The Rural Households Infrastructure Grant (RHIG) is aimed at providing capital funding for the reduction of rural water and sanitation backlogs and to target existing households where bulk dependant services are not available. The budget allocation for RHIG amounts to R106.7 million in 2013/14, R113.1 million in 2014/15 and R118.3 million in 2015/16. This represents a significant decrease in funding given that the grant was allocated R480 million in the 2012/13 financial year. The grant has been reclassified as a specific purpose allocation to municipalities or Schedule 5B grant.