Question: What is INDOSAN?
a) satellite
b) a branch of Prasar Bharti
c) India Sanitation Conference
d) none of the above.
Ans: (c)
Related facts:
- On 30th September, 2016 PM Narendra Modi inaugurated India Sanitation Conference-INDOSAN.
- Ahead of the second anniversary of Swachh Bharat Mission on 2nd October, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed chief ministers, ministers, elected representatives of people, district collectors, municipal commissioners of 500 AMRUT cities and other stakeholders in New Delhi.
- The day long INDOSAN (India Sanitation Conference) was meant for taking stock of the progress made under the Swachh Bharat mission.
- After the inaugural session, Urban Development Minister M.Venkaiah Naidu and Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Narendra Singh Tomar co-chaired a plenary session on ‘Behavioral Change’ -Aspects of Swachh Bharat Mission.
Swachh Bharat Mission was launched on October 2, 2014. It aims at creating a Clean India by October 2, 2019 which coincides with the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Reference:
http://www.narendramodi.in/pm-modi-inaugurates-the-indosan-india-sanitation-conference-in-new-delhi-532407
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