Swach Bharat Abhiyan

• Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is one of the most popular and significant missions in the History of India
• This campaign was introduced by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, and was launched on 2nd October 2014 to honour Mahatma Gandhi's vision of a Clean country
• Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi received the award of "Global Goalkeeper" from the Gates Foundation for the initiative of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on September 25, 2019, in New York
• Initially, this Swachh Bharat Abhiyan campaign was run on a national level in all the towns, rural and urban areas
• Campaigns under Swachh Bharat Mission

  • 'Plastic se Raksha'
  • 'Swachhta Pakhwada'
  • 'Swachhta Shramdaan'
  • 'Swachhta hee Seva'
• Objective of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

  To spread the awareness of cleanliness and the importance of it
• Concept of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan


  To provide basic sanitation facilities like toilets, solid and liquid waste disposal systems, village cleanliness, and safe and adequate drinking water supply to every person
• Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) 1.0 is under the Ministry of Urban Development and is commissioned to give sanitation and household toilet facilities in all 4041 statutory towns with a combined population of 377 million
• The estimated cost of Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) 1.0 is Rs 62,009 crore over five years with the centre's share of assistance being Rs 14,623 crore
• Components of Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) 1.0

  • Individual household toilets
  • Community toilets
  • Public toilets
  • Municipal Solid Waste Management
  • Information and Education Communication (IEC) and Public Awareness
  • Capacity Building
• Objectives of Urban Clean India mission

  To eradicate open defecation; convert insanitary toilets to flush toilets; eradicate manual scavenging, and facilitate solid waste management
• The Rural mission, known as Swachh Bharat Gramin, aims to make Village Panchayats open defecation free by October 2, 2019
• Indore in Madhya Pradesh is India's cleanest city and Gonda in Uttar Pradesh the filthiest
• The government in the Union Budget 2021 allocated Rs 1,41,678 crores for the Swachh Bharat Mission (U) 2.0
• Components of Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) 2.0

  • Wastewater treatment, including faecal sludge management in all ULBs with less than 1 lakh population
  • Sustainable sanitation (construction of toilets)
  • Solid Waste Management
  • Information, Education and Communication
  • Capacity building
• Achievements expected out of SBM-Urban 2.0


  • ODF+ certification to all statutory towns
  • ODF++ certification to all statutory towns with less than 1 lakh population
  • Water+ certification to half of all the statutory towns with less than 1 lakh population
  • Rating of at least 3-star Garbage Free to all statutory towns as per Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA's) Star Rating Protocol for Garbage Free cities
  • Bio-remediation of all legacy dumpsites