CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development will begin a Sanitation Literacy Campaign (SLC) in Karnataka to promote literacy on ‘WASH’ (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) in 2, 000 villages covering one lakh rural population.

Detailed explanation-2: -Total Sanitation campaign was launched in April 1999, advocating of a shift from a high subsidy to a low subsidy regime, a greater household involvement and demand responsiveness, and providing for the promotion of a range of toilet options to promote increased affordability.

Detailed explanation-3: -Swachh Bharat Mission(SBM)/Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) The rural sanitation programme in India was introduced in the year 1954 as a part of the First Five Year Plan of the Government of India.

Detailed explanation-4: -India ‘s first nationwide program for rural sanitation, the Central Rural Sanitation Programme (CRSP), was launched in 1986 with the objective of improving the quality of life of rural people. The programme was supply-driven, highly subsidized, and gave emphasis on toilet construction.

Detailed explanation-5: -It was renamed Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan in 2012 and relaunched as Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in 2014.