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Flagship Scheme Swachh Bharat Mission

PRIME MINISTER SPEAKS ON SWACHH BHARAT MISSION

The commitment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Government can be gauged from
the fact that for the last 6 years, he has been regularly giving updates about the Swachh Bharat
Mission from the Red Fort. Some snippets:

2020 2019 2018

On the 150th year I am confident that within When I talked about
of Gandhi’s birth the next few weeks of 2019 cleanliness from the
anniversary, India freed itself India will declare ramparts of Red Fort in
its villages from open itself Open Defecation 2014, some people made
defecation Free. States, Villages, fun. Bapu, during his
Municipalities, Media, lifetime, attached greater
everyone has started a mass- importance to cleanliness
movement regarding ODF than even to freedom.

2016 2015 2014

The campaign for In 2019, we are about All schools in the
women pride in villages to celebrate the 150th country should have
of the country is an anniversary of Mahatma separate toilets for girls.
important issue of Gandhi. On the 150th Only then our daughters
today. The practice of anniversary of Gandhiji will not be compelled to
open defecation should we have to handover leave schools midway
be stopped him a “Swachh Bharat”
as a tribute

Solid Waste HOW SBM SAVES MONEY, LIFE AND GENERATES JOBS The present Government has built
Management more than 11 Crore toilets in five years

n According to a 2017 report of and rural sanitation has reached 99
Waste Generation UNICEF, an increase in hygiene has per cent.
1,42, 58 MT/day saved Rs 50,000 per family with ODF
Processing status to villages, which was spent Global Goalkeeper Award
95, 066 MT/day on diseases The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Door-to-door n As per 2018 WHO report, the mission at the Lincoln Center of Performing
collection saved 3 lakh lives Arts in New York gave the Global
83,213 wards Goalkeeper Award to Prime Minister
n As per 2019 UNICEF report, the Narendra Modi for the success of the
Garbage-free city Swachh Bharat Mission has
(Star ratings) generated 75.5 lakh full-time jobs Swachh Bharat Mission in September
1-star 64 2019. The Foundation said that 50
3- star 86 between October 2014 and February Crore people got health protection
5- star 6 2019 in rural India through the campaign.

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