Question
Download Solution PDFWhich year marks the beginning of phase 2 of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)?
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Download Solution PDFThe 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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