Social Sector

Swachh Bharat Mission

  • To accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage and to put focus on sanitation, the Prime Minister of India had launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on 2nd October 2014.
  • The mission was implemented as nation-wide campaign/Janandolan which aimed at eliminating open defecation in rural areas during the period 2014 to 2019.

Need

  • Open Defecation Issue: Almost 60% of households in India reported open defecation despite having toilets.
  • Health-related Issues: High morbidity, poor nutritional outcome, premature deaths, costs of treating diseases, productive time lost because of people falling ill, and time lost by caregivers who look ....
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