Question: Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra will be set up at which of the following place?
(a) Porbandar
(b) Rajghat
(c) Gandhinagar
(d) Dandi
Ans. (b)
Related facts:
- On 3 May 2017 Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (I/C) for Culture and Tourism announced to set up “Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra” at Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti (GSDS), Rajghat.
- It will be set up by “Swachh Bharat Mission” Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
- It may be recalled that Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) was launched on 2nd October, 2014.
- Till date more than 4 crore individual household latrines have been built and one lakh, 94,000 villages and 135 districts have become Open Defecation Free, ODF.
- Aapart from Sikkim, Kerala and Himachal Pradesh which are ODF Sates, 6 to 7 more States will soon declare them ODF as the work is going on a rapid scale.
- The total budget for Swachh Bharat Mission is now Rs 19,300 crore with a Central share of Rs 14,000 crore and Rs 5,300 crore is the budgetary provision declared by all government departments.
- To create awareness on “Swachhata”, Ministry of Culture has developed “e-guide (Audio-Visual)” App to create awareness for the tourists visiting National Museum.
Reference:
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