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SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN ESSAY 6 (400 WORDS) 
The father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi had said that, “Sanitation is more important 
than Independence” during his time before the independence of India. He was well aware of 
the bad and unclean situation of the India. He had emphasized the people of India a lot 
about the cleanliness and sanitation as well as its implementation in the daily lives. 
However, it was not so effective and failed because of the incomplete participation of 
people. After many years of independence of India, a most effective campaign of cleanliness 

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is launched to call people for their active participation and complete the mission of 
cleanliness. 
The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee has said in June 2014 while addressing the 
Parliament that, “For ensuring hygiene, waste management and sanitation across the 
nation a Swachh Bharat Mission will be launched. This will be our tribute to Mahatma 
Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary to be celebrated in the year 2019”. In order to fulfill 
the vision of Mahatma Gandhi and make India an ideal country all over the world, the 
Prime Minister of India has initiated a campaign called Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on the 
birthday of Mahatma Gandhi (2nd of October 2014). This campaign has the target of 
completion of mission till 2019 means 150th birthday anniversary of the Mahatma Gandhi. 
Through this campaign the government of India would solve the sanitation problems by 
enhancing the waste management techniques. Clean India movement is completely 
associated with the economic strength of the country. The birth date of the Mahatma 
Gandhi is targeted in both, the launch and completion of the mission. The basic goals 
behind launching the Swachh Bharat Mission are to make the country full of sanitation 
facilities as well as eliminate all the unhealthy practices of people in daily routines. The 
first cleanliness drive in India was started on 25th of September in 2014 and first initiated 
by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi by cleaning the road. 
The completion of this mission would indirectly draw the attention of business investors in 
India, enhance the GDP growth, draw tourists attention from all over the world, bring 
variety of sources of employment, reduce health costs, reduce death rate, and reduce lethal 
disease rate and many more. Clean India would bring more tourists and enhance its 
economical condition. The Prime Minister of India has requested to every Indian to devote 
their 100 hours per year for the cleanliness in India which is very sufficient to make this 
country a clean country by 2019. Swachh Bharat cess is also started to get some fund for 
this campaign. Everyone has to pay extra .5% tax (50 paise per 100 rupee) on all the 
services in India. 
UP CM Yogi Adityanath has also started a cleanliness drive in 2017 in Uttar Pradesh to 
ensure cleanliness in the official buildings. According to this, he has banned eating paan, 
gutka and other tobacco products in the government offices.