ARTICLE | Swachh India
What is new with SBM 2.0!
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he Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) was launched on October 2, 2014, with a target to make the country clean by October 2, 2019. All 4041 statutory towns as per census 2011 are covered under SBM. The admissible components under SBM with broad funding pattern were: ♦♦ Household toilets including conversion of insanitary latrines into pour-flush latrines (`4000 per toilet as an incentive); ♦♦ Community toilets (max 40 per cent VGF); ♦♦ Public toilets (100 per cent Private Investment); ♦♦ Solid Waste Management (max
20 per cent VGF later increased to 35 per cent); ♦♦ IEC and Public Awareness (15 per cent) and; ♦♦ Capacity Building and Administrative & Office Expenditure (A&OE) (5 per cent). SBM 1.0 was implemented by the Ministry of Urban Development (M/ oUD) and by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (M/o DWS) for urban and rural areas, respectively. The objectives of SBM-U 1.0 are: ♦♦ Eliminate open defecation, ♦♦ Conversion of insanitary toilets to pour flush toilets, ♦♦ Eradication of manual scavenging, ♦♦ 100 per cent collection and
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scientific processing/ disposal/ reuse/ recycle of municipal solid waste, To bring about a behavioural change in people regarding healthy sanitation practices, Generate awareness among the citizens about sanitation and its linkages with public health, Strengthening of urban local bodies to design, execute and operate systems, To create enabling environment for private sector participation in Capital expenditure and Operation and Maintenance expenditure (O&M).
Mission outlay
The estimated cost of implementation of SBM (Urban) based on unit and per capita costs for its various components was `62,009 crore. The Government of India’s share as per approved funding pattern amounted to `14,623 crore. In addition, a minimum additional amount equivalent to 25 per cent of GoI funding, amounting to `4,874 crore should be contributed by the states as state/ULB share. The balance fund was proposed to be generated through various other sources, which are: ♦♦ Private Sector Participation ♦♦ Additional Resources from State Government/ULB ♦♦ Beneficiary Share ♦♦ User Charges ♦♦ Land Leveraging ♦♦ Innovative revenue streams ♦♦ Swachh Bharat Kosh ♦♦ Corporate Social Responsibility ♦♦ Market Borrowing ♦♦ External Assistance
SBM 2.0
Mission launch The second phase of the Mission is now being extended for a period of five years, from October 1, 2021 to October 1, 2026, as Swachh Bharat
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