Context:
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs presented the report on the Status and implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission.
About Swachh Bharat Mission:
- Launched in 2014.
- A restructured version of the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan launched in 2009.
- Aim – To achieve an “open-defecation free” (ODF) India by 2 October 2019, the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi through construction of toilets.
- Objectives –
- Phase 1 –
- Eradication of manual scavenging.
- Bringing behaviour change regarding sanitation practices.
- Building capacity at the local level.
- Phase 2 –
- Sustain ODF status
- Improve management of solid and liquid waste
- Improve the lives of sanitation workers
- Phase 1 –
- 2 Missions: Rural & Urban –
- SBM – Gramin– Financed and monitored through Ministry of Jal Shakti
- SBM – Urban – Monitored by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Open Defecation Free Status:
- ODF: At any point of the day, not even a single person is found defecating in the open.
- ODF+: At any point of the day, not a single person is found defecating and/or urinating in the open, and all community and public toilets are functional and well maintained.
- ODF++: ODF+ and the faecal sludge/septage and sewage are safely managed and treated, with no discharging or dumping of untreated faecal sludge and sewage into the open drains, water bodies or areas.
Related Schemes:
- GOBAR-DHAN (Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources) Scheme –
- Launched by – Ministry of Jal Shakti
- Aim – To augment income of farmers by converting biodegradable waste into compressed biogas (CBG).
- Individual Household Latrines (IHHL) –
- Individuals get around 15 thousand for the construction of toilets.
- Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan –
- Launched by – Ministry of Education
- Aim – To provide separate toilets for boys and girls in all government schools within one year.
Source: PIB
Previous year question
As per the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 in India, which one of the following statements is correct?
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2019 Prelims]
(a) Waste generator has to segregate waste into five categories.
(b) The Rules are applicable to notified urban local bodies, notified towns and all industrial townships only
(c) The Rules provide for exact and elaborate criteria for the identification of sites for landfills and waste processing facilities.
(d) It is mandatory on the part of the waste generator that the waste generated in one district cannot be moved to another district.
Practice question
