, the district achieved nearly 90 percent household toilet coverage. A visit by the Secretary, DDWS, proved instrumental in galvanising the state to achieve Nirmal status and this goal was also adopted at the district level. It was decided to focus the TSC programme to achieve Nirmal status in a mission mode. The key features of the district strategy included: • Common goal of becoming Nirmal and thereby contributing to the state’s vision of becoming the first Nirmal Rajya in the country; • Creating an enabling environment for achievement of this goal through sensitisation and orientation of all stakeholders involved in the programme; • Securing political and administrative will to achieve this goal at all administrative levels; • Flexibility in mobilisation and demand creation, with GPs taking the lead in implementation; • Facilitating linkages with the open market for supply of sanitary products and services; and • Regular monitoring and review. As far as results are concerned, all 45 GPs, based on information of district officials, have been awarded the NGP including the district. Sikkim became the first state in the Indian Union to win the NGP at the state level in 2008. 4.2.2.3 TSC implementation is being undertaken by related departments In more than half of the sample districts, study findings show that there is scope to improve interdepartmental coordination. At the district level, the DWSM is the coordinating body for sanitation. Therefore, although the structures are largely in place, the use of this arrangement for coordinating implementation remains a challenge. This could be because the frequency of meetings varies across the sample districts, and even if meetings are held regularly, sanitation in some cases is the last agenda point as the DWSM is mainly focused on water supply. 4.2.2.4 Strong political and administrative will exists to implement at different levels In 43 percent of the study districts, although the core team understands the TSC principles and programme framework, this vision is not uniformly shared at sub-district implementation levels. This factor may be responsible for the ‘patchwork’ results visible in some districts in which certain blocks or GPs are able to achieve excellent results but the district is unable to scale up these pockets of excellence. 4.2.2.5 TSC principles are being adopted in the right spirit – community level engagement, post-construction incentive, appropriate technology The study findings show that TSC principles are being adopted in the right spirit in less than half of the sample districts visited. Based on interaction with stakeholders during the district visits, we find that there is a good understanding of TSC principles among the core team members at the district level. However, in some districts, these are not being transmitted through the different levels of implementation up to the village level. One factor underlying this could be the pressure to achieve short-term targets for monthly reporting which leads to a short-circuiting of the TSC principles. 56 TSC Process and Outcomes at District Level: Findings of the Rapid Assessment 4.3 Component 2: Institutional Structure and Capacity 4.3.1 Correlation between District Institutional Structure and Capacity Score and Benchmarking Score 20 20 100 95 95 90 80 90 Am r Ju itsa na r ga d J h Dh orh en at Sr ka ika na ku l lu m Va lsa Gu d Be ml gu a sa Vi Ma rai ru in dh pu an ri ag Bik ar an e Ak r Ko ola lh a Sh pu r Ea imo g s W t Sik a es t T kim rip u Su ra rg uj a Ha Rew m a Ko irpu tta r ya m Ba S rd irs ha a m an 0 o Kolhapur Sirisa o Shimoga o o Benchmarking score percent 80 – Bi-variate Correlation 80 70 60 40 30 0 0 20 15 40 20 60 20 50 80 60 Mean = 62% 100 100 120 100 1. The nodal agency is functional and effective 2. A dedicated unit for TSC with adequate staff exists at the district level and is effective 3. Adequate staff and capacity exists at block and sub-block levels (e.g., cluster, GP, habitation) for implementing the programme effectively 4. The nodal agency coordinates effectively with other departments 5. Village-level institutions are set up and are effective Percent Sample Districts’ Score on the Rating Scale Component II. INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE AND CAPACITY Bardhaman o Virudhanagar o Valsad East Sikkim o Surguja o o Rewa 60 – Average benchmarking score =52% o Gumla o Junagadh 40 – o Begusarai o Hamirpur o Bikaner o West Tripura Kottayam o o Akola o Jorhat o Dhenkanal o Srikakulum o Mainpuri 20 – R Sq Linear = 0.474 o Amritsar Average infrastructure scale =62% 0– 0 20 40 60 80 100 Institutions score (percent) Correlation is significant at 0.01 level (Pearson Correlation .688**) As can be seen from the graph above, there is a strong positive correlation between the performance on institutional structure and capacity and performance on the TSC as indicated by the benchmarking score. Therefore, the sample results show that districts that have an effective nodal agency, dedicated and well-staffed units for TSC at different implementation level and capacitated village-level institutions perform better in terms of programme results, and vice versa. 57 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes 4.3.2 Study Findings on Institutional Structure and Capacity Component 2: Institutional Structure and Capacity Institutions set the rules of the game and define the framework for service delivery. To effectively scale up and sustain TSC outcomes, institutional arrangements must have clearly defined roles and responsibilities and the resources to fulfil these effectively. Institutional frameworks should also include mechanisms for coordination between linked activities. Capacity refers to the availability of skilled human resources for TSC implementation, budgetary allocations to effectively implement programme activities, an organisational home within the institution that is accountable for the TSC, ability to monitor programme progress and make revisions as needed. Figure 4.3: Study Districts Average Performance on Institutional Structure and Capacity (n=22) Nodal agency is functional and effective Village level institutions are set up and effective Nodal agency coordinates effectively with other departments A dedicated unit for TSC with adequate staff exists at district level and is effective Adequate staff and capacity exists at block and sub-block level (ex. cluster, GP, habitation) for implementing the program effectively 4.3.2.1 Nodal agency is functional and effective In over two-thirds of study districts, a nodal agency for TSC implementation was found to be functional and effective. This was the norm except in cases where there was a recent shift in terms of the nodal agency at the state level. As a result of having recently taken over charge, district-level officials were not very well-informed regarding TSC implementation and progress. 4.3.2.2 A dedicated unit for TSC with adequate staff exists at district level and is effective In over two-thirds of the study districts, it was found that a dedicated unit for the TSC was set up at the district level. Typically, the DWSM is the overarching policy-making body. Day-to-day operations are undertaken by a nodal officer supported by a TSC cell, as outlined in the Kolhapur example in Box 4. 