2. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was announced by our Prime Minister
Mr. Narendra Modi on 68th Independence Day and this abhiyan was
put into force on 2 Oct 2014 that is on Gandhi Jayanti.
Slogan by Narendra Modi was like:-
Ek kadam swachhta ki aur
(One step towards cleanliness)
Introduction on Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan
3. The program is dedicated
to one who wanted to
change India
4. Finance
This program has also received funding a technical
support from the World Bank
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is expected to cost over ₹620
billion.
The government provides an incentive of ₹12,000 for
each toilet constructed by a BPL family
Total fund mobilized under Swachh Bharat Kosh(SBK)
as on 31 January 2016 stood at ₹3.69 billion
5. Ambassadors
Modi selected 9 public figures to propagate this Abhiyan. They are
o Sachin Tendulkar
o Priyanka Chopra
o Anil Ambani
o Baba Ramdev
o Salman Khan
o Shashi Tharoor
o Team of Tarak mehta ka ooltah chashmah
o Mridula Sinha
o Kamal Hassan
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8. Performance
o Between April 2014 to January 2015, 31.83 lakh toilets were built.
o Karnataka led all States in construction of toilets under the
programme.
o As of August 2015, 80 lakh toilets have been constructed under
the program.
o As of 18 March 2016, 10 districts in India were Open-Defecation
Free(ODF).
9. ListofTop10cleancities
Government of India released a "Cleanliness Ranking" for 73 cities on
15 February 2016.
1. Mysore
2. Chandigarh
3. Tiruchirappalli(ತಿರುಚಿರಾಪಳ್ಳಿ)
4. New Delhi Municipal Council
5. Visakhapatnam
6. Surat
7. Rajkot
8. Gangtok
9. Pimpri-Chinchwad
10. Mumbai
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12. India will be very
beautiful
only if you take a step to-By
Mohammed Mube
