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Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin)
The Union Cabinet has given its approval to the $1,500 million project of World Bank Support to Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) [(SBM(G)]. To accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage and to put focus on sanitation, the Prime Minister launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on 2nd October, 2014.
The Union Cabinet has given its approval to the $1,500 million project of World Bank Support to Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) [(SBM(G)]. To accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage and to put focus on sanitation, the Prime Minister launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on 2nd October, 2014.
The Mission has two Sub-Missions the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) and the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) which aims to achieve Swachh Bharat by 2019, as a fitting tribute to the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, which in rural areas shall mean improving the levels of cleanliness in rural areas.
The project basically provides for incentivising States on the basis of their performance in the existing SBM-G. Following are three DLIs: i. Reduction in the prevalence of open defecation: The funds under this result area shall be released to the States on the basis of reduction in prevalence of open defecation amongst rural households in the State, compared to the previous year; ii. Sustaining Open Defecation Free (ODF) status in Villages: The funds under this result area, shall be released on the basis of estimated population residing in ODF villages; and iii. Increase in percentage of rural population served by improved Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM): The funds under this DL1 will be based on the population served with acceptable level of SLWM services.
The project will accelerate efforts to achieve sustained outcomes in sanitation by 2019. The incentive framework introduced through the project will reorient efforts of States towards the SBM(G) 'outcomes' such as reduction in open defecation, sustainable achievement of open defecation free (ODF) villages and improvement in solid and liquid waste management (SLWM). The objective of the proposed programme is to reduce open defecation in rural areas and strengthen the capacity of Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation to manage the SBM(G) programme.