58 TSC Process and Outcomes at District Level: Findings of the Rapid Assessment Box 4: Creating a Dedicated Unit for TSC Implementation: Example from Kolhapur At the district level, a DWSM has been set up as a policy-making body, with the Zila Parishad President as Chairperson, the CEO as Vice-Chairperson and line department heads as members. The District Water and Sanitation Committee (DWSC) is an executive body which reviews and provides implementation support. The CEO of the Zila Parishad is the Chairperson with the Deputy CEO as member secretary. Effectively, the work is coordinated from the CEO’s office and committees or Missions are activated when there is a specific need to discuss issues across stakeholder segments. The Deputy CEO, Village Panchayat, coordinates day-to-day operations. A dedicated sanitation unit for TSC implementation has been set up at the district level. This consists of three consultants (for communications, social mobilisation and capacity building) and one retired officer (former Block Development Officer – BDO) on contract in addition to one supporting staff (data entry operator). At the block, the TSC is coordinated by the Taluka Panchayat Officer, assisted by an engineer. The BDO regularly reviews the programme and further undertakes regular monitoring visits. The TSC cell has the following responsibilities: • Prepare action plans and monitor project progress; • Coordinate IEC campaign – on its own, or through blocks and GPs; • Undertake training of trainers and coordinate cascade events at sub-district levels; and • Prepare reports on project progress for the state/central level. 4.3.2.3 Adequate staff and capacity exists at block and sub-block level (for example, cluster, GP, habitation) for implementing the programme effectively In nearly half of the study districts, it was reported that adequate staff and capacity was not available at the block and sub-block level to implement the programme effectively. In some cases, this could be because of the remote location of these areas which makes these less attractive postings within the government system and also for professionals recruited from the open market. However, better performing districts have been able to address this issue by providing incentives to motivators based on outcome achievement such as ODF status. In some cases, it was also observed that motivators are provided with a monthly stipend, boarding and lodging during field visits and arrangement of a vehicle to enable them to travel to the field. 4.3.2.4 Nodal agency coordinates effectively with other departments Effective inter-departmental coordination is observed in only half of the study sample districts. As mentioned earlier under the Strategy component, this seems to be the case despite the fact that structures for inter-departmental coordination are largely in place at the district level and it is their effective functioning at the field level that needs to be addressed (Box 5). 4.3.2.5 Village level institutions are set up and are effective The TSC envisages a significant role for village-level government in programme implementation and monitoring. Effective village-level institutions are reported to be found in 57 percent of the sample districts. Generally, GP members and the Village Water and Sanitation Committee take up activities 59 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes Box 5: Inter-departmental Coordination: A Pressing Need In one of the districts visited for the study, it was found that, at the district level, line department representatives are included in the DWSC and, therefore, there is a structure in place for interdepartmental coordination. However, this coordination does not percolate down to the village level. A case in point is that the government is assisting in the construction of a house for BPL families under its housing programme. Although a toilet is part of the overall design of the house to be constructed under this programme, it was reported that concerned officials are not insisting on completion of toilet construction at the time of releasing the last instalment of funds to beneficiaries. This is the situation in spite of the fact that TSC programme activities are being implemented on a parallel track in the district with an emphasis on supporting toilet construction by BPL families. related to motivation and monitoring. Depending on the context, community-based organisations have also been involved in TSC programme implementation, for example, in villages where women’s microcredit groups are functioning well, Self Help Group (SHG) members have been utilised by the GP for mobilising women, messaging, financing (in some cases) and monitoring. 4.4 Component 3: Approach to Creating Demand and Scaling Up 60 APPROACH TO CREATING DEMAND AND SCALING UP 60 100 100 100 100 100 40 30 0 0 0 0 0 Ju ru dh an ag na ar ga Am dh rit sa r J o Dh rh en at ka n Gu al Sr m ika la ku lu m Va l Be sad gu sa r W Bika ai es t T ner Ba rip rd ur ha a m M an ain p Su uri rg uj a Ak Sh ola im Ha oga m Ko irpu tta r Ko yam lh ap ur Sir sa Ea Re st wa Sik kim 0 10 20 25 40 20 60 40 Percent 80 90 Mean = 52% 80 100 80 120 90 Implementation does not depend on upfront subsidy Implementation is phased Demand creation depends on community mobilisation Motivators are used to the optimal level and are incentivised Strategy is implemented at scale 70 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Vi Sample Districts’ Score on the Rating Scale Component 4.4.1 Correlation between District Approach to Creating Demand and Scaling Up Score and Benchmarking Score TSC Process and Outcomes at District Level: Findings of the Rapid Assessment Benchmarking score percent Bi-variate Correlation 80 – o Kolhapur o Sirisa o Shimoga Bardhaman o o Virudhanagar o Valsad 60 – Surguja o o Rewa o East Sikkim Average benchmarking score =52% o Gumla 40 – o Bikaner o West Tripura o Junagadh o Begusarai Hamirpur o Kottayam o o Akola o Jorhat o Dhenkanal 20 – o Mainpuri o Srikakulum R Sq Linear = 0.28 o Amritsar Average demand scale =52% 0– 0 20 40 60 80 100 Demand score (percent) Correlation is significant at 0.05 level (Pearson Correlation .529**) There is a positive correlation between the performance on approach to creating demand and scaling up and performance on the TSC as indicated by the benchmarking score. Therefore, the sample results show that districts where implementation is phased and the approach is based on community mobilisation rather than upfront subsidy, perform better in terms of programme results, and vice versa. 4.4.2 Study Findings on Approach to Creating Demand and Scaling Up Component 3: Programme Approach to Creating Demand and Scaling Up A programme approach consists of specific activities, their timing and sequence. The TSC guidelines advocate a demand-driven approach to rural sanitation backed by post-achievement incentives. Districts have the flexibility to implement this principle based on their context and capacity. Figure 4.4: Study Districts Average Performance on Programme Approach to Creating Demand and Scaling Up (n = 22) Implementation does not depend on upfront subsidy Strategy is implemented at scale Motivators are used to the optimal level and have incentives Implementation is phased Demand creation depends on community mobilisation 61 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes 4.4.2.1 Implementation does not depend on upfront subsidy Traditionally, sanitation programmes in India have relied on subsidy to create ‘demand’ for sanitation. By contrast, the TSC seeks to be based on social mobilisation and behaviour change to end open defecation. Instead of subsidy, the programme guidelines use the term incentive and this is only available for the poorest of the poor, namely BPL families. In addition, the incentive is supposed to be released post construction of a toilet and verification of its usage by the BPL family. Despite this, in half of the study districts, it is found that implementation does depend on upfront subsidy for toilet construction. This could be a reflection of several factors such as limited capacity to implement a more time-consuming approach based on social mobilisation and pressure to achieve short-term targets based on toilet construction or expenditure. 