One-eighth of India’s urban population lives in slums: NSSO
- According to the latest round of the National Sample Survey – just under 9 million households, or roughly one-eighth of India’s urban population, lives in a slum. The number is significantly lower than the 14 million slum households identified by the Census in 2011
- NSSO, like the Census, has taken into account both slums notified as such by the State government or the local body, and non-notified slums. The NSSO definition of a non-notified slum was slightly more generous than that of the Census; any crowded settlement with poor sanitation and at least 20 households was considered a slum by the NSSO, while the Census required at least 60-70 households.
- Maharashtra accounted for 23% of the total slum population according to the NSSO, followed by Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. Over half of the slum population lived in 53 million-plus cities.
Survey finds better levels of access to drinking water
- New data on the status of drinking water and sanitation released by NSSO i.e., the 69th round of the National Sample Survey has found significantly better levels of access to drinking water and toilets compared to 2011 census.
- Over 46% of households in rural India and 77% of households in urban India had drinking water sources within their premises. Compared to the 2011 Census data which had just 35% of rural households and 71% of urban households had drinking water within the premises.
- Among households in which people had to leave the house to get water, rural population had to spend 20 minutes on average, while for urban households, it took 15 minutes. Residents of Jharkhand had to spend the longest time in fetching water 40 minutes in both rural and urban areas.
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