Important Facts For Prelims
Swachhata Awards
- 07 Sep 2019
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The President of India presented the Swachhata Awards on 6th September 2019.
- Indian Railways was awarded the best ministry for implementation of Swachhata Action Plan (SAP) for 2018-19.
- SAP was formally launched on 1st April 2017 with the active participation of 72 Ministries and Departments. It is one of the flagship initiatives of the Prime Minister towards making Swachh Bharat everyone’s business.
- It aims at engaging all wings of the Government in the Swachh Bharat Mission programme.
- Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, being the nodal agency, has been engaged with the SAP implementing Ministries and Departments to provide actionable ideas, support implementation as needed and reporting and monitoring through the online portal www.swachhataactionplan.com.
- Best Swachh iconic Place award was conferred to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CST), Mumbai under the Swachh Bharat Mission initiative.