4.4.2.2 Implementation is phased Sanitation coverage in rural areas of India has been historically low as open defecation is a traditional behaviour. In this context, the TSC seeks to achieve universal rural sanitation coverage and district projects of three to five years’ duration are sanctioned to this effect. Despite the scale of the sanitation challenge, phasing or prioritisation of implementation activities is reported in less than half of the sample districts visited. This emphasises the need to strengthen the capacity to plan and manage the TSC district projects. The example of Shimoga district in Box 6 demonstrates how some of the better performing districts tackle TSC implementation. Box 6: Scaling Up in Phases: Experience of Shimoga District The TSC programme was launched in Shimoga district of Karnataka in October 2005 but actual operations started the following year in October 2006. The district’s prior experience with a literacy campaign indicated that sustaining a campaign or mission mode is possible for a short period only (one or two years), so after piloting the TSC in 2006, the programme was scaled up in phases as follows: • Year 1 – Progressive and interested GPs taken up (about 30); • Year 2 – Focus on the four Malnadu Talukas (hilly regions) where hygiene habits were believed to be more progressive and outcomes could be achieved faster; and • Year 3 – Cover the balance GPs. At the time of undertaking the visit, 88 percent of the 260 GPs in the district had been awarded the NGP. The district is also on track to become completely ODF in 2010, two years ahead of the state goal of 2012. 4.4.2.3 Demand creation depends on community mobilisation In just over half of the districts visited, it was found that demand creation is underpinned by efforts to mobilise the community to switch from open defecation to using safe and hygienic toilets. Different districts have followed different approaches to community mobilisation. For instance, in some cases, districts have partnered with NGOs to facilitate this process at the village level; in others, the programme is implemented by PRI/block representatives and facilitated through motivators. Across the sample districts, various behaviour change communication techniques include folk theatre, public meetings, documentary films, television spots, radio jingles and house-to-house visits. In some districts, social mobilisation has been undertaken using Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) methods based on the 62 TSC Process and Outcomes at District Level: Findings of the Rapid Assessment Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach through trained facilitators. Different messages have been used – health, dignity, convenience, privacy, pride, etc. Box 7 describes the programme approach to scaling up TSC adoption in Sirsa district. Box 7: Community Mobilisation for Behaviour Change to End Open Defecation: A Case Study of Sirsa District In October 2007, Sirsa district, Haryana, drew up a strategy to implement the TSC as a time-bound mission, with the government facilitating the community to change its sanitation status. To this end, dedicated teams of motivators were created. Each team comprised eight to 10 members and was made responsible for five to six villages. The motivators were trained as swachhata sainiks through training programmes at the district level. The training included participatory tools and motivational songs to inspire the participants to spearhead the sanitation movement in the district. At the village level, the following steps were taken: • Step 1: Village visit by the motivators, reaching out to people from all walks and all ages, working with the community members to undertake a self-analysis of their present sanitation status; • Step 2: Motivating students and women to come forward and participate in the sanitation movement. Appeals to issues of shame, dignity, convenience and health costs to induce behaviour change were made. The major trigger seems to have been the realisation that open defecation was tantamount to community members consuming each other’s faecal matter; and • Step 3: Formation of the Sanitation Committee (Swachhata Samiti) comprising natural leaders who were motivated to change the sanitation status of their village. In addition, innovative IEC techniques were used such as catchy slogans instead of traditional greetings (Jai Swachhata), rallies and processions, torch light processions, recognition and rewards, and inviting village leaders who had achieved ODF status to share their experiences with those who were in the process. Triggering was matched by dedicated follow-up. Motivators report visiting villages at 4 am and going along with the village Swachhata Samiti members to ensure that no one would defecate in the open. At the time of undertaking the visit, 277 out of 333 GPs in Sirsa had won the NGP and the remaining GPs are applying for the NGP. The district has declared itself completely ODF, making it one of the first to achieve this feat in India. 4.4.2.4 Motivators are used to the optimal level and are incentivised In just over half the districts visited, it was found that motivators are being used efficiently. As social mobilisation is a time-consuming process, in many cases, it was reported that motivators were compensated on the basis of performance-linked incentives. These included payment of a small fee upon achievement of outputs such as toilet construction, followed by a lump sum upon achievement of community-wide ODF status. 4.4.2.5 Strategy is implemented at scale In 60 percent of the districts visited, it was found that the strategy was implemented at scale. Through the effective use of a demand-driven strategy that the motivators created, these districts have scaled up the programme across districts. The scaling up included the use of various mass media and interpersonal communication methods. Reaching the message to every village in the district through capacitated motivators was one of the keys to this scaling up. 63 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes 4.5 Component 4: Technology Promotion and Supply Chain TECHNOLOGY PROMOTION AND SUPPLY CHAIN 40 60 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 70 70 60 60 60 60 100 95 20 40 60 80 60 Mean = 70% 100 90 120 90 Multiple technology options are promoted Technology choices respond to community preferences and are affordable Technology choices promoted and adopted are safe Products and services sourced are easily available Well-qualified trained masons are available for construction 50 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Percent 20 m la Sir sa R Ju ew na a ga d Va h l Am sad rit sa W Bika r es n t T er r Dh ipu en ra k Sh ana i Sr mo l ika ga k Be ulum gu sa Su rai rg uj A a M kola ain Ha pu m ri irp ur Ba Jorh rd h at Ko ama Ea ttay n st am Sik k K Vi ol im ru ha dh pu an r ag ar 0 Gu Sample Districts’ Score on the Rating Scale Component 4.5.1 Correlation between District Technology Promotion and Supply Chain Score and Benchmarking Score o Kolhapur o Sirsa Benchmarking score percent Bi-variate Correlation 80 – o Shimoga o Bardhaman Virudhanagar o o Rewa 60 – o Valsad o East Sikkim o Surguja Average benchmarking score =52% o Gumla West Tripura o Bikaner Junagadh o 40 – Dhenkanal o 20 – o Hamirpur o Kottayam o Akola o Begusarai o Jorhat o Mainpuri o Srikakulum R Sq Linear = 0.009 Amritsar o 0– 0 20 40 60 Average technology scale =70% 80 100 Technology score (percent) Although the sample districts have largely performed well on this component as indicated by the mean rating scale score of 70 percent, it is not correlated with the performance on the TSC as captured by the benchmarking score. This is not to say that technology promotion and supply chain do not have a bearing on TSC progress. In fact, choice in technology promotion is integral to scaling up the TSC and safe technologies are essential if programme results are to be sustained. The lack of correlation may be due to the supply-driven approach for BPL toilets adopted by most districts in which the district decides the technology. 