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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which state government recently launched ‘Swachhameva Jayate’ a rural cleanliness and sanitation campaign?
A
Bihar
B
Assam
C
Karnataka
D
Telangana
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The state government on Thursday launched “Swachhameva Jayate”, a campaign to make people in rural Karnataka take a pledge on cleanliness.

Detailed explanation-2: -“A clean India would be the best tribute India could pay to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150 birth anniversary in 2019, ” said Shri Narendra Modi as he launched the Swachh Bharat Mission at Rajpath in New Delhi.

Detailed explanation-3: -To accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage and to put the focus on sanitation, the Prime Minister of India had launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on 2nd October 2014.

Detailed explanation-4: -Consequently, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan was restructured by Cabinet approval on 24 September 2014 as Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

Detailed explanation-5: -Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Gramin was launched on 2nd October 2014 to eradicate open defecation, and to dispose human excreta in a safe and scientific way by encouraging the use of toilet and personal hygiene. SBM Karnataka Phase-1 was aiming at making Rural Karnataka open defecation free.

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