Knowledge nugget of the day: Swachh Bharat Mission

Knowledge Nugget: Swachh Bharat Mission

Subject: Government schemes and policies

WHY IN NEWS ?

Three years into the five-year Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Urban 2.0, large cities are yet to wide immoderate onshore successful fractional of their bequest landfill sites, with lone 38 per cent of the full dumped discarded being remediated truthful far, authorities information shows. Also, 1 indispensable support successful caput that the nationwide “Swachhata Hi seva Abhiyan 2024” is being observed from 17th September, 2024 to 02nd October, 2024 connected the taxable of Swabhav Swachhata – Sanskar Swachhata.  

KEY TAKEAWAYS :

1. Mahatma Gandhi emphasised connected swachhta arsenic which ensures steadfast beingness and society. Keeping this successful mind, the Indian authorities launched the Swachh Bharat Mission connected October 2, 2014.

2. The ngo covers each agrarian and municipality areas. The municipality constituent of the ngo is implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, and the agrarian constituent by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.

Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Urban

3. The programme included:  

(a) elimination of unfastened defecation

(b) conversion of unsanitary toilets to determination flush toilets

(c) eradication of manual scavenging

(d) municipal coagulated discarded absorption and 

(e) bringing astir a behavioural alteration successful radical regarding steadfast sanitation practices.

SBM-U 2.0 

4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi successful 2021 launched the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) 2.0 on with Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0.

5. It aims to marque each cities ‘Garbage Free’. SBM-U 2.0 volition guarantee grey and achromatic h2o absorption successful each cities, different than those covered nether AMRUT. The ngo focusses connected root segregation of coagulated waste. 

Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin)

6. The SBM(G) was launched connected 2nd October 2014. It aimed to guarantee cleanliness successful agrarian areas done Solid and Liquid Waste Management activities and marque India Open Defecation Free (ODF) successful Five Years (2014-2019). 

7. Having achieved the milestone of an ODF India, the purpose present is wide cleanliness (Sampoorn Swachhata) successful villages.  i.e., sustaining the ODF presumption and managing coagulated and liquid discarded by 2024-25 and transforming each the villages from ODF to ODF Plus Model.

Swachh Bharat Kosh

8. The authorities successful 2014 formally launched the Swachh Bharat Kosh (fund) “to facilitate channelisation of philanthropic contributions and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds” towards this cause.

9. Using the donations, the money aimed astatine concern activities specified arsenic operation of caller toilets arsenic good arsenic repair and renovation of dysfunctional toilets successful agrarian areas, municipality areas, elementary, secondary and elder secondary authorities schools, aanganwaadis. 

10. They were besides aimed to beryllium utilized for constructing h2o lines to the toilets, grooming and accomplishment improvement to support hygiene successful the toilets arsenic good arsenic different activities to amended sanitation.

Beyond the nugget: Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0

11. It focuses connected expanding sewage and septic management, making cities ‘water-secure’, and ensuring that nary sewage drains successful rivers.

12. AMRUT 2.0, according to a connection released by the Prime Minister’s Office successful 2021 aims to supply 100 per cent sum of h2o proviso to each households successful astir 4,700 municipality section bodies by providing astir 2.68 crore pat connections. “The Mission volition beforehand information led governance successful h2o absorption and Technology Sub-Mission to leverage latest planetary technologies and skills,” the connection read.

(source: swachhbharatmission.ddws.gov.in)

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