64 TSC Process and Outcomes at District Level: Findings of the Rapid Assessment 4.5.2 Study Findings on Technology Promotion and Supply Chain Component 4: Technology Promotion and Supply Chain The TSC guidelines advocate informed technology choice and setting up of alternate supply channels such as RSMs. At the implementation level, technology promotion includes not just separate toilet components (for example, sanitary pans, pipes, traps, etc.) but also existing latrine technology options (for example, septic tank, ventilated double pit toilet, eco-sanitation). It also includes provision of masonry services for installation, and sanitary services for operation, maintenance and final disposal. Figure 4.5: Study Districts’ Average Performance on Technology Promotion and Supply Chain (n=22) Multiple technology options are promoted Well qualified trained masons are available for construction Products and services sourced are easily available Technology choices respond to community preferences and are affordable Technology choices promoted and adopted are safe 4.5.2.1 Multiple technology options are promoted Selection of sanitation technology options must take into account technical and demand factors. Technical factors relate to physical parameters, for example, terrain, soil permeability, ground water table level, availability of space and risk of flooding. By contrast, demand factors relate to customs and socio-economic conditions and are crucial to the acceptance of, and willingness to invest in, a sanitation option. Examples of demand factors include affordability, hygiene behaviours (for example, material used for cleansing), and preparedness for maintenance and emptying. Despite the importance of informed technology choice, assessment findings show that efforts to promote multiple technology options are a reality in less than one-third of the sample districts (Figure 4.6). This may be because a single model of technology is promoted which need to be adapted to fit within the TSC cost norms for construction of toilets for BPL families. Study findings show that where users have not been sufficiently involved in choosing the technology, they are reluctant to break the habit of open defecation and use toilets. This has led to poor quality and/or incomplete construction (for example, missing doors, reduced height of walls, no lining in pits). In some cases, the constructed toilets are being used for storage or after covering the pan, the toilet is used for bathing and washing. In contrast, there are no such cost norms for construction of toilets for APL families and, in this case, users are free to adopt any technology that they choose. 65 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes 70 64 Figure 4.6: Efforts to Promote Multiple Technology Options in Sample Districts (n=22) 60 40 30 27 Percent 50 20 0 9 10 Single model of technology is promoted Informed technology choice is promoted Limited choice in technology options is promoted 4.5.2.2 Technology choices promoted are affordable and respond to community preferences In a majority of districts, the focus is on affordable technology, particularly for BPL families. The model promoted is adapted to fit within the cost norms for construction of toilets for BPL families rather than user preference. For example, in one district, it was found that most of the toilets constructed were single pit model with a pour-flush pan. However, due to scarcity of water, users are removing the water seal trap to convert the toilet into a pit toilet, which constitutes unimproved sanitation. However, in the case of APL families, it is found that they are free to construct toilets of their choice and there is generally no effort made by the district to influence their preference. 4.5.2.3 Technology choices promoted and adopted are safe Study findings show that, in all the sample districts, technology choices promoted are safe. However, due to a lack of awareness about technology aspects and their implications for safe sanitation, in very few cases, users have made modifications to the promoted design. One finding emerging from this study is the prevalence of a popular myth concerning the depth of a pit or dimensions of a tank to be dug for a durable toilet. It was found that people generally believe that a pit or tank should be as wide or deep as possible so that it does not get filled up quickly. As a result, in some areas, toilet pits are known as kuiya or small well because they can be as deep as 25-40 feet. In others, septic tanks are constructed such that they would not get filled over a life time of use by a family of five members. 4.5.2.4 Sanitary products and services are easily available In nearly all the sample districts, there were no reported bottlenecks in the availability of sanitary products and services. In terms of the supply chain, three different models are found to be in operation: direct purchase from the private market, government sponsored procurement from the private market, and RSMs. These models are not mutually exclusive and are generally found to coexist, although the first, private supply, is the most prevalent and clearly has the largest market share. Government sponsored procurement from the private market adopts a piece-meal approach and is focused on a particular product such as the ‘rural pan’ (a pan with a steep slope to minimise water use) in districts that report water scarcity, or the pre-fabricated superstructure (for example, metal shed) and sub-structure (for example, concrete rings). In the case of government-led procurement, the cost of the products procured is deducted from the BPL incentive amount. With respect to RSMs, 66 TSC Process and Outcomes at District Level: Findings of the Rapid Assessment the experience has been mixed. In most cases, RSMs were reported to cater to a very small segment as buyers were free to purchase from the private market. As a result, many RSMs became ineffective, and issues such as unrealised payment and unsold stock were reported. In a few districts, however, RSMs have evolved into a sustainable alternative delivery system for sanitary products and services (Box 8). Box 8: An Effective Rural Sanitary Mart Operation: The Bardhaman Experience In Bardhaman district of West Bengal, RSMs are the cornerstone of the district strategy to promote rural sanitation. The operation of RSMs is undertaken by NGOs and the RSM network combines supply of sanitation products with extensive social marketing. Fundamental to the