Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra

Shashank Raj Gupta

Question: Consider the following statements:
(1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra – an interactive experience centre on the Swachh Bharat Mission, at Rajghat, New Delhi.
(2) The Champaran Satyagraha of 1916 was persuaded by Gandhi at the request of indigo farmer Pandit Rajkumar Shukla.
Of the above correct statement/s is/are:
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1&2
(d) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Related facts:

  • On 8 August 2020,Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra – an interactive experience centre on the Swachh Bharat Mission, at the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti at Rajghat, New Delhi.
  • A tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, the Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra (RSK) was first announced by the Prime Minister on 10th April 2017, on the occasion of the centenary celebrations of Gandhiji’s Champaran Satyagraha.
  • The installations at Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra will introduce future generations to the successful journey of world’s largest behavioural change campaign, the Swachh Bharat Mission.
  • A balanced mix of digital and outdoor installations in the Kendra will impart information, awareness and education on Swachhata and related aspects.

Swachh Bharat Mission:

  • The Swachh Bharat Mission has transformed rural sanitation in the country and has changed the behaviour of over 55 crore people from open defecation to using a toilet.
  • The mission is now in its second phase, aiming to take India’s villages from Open Defecation Free (ODF) to ODF Plus, with a strong focus on sustaining ODF status and ensuring solid and liquid waste management for all.

Champaran Satyagraha:

  • The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was the first Satyagraha movement led by Gandhi in India and is considered a historically important revolt in the Indian Independence Movement.
  • It was a farmer’s uprising that took place in Champaran district of Bihar, India, during the British colonial period. The farmers were protesting against having to grow indigo with barely any payment for it.
  • This Satyagraha was related to Tinkathia system in which the European planters had been forcing the peasants to grow indigo on 3/20 part of the total land.
  • Gandhiji was persuaded to visit Champaran primarily at the initiative of a semi-literate indigo farmer Pandit Rajkumar Shukla.
  • N. G. Ranga opposed the Champaran Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi while Rabindranath Tagore gave him the title of ‘Mahatma’ during this movement.

By-Amar Mani Upadhyay

Links:
http://www.newsonair.com/News?title=PM-Modi-inaugurates-Rashtriya-Swachhata-Kendra-in-Delhi%3B-Launches-Week-long-campaign-to-free-India-of-garbage&id=396775
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champaran_Satyagraha