SWACHH    BHARAT  

           ABHIYAN 

Introudtion

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, or Clean India Mission is a country-wide campaign initiated by the Government of India in 2014.It is a restructured version of the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan launched in 2009 that failed to achieve its intended targets.The campaign's official name is in Hindi. In English, it translates to "Clean India Mission". The campaign was officially launched on 2 October 2014 at Rajghat, New Delhi by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Objectives of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

   Objectives are:

• To make India clean through behavioural change.
• To promote idea of Smart City. A city needs to be clean before it becomes smart.
• To eliminate the burden of communicable disease which India has like Malaria, Diarrhea, Cholera.
• To fulfill SDG Goal 6 of UN: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
• To emphasize on the fact that clean mind and body reside in clean environment.
• To effectively and efficiently handle waste generated. People are encouraged to separate wet and dry garbage for this.

All efforts will make India stand out of other nations.

Guidelines for Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM)

           

• Household toilets, including conversion of insanitary latrines into pour-flush latrines.
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• Community toilets.
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• Public toilets.
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• Solid waste management.
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• IEC & Public Awareness.
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• Capacity building and Administrative & Office Expenses (A&OE)
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    Phase 1 of the Swachh Bharat mission  

      Phase 1 of the Swachh Bharat mission lasted till October 2019. Open Defecation Free (ODF) in Five Years. It seeks to improve the levels of cleanliness in rural areas through Solid and Liquid Waste Management activities and making Gram Panchayats Open Defecation Free (ODF), clean and sanitised.Incentive as provided under the Mission for the construction of Individual Household Latrines (IHHL) was available for all Below Poverty Line (BPL) Households and Above Poverty Line (APL) households restricted to SCs/STs, small and marginal farmers, landless labourers with homestead, physically handicapped and women headed households. The Incentive amount provided under SBM(G) to Below Poverty Line (BPL) /identified APLs households was up to Rs.12,000 for construction of one unit of IHHL and provide for water availability, including for storing for hand-washing and cleaning of the toilet. Central Share of this Incentive for IHHLs was Rs.9,000/- (75%) from Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin). The State share was Rs.3,000/-(25%). For North Eastern State, and Special category States, the Central share was Rs. 10,800/- and the State share Rs.1,200/- (90% : 10%). The beneficiary was encouraged to additionally contribute in the construction of his/her IHHL to promote ownership.

PHASE 2   Swachh Bharat Mission

Having achieved the milestone of an ODF India in a time bound manner in the last five years from 2014 to 2019, the work on sanitation and the behaviour change campaign has to continue to sustain the gains made under the programme and also to ensure no one is left behind and the overall cleanliness
(Sampoorn Swachhata) in villages as well.

In February 2020, the Phase-II of the SBM(G) with a total outlay of Rs. 1,40,881 crores was approved with a focus on the sustainability of ODF status and Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM). SBM(G)

Phase-II is planned to be a novel model of convergence between different verticals of financing

and various schemes of Central and State Governments. The programme will be implemented in mission mode from 2020-21 to 2024-25. 

   What is the conclusion of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

1. This mission was to clean India and remove its dirt and dust.

 

2. India at that time became very much unhygienic and garbage was thrown here and there by people. So, this mission was a need for this country.

 

3. The conclusion of this mission was that due to this people understood the value of hygiene.