Q.Swachh Bharath Abhiyan.

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (launched 2 October 2014) is a national cleanliness mission to end open defecation through toilet construction, ensure proper waste management, and promote sanitation and hygiene in rural and urban areas.

This is a 2-mark short note in AP Intermediate 2nd year Economics, treated as an environmental and public-health policy response in line with the broader development curriculum.

About Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, meaning the 'Clean India Mission', is a nationwide campaign launched by the Government of India on 2 October 2014 (the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi). Its principal objectives are to make the country clean, to eliminate open defecation by constructing household and community toilets, to put in place proper and scientific solid and liquid waste management, and to create public awareness about sanitation and hygiene. The mission covers both rural areas (through the Gramin component) and urban areas, and it seeks to improve public health, protect the environment, and bring …