Swachhata Pakhwada

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About Swachhata Pakhwada:

It is an initiative launched in April, 2016 under the Swachh Bharat Mission.
Objective: It was launched with the objective of bringing a fortnight of intense focus on the issues and practices of Swachhata by engaging the central government ministries/departments.
Aim: It aims to include all ministries and departments through a common programme to contribute for Swachh Bharat Mission.
An annual calendar is pre-circulated among the ministries to help them plan for the Pakhwada activities.
The ministries observing Swachhata Pakhwada are monitored closely using the online monitoring system of Swachhata Samiksha where action plans, images, videos related to Swachhata activities are uploaded and shared.
For the Pakhwada fortnight, observing ministries are considered as ‘Swachhata Ministries’ and are expected to bring qualitative swachhata improvements in their jurisdictions.

Key facts about Swachh Bharat Mission

The Indian government launched the swachh bharat mission on October 2, 2014.
The mission covered all rural and urban areas.
- The urban component of the mission is implemented by the Ministry of Urban Development, and the rural component by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
The programme includes elimination of open defecation, conversion of unsanitary toilets to pour flush toilets, eradication of manual scavenging, municipal solid waste management and bringing about a behavioural change in people regarding healthy sanitation practices.

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Source: Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region Launches Swachhata Pakhwada