Public Administration

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Submitted by: Abhishek Gupta

Class/Sec: B.A.,LL.B(H)/A
Enrollment No.: A3211123256
Submitted to: Dr.Cihnnita Baruah
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BHARATABHIYAN’
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 Introduction
India is a developing nation and development does not just mean
developing economically, it is defined by the overall development of
a country and its countrymen. A country will be called developed
only when its countrymen have good wealth as well as good health
and this can only be achieved by personal practice. It is possible that
you have attained higher education or own a multinational company,
but even if your nation has not developed from any other point of
view, you will not be called developed because your country is your
identity. We can say that our country is still illiterate in terms of
cleanliness and it is our duty to contribute and make people aware
because not a single government campaign will be successful unless
the members of the country contribute. In this sequence, our Prime
minister Mr. Narendra Modi started a cleanliness program naming
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
Gandhiji played a very important role in developing hygienic habits
among people and wished to see India like other nations. Personal
hygiene not only makes you healthy but also helps in the
development of the nation because every year our country spends a
lot of money on the treatment of various diseases and most of the
diseases are caused by unhealthy habits. This money can be saved
and used for development. Gandhiji was well aware of such things
and promoted cleanliness.
In India, there was a group marked as untouchables and cleaning was
their duty. Gandhiji did not follow any orthodoxy, he was an
iconoclast for the society and this caused him many troubles but he
never backed down. He believed that cleaning is an individual’s duty
and stated:
“So long as you do not take the broom and the bucket in your hands,
you cannot make your towns and cities clean.”

History of Swachh Bharat

Abhiyan
The project Swachh Bharat was inaugurated on 2nd October 2014 by
our prime minister Mr. Narendra Modi at Rajghat New Delhi. It is very
big campaigning
regarding cleanliness and was started all over India including rural
areas. Our prime minister Mr. Narendra Modi, himself cleaned the
streets and inaugurated the campaign.Various famous personalities
also witnessed the scenario and took part in this campaign. Students
across the country and government employees took part in this
campaign and increased its value. The main motto of this campaign is
to spread awareness regarding cleanliness and develop healthy
habits among people.
The campaign was launched on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s
birth anniversary on 2nd October 2014. It was chosen Gandhiji’s
birthday to celebrate Swachh Bharat Abhiyan because of his support
regarding cleanliness. It was his dream to make India clean, so it was
found as the best date to inaugurate this campaign and Mr. Narendra
Modi wanted to pay tribute to Gandhiji by giving him a clean nation
on his 150th birthday, which was held in 2019.
 Swachh Bharat Abhiyan for Urban
Area
The cleanliness campaign was inaugurated on a very wide scale
and it has been distributed among various categories, as

one of them is the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan for urban areas and
the other is for village or Gramin, both are run by different
ministries, under the same swachhata program. The Urban
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is headed by the Ministry of Housing
and Urban Affairs.

Main objectives of Urban Swachh Bharat

Abhiyan:

 To make cities free from open defecation.

 Eradication of Manual Scavenging.
 To provide 66.42 Lakh individual household toilets.
 To provide 2.52 lakh community and 2.56 lakh public
toilets in the city.
The data shows the number of open defecation free districts
increased every year, although the progress was very slow till
2019, we attained 100% results:
The Urban Swachh Bharat Abhiyan aims to cover all these
objectives and make all cities clean and 100% ODF free. Open
defecation leads to multiple diseases and it is the first thing
that Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is concern about. The money
spent on Individual household toilets is 4,165 crores whereas
655 crores for community toilets and 7,366 crores for Solid
Waste Management. The government has also raised a fund of
Rs.1,828 crore for various awareness programs. The overall
money allotted for Urban Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is Rs. 14,623

crores. Swachh Bharat Mission

for Rural Areas
This mission is headed by the Department of Drinking water &
Sanitation and more than 5,99,693 villages have been declared
open defecation free, whereas 699 districts, 35 states including
UT, have been declared open defecation free and about
16,32,42,383 toilets have been constructed.

The main objective of Rural Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is to

promote cleanliness and develop healthy habits in people in
villages. People in rural India are not very much aware of health
and hygiene, which leads to several diseases especially in
children and it results in child mortality. Every year the
government spends lots of money on the treatment of various
diseases, caused by unhealthy habits. So, it’s better to make
people aware of health and hygiene, as this will not only keep
you healthy but also save your money.

Main objectives of Rural Swachh Bharat Abhiyan:

 Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan for students

 Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan
 Baal Swachhata Abhiyan

Challenges of Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan
Cleanliness is really a challenge for the nation because we have
to work from the very beginning and there is a very large
population in India which lives in villages and it is very tough to
train them and let them know the benefits of hygiene.

Some of the common diseases like Diarrhea, Pneumonia are

caused by unhealthy habits and every year more than 1000
children die because of it. These diseases can be prevented by
adopting cleanliness.

To make the mission more popular and to encourage people to

maintain cleanliness, the government started various
competitions to attract the public.
 Swachhata Sarvekshan
Every year the government conducts a survey and announces the
cleanest city, railway station, etc. and it has been seen that people take
part in it with a lot of enthusiasm to steal the title of the cleanest city or
many other categories

Conclusion
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was a very big campaign and it would not
have been possible without the active contribution of the Indian
public. The main agenda of this project was to make India free from
open defecation, which was indeed a big challenge but kudos to the
leaders who made it possible and achieved 100% results.The clean
campaign is not over, we still need to be active and keep our
environment clean, do not throw garbage around. Dump your liquid
waste in a blue dustbin and dry it in green color. Also, develop
healthy habits in your child. By practicing these simple methods, we
can contribute to making our nation clean. The Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan proves that nothing is impossible if you have the courage
and true determination for your dreams.

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