Total Sanitation Campaign relaunched as Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Q. Which of the following statements is/are correct about Total Sanitation Campaign?
1. The main goal of Total Sanitation Campaign was to eradicate the practice of open defecation by 2017.
2. It was relaunched as Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.- Published on 01 Dec 15a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
ANSWER: Both
- Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan and from 1999 to 2012 called the Total Sanitation Campaign, or TSC was a program following the principles of community-led total sanitation (CLTS) initiated by the Government of India in 1999.
- The main goal of Total Sanitation Campaign was to eradicate the practice of open defecation by 2017.
- Community-led total sanitation was not focused on building infrastructure, but on changing cultural norms to prevent open defecation.
- The campaigning ambassador for Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan is Vidya Balan. Government of India gives ?10000 (US$150) to every family to construct a toilet.
- On 2 October 2014 the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan campaign was relaunched as Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission)