success of the RSM is the support network of motivators. They campaign door to door to create awareness about sanitation and generate demand, manifest in the beneficiary contribution for construction of a toilet as per the TSC cost norms. Once a household has agreed to have a toilet, all the hardware items are delivered to the household and a trained mason installs the toilet including digging of the pit. In terms of performance, Bardhaman district report 100 percent household latrine coverage and 137 out of 277 GPs have won the NGP to date. 4.5.2.5 Well-qualified and trained masons are available for toilet construction In nearly all the sample districts, there were no problems reported in terms of availability of masons for toilet construction. In some districts, there were training programmes being conducted for the local masons while, in other districts, there was no specific training. In the districts where training was conducted, there has been no issue with the quality of the toilets constructed. However, in other districts, where there has been no training, the masons, who are civil workers with no proper training, have constructed less than perfect toilets, which can contaminate the environment. 4.6 Component 5: Financing and Incentives FINANCING AND INCENTIVES 1. 2. 3. 4. Additional instalments are asked for on time There are no funding bottlenecks Funding is used efficiently (focus on both short-term achievement and long-term sustainability) Funding is used to maximum capacity (funds available under all heads namely SLWM, IEC, etc., are being used) 5. Incentives are available for various stakeholders to perform optimally 150 40 40 30 100 90 90 80 80 80 80 80 80 70 70 60 70 Am rit sa r J o Dh rh en at k Be ana gu l Sr sa ika ra ku i Ju lum na g M adh ain pu Gu ri m Va la lsa Bik d an e A r Ha ko m la K irp Vi ott ur ru ay dh am an a Ko gar lh ap Sh ur im og a W es Sirs tT a rip S ur Ea urg a st uj Sik a kim Ba Re rd w ha a m an 0 0 25 20 20 50 30 75 50 100 100 Mean = 62% 125 Percent Sample Districts’ Score on the Rating Scale Component 4.6.1 Correlation between District Financing and Incentives Score and Benchmarking Score 67 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes o Kolhapur o Sirisa Shimoga o Benchmarking score percent Bi-variate Correlation 80 – o Bardhaman o Virudhanagar o Valsad 60 – Average benchmarking score =52% Gumla o o Hamirpur Bikaner o o West Tripura o Kottayam o Akola Junagadh o o Begusarai 40 – o East Sikkim o Rewa Surguja o o Jorhat Dhenkanal o 20 – Srikakulum o o Mainpuri R Sq Linear = 0.649 Average finance scale =62% o Amritsar 0– 0 20 40 60 80 100 Finance score (percent) Correlation is significant at 0.01 level (Pearson Correlation .806**) There is a very strong positive correlation between the performance on financing and incentives and sample districts’ benchmarking score. Therefore, the sample results show that districts where the fund flow is smooth and funding is used efficiently along with incentives for optimal performance, perform better in terms of programme results, and vice versa. 4.6.2 Study Findings on Financing and Incentives Component 5: Financing and Incentives Financing refers to the budgetary allocations to finance programme activities. This includes costs of activities under different programme components (for example, school sanitation and hygiene education, administration, etc.) as well as the process by which funds are allocated, released and spent. Incentives can be financial or non-financial, given upfront or post achievement. Figure 4.7: Study Districts’ Average Performance on Financing and Incentives (n=22) Additional installments are asked on time Incentives are available for various stakeholders to perform optimally Funding is used to maximum capacity (funds available under all heads, namely, SLWM, IEC, etc. are being used) 68 There are no funding bottlenecks Funding is used efficiently (focus on both short-term achievement and long-term sustainability) TSC Process and Outcomes at District Level: Findings of the Rapid Assessment 4.6.2.1 Additional instalments are asked for on time Over four-fifths of districts studied reported that additional instalments of TSC funds were requested on time. This indicates that, on average, the project financial flows are smooth. 4.6.2.2 There are no funding bottlenecks The TSC and NGP provide ample resources for rural sanitation. Of this, a percentage of funding is earmarked for software expenditure, and the rest for hardware and cash incentives to BPL families. A majority of the districts indicated that there was no shortage of funding for implementing programme activities. 4.6.2.3 Funding is used efficiently (focus on both short-term achievement and long-term sustainability In a majority of districts, 57 percent of the funding is being used for both short-term achievement and long-term sustainability of outcomes achieved after the programme is completed. Funds are used for software activities, for motivating the people and in the construction of toilets as well as for SLWM activities and sustainability of the initiatives. 4.6.2.4 Funding is used to maximum capacity (funds available under all heads, namely, SLWM, IEC, etc., are being used) In less than half of the study districts, there is a mismatch between the TSC allocation and capacity to absorb and spend the funds. Many districts reported having unused balances under the programme. This can partially be attributed to the fact that certain programme components, such as SLWM, are relatively new and there is limited capacity to undertake interventions in this area as yet. 4.6.2.5 Incentives are available for various stakeholders to perform optimally The national-level TSC guidelines provide incentives for BPL families to construct and use toilets. In addition, the NGP is an incentive for PRIs to achieve TSC goals. Over and above these national-level mandates, in just over half of the districts visited, it was found that incentives have been made available for stakeholders at different levels of the implementation chain as well. Incentives take the form of a cash amount, for example, in Jorhat district in Assam, the motivator gets 10 percent of the household contribution towards toilet construction as a reward for effective motivation. Several districts also reported public recognition and felicitation being instituted as an incentive for exemplary performance. 69 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes 4.7 Component 6: Monitoring MONITORING 120 Benchmarking score percent 80 – Bi-variate Correlation 100 90 85 80 70 80 70 70 60 50 40 30 30 0 Ju na ga Am dh rit s Va ar lsa Gu d m Jo la r Be ha t g Sr usa ika ra ku i lu Bik m a Dh n en er k M ana Vi a ru inp l d u W han ri es ag t T ar Ba ripu rd ha ra Sh man im o Su ga rg uj Ak a ol a Sir sa R Ko ew Ea lha a st pu Si r Ko kkim tta Ha yam m irp ur 0 0 20 20 20 40 20 60 40 80 60 Mean = 53% 100 100 Monitoring systems are available at the village level Monitoring systems exists for block and district levels Monitoring systems track both BPL and APL coverage accurately Monitoring for toilet usage exists Monitoring of NGP/ODF villages is undertaken regularly 60 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Percent Sample Districts’ Score on the Rating Scale Component 4.7.1 Correlation between District Monitoring Score and Benchmarking Score o Kolhapur o Sirisa o Shimoga Bardhaman o o Virudhanagar o Valsad 60 – o Rewa Surguja o o East Sikkim Average benchmarking score =52% o Bikaner Gumla o o Junagadh 40 – o Akola o Begusarai o