Total Sanitary Campaign
This scheme was introduced in 1999. It was the first structured program for rural sanitation in India .The main goal of Total Sanitation Campaign was to eradicate tne practice of open defecation. Community led total sanitation was not focused on building infrastructure, but on changing cultural norms to prevent open defecation.
On 2nd October 2014 Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan Campaign was relaunched as Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The objective of this scheme was to improve the quality of the life of the rural people and also to provide privacy and dignity to women.
The concept of sanitation was expanded to include personal hygiene, home sanitation, safe water, garbage disposal, excreta disposal and waste water disposal . The money was provided by the government to people under Below Poverty Line household latrines. Assistance was also extended for construction of school toilets units, Anganwadi toilets and community Sanitary Complexes apart from undertaking activities under solid and liquid waste management.
One of the main objectives of this scheme was to bring about an improvement in the general quality of life in the rural areas and also to cover the remaining schools not covered under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and Angan wadi centers in the rural areas with proper sanitation facilities and undertake proactive promotion of hygiene education and sanitary habits among students.
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