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Saturday 21 February 2015

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission)



  • For cleaning up rural and urban areas.
  • 4041 towns to have solid waste management facility by 2019.
  • eradicate manual scavenging practised in parts of Gujrat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
  • Eliminate open defecation by 2019.
  • Building toilets in school. Seperate for girls and boys.
  • Rural development ministry will provide Rs. 20 lakh to each village per year for next five year.
  • Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has replaced earlier Niramal Bharat Scheme.
  • Private industries have also pledged their support for this scheme.
    • CII to mobilise construction of 10,000 toilets through CSR by 2015-16.
    • Vedanta to build 10,000 toilets in addition to 30,000 it already building in a partnership with Rajasthan government. 
    • TCS pledged Rs. 100 Cr. for building sanitation facilities for girl in 10,000 schools.
    • Bharti Foundation pledged Rs. 100 Cr. to build toilets in Ludhiana.
    • Dabur to provide germ free toilets across country as a part of "Swachh Toilet" as a part of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
    • Unitech to involve residents and other stakeholders in a drive to clean areas around them.

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