Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said here on Wednesday that sanitation cover in rural areas has gone up from 42 per cent to 60 per cent.
"Swachh Bharat Yojana - - sanitation coverage up from 42 per cent in October 2013 to 60 per cent. . .
Open defecation - free villages are now being given priority for piped water supply, " Jaitley said while presenting the Union Budget 2017 - 18 in the Lok Sabha.
"We propose to provide safe drinking water to cover 28, 000 arsenic fluoride affected habitations in the next four years (2020), " he said.
For imparting new training to the people in rural areas, mason training will be provided to five lakh people by by 2022, Jaitley added - - "with an immediate target of training at least 20, 000 by 2017 - 2018. "
He also said that Panchayat Raj institutions still lack the human resources for implementing developmental programmes.
"A programme of human resource reforms for results will be launched in 2017 - 18 for this purpose.
The government will continue to work closely with the farmers and other people in rural India to improve life and environment.
This is a non - negotiable agenda for our government. "
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