Swachh Bharat Mission Phase-2

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Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 scaled-down by Rs.63,869 crore by the urban development ministry

Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM):

• Also called Clean India Mission was launched on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2, 2014 in New Delhi.
• The Urban Clean India mission seeks to eradicate open defecation, convert insanitary toilets to flush toilets, eradicate manual scavenging and facilitate solid waste management.
• Covers 4041 statutory towns across India and aims to make the streets, roads and infrastructure clean by October 2, 2019 (Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary).
• The Rural mission, known as Swachh Bharat Gramin, aims to make Village Panchayats open defecation free by October 2, 2019. 
• At the core of this mission lie six components:
  • Individual household toilets;
  • Community toilets;
  • Public toilets;
  • Municipal Solid Waste Management;
  • Information and Educating Communication (IEC) and Public Awareness;
  • Capacity Building;
• The mission contributes to India reaching Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6).
• The action plan for SBM is laid by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (now Ministry of Jalshakti).

Swachh Bharat Mission (Rural) 2.0

• Swachh Bharat Mission (Rural) 2.0  gained the approval of the Centre in February 2020. 
• The second phase of SBM will be implemented on a mission mode between 2020-21 and 2024-25 with an estimated central and state budget of Rs 52,497 crore.
• It will focus on ODF Plus.
• The ODF Plus programme will converge with MGNREGA, especially for grey water management and will complement the newly launched Jal Jeevan Mission. 
• The fund sharing pattern between the Centre and States will be:
  • 90:10 for North-Eastern States and Himalayan States and UT of J&K; 
  • 60:40 for other States; 
  • 100:0 for other Union Territories, for all the components.