Yojana November 2019 SANITATION for a HEALTH SOCIETY Part 3

People՚s Policy: Swachh Bharat Revolution by Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, ministry of Jal Shakti has also followed this 4Ps structure. Political leadership. Public financing. Partnerships. Peoples participation. Gram Panchayats: Beyond ODF: GoI. Signed Constitution of World Health Organization (WHO) in 1946 in New York, which sought to grant WHO authority to promote in co-operation w⟋other specialized agencies. Millennium Development Goal on sanitation. Which was not achieved by India, & current Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - is particular SDG 6, which aims for universal water supply & sanitation-intend to provide similar aspirational frameworks which India has incorporated in its various national efforts, setting its own water & sanitation targets to be reached much sooner than 2030 as prescribed by SDGs.

  • Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) in 2012 came w⟋a much higher financial incentive of ₹ 10,000 (compared to ₹ 4,600 granted before) for every qualifying household, & leaned heavily on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act & associated schemes as funding source.

Lesson that Shaped Swachh Bharat

  • approach to SBM-G itself was structured to allow more freedom in execution & a few unique advances included:
  • Strong public & political willpower.
  • Adequate funding that paid necessary incentives to off-set high capital cost for 100 million households.
  • District-level flexibility in administering necessary activities & campaigns.
  • Improving ratio of financial investment in hardware w⟋strong investment in software.
  • Utilizing Community Approaches to Sanitation (CAS) methodology,
  • Women-headed households & Scheduled Castes & Tribes prioritized in Programme.
  • 3 Fs available to GPs: Funds Functionaries & Functions. Thru. National Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDP) guidance of 2018, Ministry of Panchayati Raj has made efforts to ensure that GPDPs are appropriately convergent in reflecting how WASH investments & interventions can be mainstreamed into existing budgetary considerations.

Examrace Team at Aug 20, 2021