“Swachhta Saptah” campaign

Swachhata Saptah

Question: On 17 September 2016 Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu launched Swachhta Saptah under the Swachh Rail Swachh Bharat Mission coincidentally marked the birthday of which of the following politician?
(a) Pranab Mukherjee
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Arun Jaitley
(d) L.K Advani
Ans: (b)
Related facts:

  • On 17 September 2016 Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu launched Swachhta Saptah under the Swachh Rail Swachh Bharat Mission to mark the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
  • It was launched to spread wider awareness on sanitation and cleanliness in rail premises and make hygiene a habit amongst the travelling public.
  • The Indian Railways is organizing a special nine-day long public outreach programme scheduled from 17th September to 25th September 2016.
  • The programme for each day is as follows:
    • September 17th-Clean environment
    • September 18th-Clean station
    • September 19th-Clean train
    • September 20th-Clean Neer
    • September 21-Hygienic premises
    • September 22-Clean cooperation
    • September 23-Clean Interface
    • September 24th-Clean dedication
    • September 25-Clean Diet

Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=150864
https://twitter.com/sureshpprabhu/status/778088341845794816?lang=hi