Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan
Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) or Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) is a Community-led total sanitation program initiated by Government of India in 1999. It is a demand-driven and people-centered sanitation program. It evolved from the limited achievements of the first structured programme for rural sanitation in India, the Central Rural Sanitation Programme, which had minimal community participation. The main goal of Total Sanitation Campaign is to eradicate the practice of open defecation by 2017. Community-led total sanitation is not focused on building infrastructure, but on changing cultural norms to prevent open defecation. In Maharashtra where the program started more than 2000 Gram Panchayats have achieved "open defecation free" status. Villages that achieve this status receive monetary rewards and high publicity under a program called Nirmal Gram Puraskar.[1][2][3] The campaigning ambassador for Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan is Vidya Balan. The government will give 10000 rupees to every family to construct a toilet.[4]
References
- ^ IRC:India: Unrealistic approach hampers rural sanitation programme, 1 June 2007
- ^ Institute of Development Studies:Community-led total sanitation:India
- ^ Benny George:Nirmal Gram Puraskar: A Unique Experiment in Incentivising Sanitation Coverage in Rural India, International Journal of Rural Studies (IJRS), Vol. 16, No. 1, April 2009
- ^ The Hindu Newspaper Article