Question: Which one of the following is key finding of National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS) 2018-19?
(a) 93.1% of households were found to have access to toilets during the survey period
(b) 85.1% of households were found to have access to toilets during the survey period
(c) 80.1% of households were found to have access to toilets during the survey period
(d) None of the above
Answer:(a)
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- The National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS) 2018-19, conducted by an Independent Verification Agency (IVA) under the World Bank support project to the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G), has found that 96.5% of the households in rural India who have access to a toilet use it.
Key findings of NARSS 2018-19:
- 93.1% of households were found to have access to toilets during the survey period (the corresponding figure as per the SBMG-MIS in November 2018 was 96%)
- 96.5% of the people who had access to toilets used them.
- 90.7% of villages which were previously declared and verified as ODF were confirmed to be ODF. The remaining villages also had sanitation coverage of about 93%.
- 95.4% of the villages surveyed found to have minimal litter and minimal stagnant water.
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