Jorhat 20 – o Hamirpur o West Tripura o Kottayam o Dhenkanal o Mainpuri Srikakulum o R Sq Linear = 0.295 Average monitoring scale =53% o Amritsar 0– 0 20 40 60 80 100 Monitoring score (percent) Correlation is significant at 0.01 level (Pearson Correlation .543** There is a positive correlation between the performance on monitoring and sample districts’ benchmarking score. Therefore, the sample results show that districts with an effective monitoring system are more likely to perform well on the TSC 70 TSC Process and Outcomes at District Level: Findings of the Rapid Assessment 4.7.2 Study Findings on Monitoring Component 6: Monitoring Large-scale sanitation programmes such as the TSC require an efficient monitoring system and ability to ensure that the results of monitoring are used to improve programme implementation. Monitoring should be done by the level above the one being monitored but information for monitoring should be collected from all levels, starting with the lowest. Figure 4.8: Study Districts’ Average Performance on Monitoring (n=22) Monitoring systems are available at village level Monitoring of NGP/ODF villages is undertaken regularly Monitoring for usage exists Monitoring systems exist for block and district level Monitoring systems tracks both BPL and APL coverage accurately 4.7.2.1 Monitoring systems are available at the village level In a majority of the sample districts, a monitoring system to track progress on sanitation exists at the village level. The responsibility for monitoring at this level rests with the GP-level functionaries, for example, Gram Sewak, Panchayat Secretary or motivators. Monitoring is done on indicators prescribed by the Government of India such as construction of toilets by different categories of households, construction of school and Anganwadi toilets, etc. (Box 9). Box 9: Community-led Monitoring in Sirsa District Meticulous monitoring has played a key role in the successful scaling up of the TSC in Sirsa district, Haryana. Over and above meeting the TSC monitoring system requirements, a community-led monitoring system consisting of Nigrani (monitoring) Committees was developed at the village level to track the progress towards total sanitation and check slippages. Members of the Nigrani Committee were natural leaders of the community who came forward and volunteered for the cause of sanitation. As proof of their commitment, the members of the Nigrani Committee would wake up at 4 am and undertake visits to areas traditionally used for open defecation, armed with whistles and torches. These checks by the Nigrani Committee helped to facilitate the process of habit formation to end open defecation and switch to using toilets. 71 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes 4.7.2.2 Monitoring systems exist at block and district levels In a majority of sample districts, the data on sanitation progress are collected by village-level functionaries and transmitted to the block level for review. From the block level, it is sent to the district level and consolidated at the monthly review in the district and entered into the district Monthly Progress Report (MPR) with a copy to the state-level nodal department. The reporting covers the achievement of the current reporting period as well as the cumulative achievement to date. 4.7.2.3 Monitoring systems track both BPL and APL coverage accurately In nearly half of the sample districts, it was found that the monitoring system for TSC tracks and reports both APL and BPL toilet coverage accurately. 4.7.2.4 Monitoring for toilet usage exists Tracking usage of toilets constructed emerges as one of the weakest links of the TSC monitoring system in the sample districts studied. Toilet usage is monitored by only one-third of the sample districts, of which around half reported undertaking this activity on an ad hoc basis, for example, during a village visit by a block-level official, rather than routinely. 70 60 59 Figure 4.9: Finding on Existence of Monitoring for Toilet Usage in Sample Districts (n=22) 30 20 19 40 22 Percent 50 10 0 No Yes, on a routine basis Yes, on an ad hoc basis 4.7.2.5 Monitoring of NGP/ODF villages is undertaken regularly Monitoring of NGP winners is reported by even less than one-third of the sample districts. This could be because the NGP is a one-time award and therefore repeat checks on whether the NGP status is being sustained are not undertaken. However, Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh has introduced an innovative incentive/monitoring programme which provides an example of one of the ways in which NGP status can be sustained (Box 10). Box 10: Monitoring and Incentivising Sustainability of NGP Status: Swachh Puraskar Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh, initiated Swachh Gram Puruskar in 2009 at the district level to award one GP from each block which follows demand-driven principles and sustains ODF status. The award (Rs. 50,000) is presented based on scores given in the peer review process led by sub-division-level officers. The scope of the award is limited to those GPs that have applied for NGP. 72 5. Summary and Recommendations 5.1 Summary As mentioned at the outset, to achieve the vision of a Nirmal Bharat within the TSC timeframe, there is need for a clear understanding of the present achievements, the processes that underpin scaling up, replication and sustainability of best practices implemented by districts. Although there has been an undeniable upward trend in scaling up rural sanitation coverage over the last decade of the TSC, national performance aggregates conceal significant disparities among states and districts when it comes to the achievement of TSC goals. Therefore, it is an opportune time to assess the present status, the progress towards full coverage and the processes that contribute to differential achievement of performance outcomes at state and district levels. 1. National coverage has significantly scaled up to about 60 percent till March 2010. However, there have been significant differences in the coverage between the states. While one state, Sikkim, has declared itself ODF, some others have a coverage of less than 30 percent. 2.In absolute terms, approximately five crore toilets need to be constructed. At the present rate, significant acceleration is required in some states to meet the goal of ODF India by 2012. 3. At the present rate of coverage, it is expected that ODF India will be reached only by 2018 at the national level, but will take another half a century in states that are lagging behind. 4.The processes adopted by the district have a direct bearing on the outcomes achieved. In the study undertaken as part of this documentation, 22 districts across 21 states were selected. The processes by which TSC is implemented were divided into six components – strategy, institutional structure, approach to demand creation and scaling up, technology promotion and supply chain, financing and incentives, and monitoring. These processes were analysed qualitatively using a research protocol. These qualitative findings were converted into quantitative scores using the rating scale. Study findings show that good performance in terms of programme outcomes, as measured by the benchmarking score, are positively correlated with processes adopted to implement the programme as measured by the rating scale. This means that districts that adopt the right processes are more likely to perform better on the programme. 