SWAACH BHARAT MISSION-IS IT MAKING THE DREAM INDIA MISSION TRUE?
Swaach Bharat Mission was launched by the Government of India to achieve the goal of Clean India by educating the people both in Urban and Rural areas. Named as Swaach Bharat Mission by none other than the Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi, the Clean India campaign was launched by him on October 2, 2014, at Rajghat, New Delhi.
Key Facts-
- Swaach Bharat Mission is India's largest cleanliness drive till date with 3 million government employees, school students, and college students from all parts of India participating in 4,041 statutory cities, towns and associated rural areas.
- The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called the Swaach Bharat campaign "Satyagrah se Swachhagrah" referring to Mahatma Gandhi's ‘Champaran Satyagraha’ launched on April 10, 1917
- The mission contains two sub-missions: Swaach Bharat Mission Gramin (Rural), which operates under the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation; and Swaach Bharat Mission (Urban), which operates under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
- Swaach Bharat Mission is to cost over Rs.620 billion.
- The government provides an incentive of Rs.12, 000 for each toilet constructed by a below-poverty-line (BPL) family.
- Rs. 90 billion were allocated for the Swaach Bharat Mission in 2016 in Union Budget. The World Bank granted a loan of US$11.5 billion and $25 million in technical assistance in 2016 for the Swaach Bharat Mission to support India's Sanitation initiative.
Success at Large
- Until 2017, India was divided into five zones for the purpose of Swaach Bharat survey and each city was scored on 19 indicators. The cities were classified into four colors: green, blue, black, and red, green being the cleanest city, and red the most polluted. None of the cities was rated as green—the best category in the exercise.
- During the 2017-18 senses survey, the parameters of assessment were diluted, and cities were categorized, based on population, into the metropolis, large, medium, and small cities, and assessment took place according to this categorization to get at least some of the cities in the cleanest category.
- Corruption in-ground implementation is again hampering the Swaach Bharat Mission. As per an independent Research report published by ABC Live Haryana, Disbursement of Incentives under Swaach Bharat Mission (Urban) in the state of Haryana has been made arbitrarily by ignoring the guidelines of Swaach Bharat Mission (Urban). It could be happening in many other states too.
- Despite all the expenses on spreading awareness, advertisements, and huge public money being spent on Swaach Bharat Mission, it appears there is little headway. People are still resorting to littering, open defecating on Railways tracks, fields and other open areas.
- The Statistics and Data released by various agencies may not be accurate as ground realities are different. Unless physically verified the data may not support the facts.
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