India’s Top PSUs 2019

36 Swachh Bharat Initiatives Swachh Bharat – a mass movement campaign Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), a cleanliness campaign, was launched on 2nd October 2014 inorder to focus on sanitation of the country and expedite the efforts in achieving universal sanitation coverage. The Mission aims on achieving a Swachh Bharat by 2019, inorder to honor the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The mission Coordinator for SBM is Secretary, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jalshakti with two Sub-Missions, the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) and the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) SBM focuses on improving the levels of cleanliness through Solid and Liquid Waste Management activities in rural India and making villages Open Defecation Free (ODF), clean and sanitised. The objectives of this mass movement campaign are as follows: • Tomotivate communities to adopt sustainable sanitation practices and facilities through awareness creation and health education • To encourage cost effective and appropriate technologies for ecologically safe and sustainable sanitation • To develop, communitymanaged sanitation systems focusing on scientific Solid& LiquidWasteManagement systems for overall cleanliness in the rural areas • To create significant positive impact on gender and promote social inclusion by improving sanitation especially in marginalized communities Development Sector-wise expenditure FY15 to FY18 Development Sectors Amount Spent (in ` mn) FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 Clean Ganga Fund 54.7 328.2 243.7 21.1 Sanitation 2,995.4 6,206 4,206.4 996.4 Swachh Bharat Kosh 1,138.6 3,251.9 1,838.3 1,186.9 Source: National CSR, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, GoI • In FY18, six companies incurred an expenditure of ` 21.1 mn on Clean Ganga Fund spread across three states • Under the development of sanitation, 206 companies collectively spent ` 996.4mn across 28 statesSwachh Bharat Kosh was implemented across 21 states with 74 companies spending an aggregate of ` 1,186.9 mn in FY18. The following representation depicts the progress of SBM since October 2014: