evidence: Table 1: Budgetary Allocation to the Ministry of Rural Development (in Rs crore) [...] The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation aims to ensure that every citizen has access to clean drinking water and sanitation facilities.2 The Department has been allocated Rs 77,223 crore for 2023-24, a 29% increase over the revised estimates of 2022-23. From 2013-14, budgetary allocation to the department has grown by about 18%. However, a significant increase was seen in 2021-22, when the budgetary allocation was more than three times the revised estimates of the previous year. From 2019-20, the focus of expenditure by the Department shifted from sanitation to drinking water. [...] Figure 1: Budgetary allocation to the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (in Rs crore)