Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan is a mission that has brought together the entire country to fight against the stubborn evil of insanitation and to ensure a clean India.

Thank you for such an overwhelming response. The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation organized Swachhathon 1.0 as a knowledge aggregation platform to crowd source ideas and innovations for pressing issues facing the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission.

In yet another landmark intervention CSIR- National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has bestowed upon the nation, it’s first Pristine air-quality monitoring station at the Institute of Himalayan Bioresource (IHBT) at Palampur( Himachal Pradesh). A unique, first-of-it’s kind atmospheric monitoring station in the campus of IHBT, has been established by NPL at an altitude of 1391 m for generating the base data for atmospheric trace species and properties to serve as reference for comparison of polluted atmosphere in India.

One of the major environmental hazards confronting Indian cities is Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSW). The unscientific disposal of much of the Municipal Solid Waste has serious implications for public health and the environment.

A contest was organised on MyGov to suggest a title and tagline for the proposed scheme National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC). 879 entries were received for the contest, out of which 20 entries were shortlisted for consideration by the Ministry of Social Justiceand Empowerment. The entry of Shri Balaji DK, Koratagere, Karnataka for the Title of the scheme i.e. “Safai Udhyami Yojana” and the entry of Shri Ankur Srivastava, Allahabad U.P. i.e. “Swachhta se Sampannta ki oor” for the Tagline were declared as winners and awarded a cash prize of Rs.10,000/- each.