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50% of Indian villages are ODF Plus
Context
India has achieved another major sanitation milestone, as 50% of villages are now ODF Plus under Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen Phase-II.
Key-highlights
- Till date, more than 2.96 lakh villages have declared themselves ODF Plus, which is a significant step towards achieving the SBM-G Phase-II goals by 2024-25.
- Telangana (100%), Karnataka (99.5%), Tamil Nadu (97.8%), and Uttar Pradesh (95.2%) among the big states, and Goa (95.3%) and Sikkim (69.2%) among the small states, are the best performers in terms of the proportion of ODF Plus villages.
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra & Daman & Diu, and Lakshadweep are UTs with 100% ODF Plus Model villages.
- These States and UTs have made outstanding progress towards obtaining ODF Plus designation, and this accomplishment would not have been possible without their efforts.
- Out of the 296,928 ODF Plus villages,
- 56,285 are ODF Plus Model villages
- 208,613 are ODF Plus Aspiring villages with arrangements for either solid waste management or liquid waste management
- 32,030 are ODF Plus Rising villages with arrangements for both solid waste management and liquid waste management
- the remaining 208,613 are ODF Plus Aspiring villages with arrangements for only solid waste management
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What is Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen Phase-II?
- SBM (G) Phase-II was launched in February, 2020 with the focus to sustain the Open Defecation Free (ODF) status.
- Eligibility: This scheme is for any rural household that does not have access to an individual household toilet.
- Major Components: The major components of the Phase-II of SBM (G) are:
- Sustaining Open Defecation Free Status (ODF-S)
- Solid (Bio-degradable) Waste Management
- Plastic Waste Management (PWM)
- Liquid Waste Management (LWM)
- Faecal Sludge Management (FSM)
- GOBARdhan
- Information Education and Communication/Behaviour Change Communication (IEC/BCC)
- Capacity Building
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