Which year marks the beginning of phase 2 of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)?

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  1. 2020-21
  2. 2019-20
  3. 2018-19
  4. 2021-22

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Option 1 : 2020-21
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The correct answer is 2020-21.

Key Points

  •  Swachh Bharat Mission:
    • The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is aimed to accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage and to put the focus on sanitation all over India.
    • The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on 2nd October 2014.
    • Under the mission, all villages, Gram Panchayats, Districts, States and Union Territories in India declared themselves "open-defecation free" (ODF) by 2 October 2019, the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, by constructing over 100 million toilets in rural India
  • Second Phase :
    • The government has launched Swachh Bharat Mission Phase 2 with a focus on plastic waste management, biodegradable solid waste management, grey water management, and faecal sludge management.
    • The mission is aimed at progressing towards target 6.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals Number 6 established by the United Nations in 2015.

Important Points 

  •  Prime Minister Narendra Modi nominated the name of Pune industrialist Adar Poonawalla, as an ambassador for the Swachh Bharat mission, who comes in recognition of his major initiative towards a cleaner and greener Pune.
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