5. Study findings show that better performing districts are not doing different things but are doing things differently within the TSC framework. As detailed, better performing districts use the opportunities for flexibility available within the guidelines to adapt implementation to their field realities and learn from successes and mistakes to scale up the programme. 5.2 Recommendations The key outcome expected of the TSC and the NGP is that GPs that have achieved total sanitation status should sustain it over the long term. On the basis of analysis of the secondary data (TSC MIS) and rapid assessment in the 22 districts, the following recommendations are made for improvement: Focus on Processes A scaling up of the achievement of total sanitation in the villages requires the adoption of sound processes. In addition, sustainability of the change in behaviour is only assured if the corresponding 73 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes processes are sound. This is especially true in a behaviour change approach as in sanitation where participatory processes are essential for communities to understand and adopt change. As the study has shown, there is a direct correlation between the processes and outcomes. To achieve scale and sustainability, it is therefore essential for districts to understand and adopt the processes in the true spirit. The six components on the basis of which processes have been analysed represent an agenda for action. The districts could look at their processes vis-à-vis this template, and identify gaps which need addressing and weaknesses which require strengthening. This focus on processes, rather than short-term physical target achievement, can drive scaling up and sustainability of the TSC programme, now and post 2012. Monitoring Sustainability The achievement of any output and outcome is often driven by what is being monitored. The present monitoring system of the TSC focuses on inputs and outputs achieved in the short term rather than the processes by which these are achieved. The NGP monitoring system focuses exclusively and separately on outcomes, making the linkage with inputs and outputs difficult. Even in the NGP, the focus is on current outcomes rather than sustainability. It is, therefore, important to include in the monitoring system: • Process indicators for tracking on a regular basis to ensure that the processes are being followed by the districts; and • Indicators which track long-term sustainability of the outcomes. 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Accessed in March 2010. 75 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes National Workshop on Rural Sanitation: List of Participants Government of India Ms. Agatha Sangma, Minister of State Ministry of Rural Development, 195 Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi 110 001 Tel: 011-23383614 Mr. Anjani Kumar, DEO Department of Drinking Water Supply, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, New Delhi 110 003 Mrs. Rajwant Sandhu, Secretary Department of Drinking Water Supply, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, Room No. 247, A Wing, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi 110011 Tel: 011-23061245 Mrs. Urvashi Prasad, Consultant Department of Drinking Water Supply. Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, New Delhi 110 003 Mr. J.S. Mathur, Joint Secretary Department of Drinking Water Supply, Ministry of Rural Development, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, New Delhi 110 003 Tel: 011-24362705 Mr. Vijay Mittal, Director Department of Drinking Water Supply, Ministry of Rural Development, Paryavaran Bhavan, B-1 Block, 8-9th Floor CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003 Tel: 011-24364427 Mr. Bharat Lal, Director RGNDWM, Department of Drinking Water Supply, 8th Floor, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi 110 003 Tel: 011-24360102 Mr. Rish Kumar Kaushik Under Secretary, Department of Drinking Water Supply, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, New Delhi -110 003 Tel: 011-24362106 76 Mr. J. A. Usmani, Consultant Department of Drinking Water Supply, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, New Delhi 110 003 Ms. Jasmin Shah, Consultant Department of Drinking Water Supply, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, New Delhi 110 003 Mobile: 9868358024 Mr. Kamal Mazumdar, Asstt. Advisor Department of Drinking Water Supply, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, New Delhi 110 003 Tel: 011-24362106 Mr. Raja Sekharan, Asstt. Advisor Department of Drinking Water Supply, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, New Delhi 110 003 Tel: 011-24362106 Andhra Pradesh Mr. S.S.R. Anjaneyulu, Project Director, SWSW SWSMHRD building, SRTGN Bhawan, PR Engg, Building Complex, Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad Tel: 040-23310669 National Workshop on Rural Sanitation: List of Participants Arunachal Pradesh Mr. A.N. Singh, Executive Director Communication and Capacity Development Unit, Public Health Engineering Department, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh Tel: 0360-2214057 Mr. Geyum Padu, Chief Engineer Communication and Capacity Development Unit, Public Health Engineering Department, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh Tel: 0360-2214057 Assam Mr. Annada Prasad Sarmah, Executive Engineer Public Health Engineering Department, Mangoldoi Phed, Distt. Darrang, Assam Tel: 03713-222199 Mr. Bidhan Chandra Dey, Executive Engineer Public Health Engineering Department, Golaghat Division Distt. Golaghat, Innaki Nagar, Assam 785 621 Tel: 03774-284763 Bihar Mohd M. Sadullah Jawaid, Director-PMU BSWSM, PHED, Vishweshwaraiya, Patna, Bihar Tel: 0612-2545705, 2545031 Mr. Daya Shankar Mishra, Executive Engineer PHED, PH Division, Hajipur, Vaishali, Bihar Tel: 06224-260320 Chhattisgarh Mr. Sudhir Agrawal, Special Secretary PHED, Mantralaya, DKS Bhavan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh Tel: 0771-2331368, 2425354 Mr. M.A. Khan, Engineer-in-Chief Public Health Engineering Department, Neer Bhawan, Civil Lines, Raipur, Chhattisgarh Tel: 0771-2331368, 2425354 Mr. H.K. Hingorani Chief Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department, Bilaspur Zone, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh Tel: 094250-22311 Mr. J.K. Sharma, Superintending Engineer Public Health Engineering Department, Durg, Circle, in front of Science College, Durg, Chhattisgarh 491001 Tel: 0788-2331060 Mr. A.K. Sahu, Executive Engineer Public Health Engineering Project, Division Bhilai, Distt. Durg, Chhattisgarh Tel: 0788-2293560 Mr. Sudhir K Agrawal, Special Secretary Public Health Engineer Department, 145 DKS Bhawan, Mantralaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh Tel: 0777-2583126 Gujarat Mr. S. R. Desai, District Project Coordinator Department of Rural Development Agency, Multi Storey Bldg. 5th Floor, C-Block, Nandura, Surat, Gujarat 395 001 Tel: 0261-2465723 Haryana Ms. Sumedha Kataria, Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Chief Executive Officer Department of Rural Development Agency, Mini Secretariat, Kurukshetra, Haryana 138 116 Tel: 01744-220756 77 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes Mr. Puran Singh Yadav, State Project Coordinator, TSC Panchayati Raj & Rural Development Department, Government of Haryana, Civil Secretariat Chandigarh, Haryana Tel: 0172-2711758 Himachal Pradesh Mr. Robin George, TSC Coordinator Rural Development Department, Block No. 27 Kusumpti, Shimla Tel: 0177-2622302 Mr. S. M. Saini, Project Officer Department of Rural Development Agency, Solan, Himachal Pradesh Tel: 01792-223915 Jharkhand Dr. Niraj Kumar, Director SATHEE, Chitragupta Colony, Distt. Goldda, Jharkhand 814 133 Tel: 09431735586 Mr. M. Thanvir Akhtar, Superintending Engineer DW&S, Ranchi Circle, Road No.8, Risaldar Nagar, Dhurwa Ranchi Circle, Jharkhand Tel: 9431422165 Karnataka Dr. P. Boregowda, Director & Addl. Secreatry Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Department, KHB Complex, E Block, Caveri Bhawan, K G Road, Bangalore 560 009 Tel: 080-22240508 Dr. Manjula, Chief Executive Officer Zila Panchayat, Next District Court, Boulevard Road. Mysore, Karnataka Tel: 0821-2330316 78 Mr. H. Chittaranjan, Chief Executive Officer Bangalore Zila Parishad (Rural), Opp Sagar Theatre, K G Road Bangalore 560 009 Kerala Mr. A. Stanly, Director (Operations) Suchitwa Mission, Local Self Government Department, Panavila Junction, Thycand, P.O. Trivandrum, Kerala Tel: 0471-2325730 Madhya Pradesh Mr. Sudharshan Kumar Soni, Deputy Commissioner Rural Development, 2nd Floor, Vindyachal Bhawan, Bhopal 462 016 Tel: 0755-2572993 Mr. Ashish Kumar, Chief Executive Officer Zila Panchayat, Civil Lines, Satna 485 001 Tel: 07672-225449 Maharashtra Mr. Nipun Vinayak, Deputy Secretary & Project Director WSSD, 149A, FF, Mantralaya, Mumbai 400 032 Tel: 022-22023338 Mr. Sudhakar Shinde, State Coordinator CCDU, Sidco Bhavan, Belapur, Navi Mumbai Tel: 022-27565087 Mr. M. S. Kalshetti, Deputy Secretary RDO, Maharashtra, 161 FF Main Building, Mantralaya, Mumbai Tel: 022-22846893, 22831017 National Workshop on Rural Sanitation: List of Participants Manipur Uttarakhand Mr. L. Swamikant Singh, Director Communication & Capacity Development Unit, Public Health Engineering Department, Lmphelpat, Imphal, Manipur 795 004 Mobile: 0943689025 Mr. D.R. Joshi, State Coordinator, TSC Swajal, Project Management Unit, Mussoorie Diversion Road, Dehra Dun 248 001 Tel: 0135-2733455 Mr. L. Ibomcha Singh, Superintending Engineer Public Health Engineering Department, Kwakeiphel Moirang Purel Leikh, Imphal, Manipur 795001 Tel: 0385-2457536 Mr. R.S. Bhandari, Community Development Specialist P.M.V. Swajal, Mussoorie Diversion Road, Dehra Dun 248 001 Tel: 0135-2733455 Punjab West Bengal Mr. D. S. Cheema, Superintendent Engineer Water Supply and Sanitation Department, Sangruru Circle, Punjab, Tel: 01672-234339 Mr. Chandan Sengupta, Chairman Task Force on Total Sanitation Campaign Panchayat & Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal, KB-18, Sector-3, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal Mobile: 09830303122 Tel: 033-23582533 Md. Ishpak, Executive Engineer Water Supply and Sanitation Department, HIG Flat NO.3, Rajguru Nagar, Ludhiana 141 001 Tel: 0161-2462735 Sikkim Ms. Yishey D. Yongda, Deputy Secretary Rural Management & Development Department, Gram Vikas Bhawan, Tashiling Secretariat, Gangtok, Sikkim Mobile: 9434164582 Ms. Urvashi Poudyal Block Development Officer, Rural Management & Development Department, BAC, Gangtok, Sikkim Tel: 03599-2141400 Uttar Pradesh Mr. Girishchandra, Deputy Director Panchayati Raj Uttar Pradesh, Jawahar Bhavan, 6th Floor, Lucknow Tel: 0522-228646 Mr. Abhijit Lahiri, District Coordinator (Sanitation) Murshidabad Zila Parishad, Panchanantala, Burhampur, Murshidabad, West Bengal 742 401 Tel: 03482-274863 Agencies Mr. Manish Kumar WES Specialist UNICEF 73 Lodi Estate, New Delhi 110 003 Tel: 011-24690401 Mr. S. N. Dave WES Specialist UNICEF 73 Lodi Estate, New Delhi 110 003 Tel: 011-24690401 79 A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Rapid Assessment of Processes and Outcomes Mr. Rahul Bakare, Director Rural Grants ARGHYAM 12 Main Indira Nagar, Bangalore Tel : 09902848844 Mr. Arumugam Kalimuthu Senior Program Support Manager PLAN E-12, Kailash Colony, New Delhi Tel: 011-46558484 Mobile: 9868888820 Water And Sanitation Program 55 Lodi Estate, New Delhi 110 003 Tel: 011 24690488/89 Fax: 011-24628250 E-mail: [email protected] Mr. Christopher Juan Costain Regional Team Leader Mr. Ajith C. Kumar Water & Sanitation Specialist 80 Ms. Upneet Singh Research Analyst Ms. Vandana Mehra Regional Communication Officer Ms .Geeta Sharma Regional Communication Officer Mr. Mariappa Kullappa Water & Sanitation Specialist Dr. Suseel Kumar Water & Sanitation Specialist Mr. Kakumanu Arokiam Consultant Mr. Manu Prakash Consultant Ms. Aravinda Satyavada Consultant Ms. Prapti Mittal Consultant Ms. Lira Suri Team Assistant National Workshop A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Lessons Learnt and Way Forward A National Workshop on ‘A Decade of the Total Sanitation Campaign: Lessons Learnt and Way Forward’ was organised in New Delhi on 22 and 23 April 2010 by the Department of Drinking Water Supply (DDWS) in partnership with WSP. The objective of the workshop was to review the status of the TSC, identify the lessons learnt in the implementation of the campaign, and plan for the way forward to realise the goal of making the rural areas Nirmal a reality by 2012. The workshop was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Minister of State for Rural Development, Ms. Agatha Sangma. From the national level, the Union Secretary Mrs. Rajwant Sandhu, Joint Secretary Mr. J.S. Mathur, Joint Secretary Mr. T.M. Vijay Bhaskar and Director Mr. Vijay Mittal, of the DDWS participated. In addition, representatives from 21 states and three sector partners (UNICEF, WaterAid and Arghyam) joined the event to share their insights and map the way forward. The total number of participants was around 85. Disclaimer Raw data for graphs and figures in this report have been taken from the Total Sanitation Campaign online monitoring system in early 2010, but during different months (www.ddws.nic.in and www.nirmalgrampuraskar.nic.in). Therefore,there may be some differences in graphs on related indicators due to the time lag between different points when information was accessed and subsequent updates to TSC/NGP websites. The workshop provided an opportunity to discuss the emerging trends in TSC implementation over the last decade. On the first day, a presentation was made to highlight the performance on different components of the TSC and the fact that we have to assess our progress towards the Millennium Development Goal or Nirmal Bharat not just in terms of physical coverage but usage of the sanitation facilities created. There was also an opportunity to discuss the findings of two rapid assessments undertaken by WSP. The first was on the patterns of usage and quality of toilets in Nirmal Gram Puraskar winning Panchayats which put the focus on how we can address sustainability of progress under TSC. The second assessment shared the findings of the impact of access to sanitation and hygiene on health and focused on the fact that it was not singular interventions but an integrated package of sanitation and hygiene that is most effective in reaching health outcomes. On the second day, the focus was on the results of a national level assessment of the TSC undertaken by WSP to understand the processes that underpin scaling up and sustainability of TSC. Based on findings from 22 districts across 21 states, the study underscored that districts/states that follow the TSC guidelines in the right spirit and implement the processes in the right way tend to reach the TSC goal faster. It was also agreed that enhancing subsidy was not a solution for increasing coverage and usage among the households. The workshop ended with concluding remarks from the Secretary, DDWS. 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