Swachh Bharat-Smart Bharat

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched on 2^nd October 2014 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is aimed at making India a completely clean India and ensuring access to sanitation facilities (including toilets, solid and liquid waste disposal systems and village cleanliness) and safe and adequate drinking water supply to every person. A cleanliness drive, just before the formal launch of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, was carried out from 25 September to 23 October by all offices up to panchayat level to create awareness among masses. The Programme was formally launched on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti. Clean India was a dream seen by the Mahatma Gandhi regarding which he said that, “Sanitation is more important than Independence”. During his time he was well aware of the poor and dirty condition of the country that's why he made various efforts to complete his dream however could not be successful. As he dreamt of clean India a day, he said that both cleanliness and sanitation are integral parts of healthy and peaceful living. This mission has to be completed by 150th birth anniversary of Gandhi ji (2^nd October of 2019) in next five years. Clean India is not the issue of Health and hygiene only, the whole economic development is affected by the state of cleanliness in any country. We are living in the Globalised world and India is emerging one of the leading economy of the world. Prime minister Narendra modi has invited the whole world to invest in our country, promoting FDI, tourism, creating smart cities, skill development, all is of no use without the availability of basic amenities every citizen. The Clean India is not only the social issue rather a basic requirement for economic development of the country. The current paper is an analysis of the efforts put and results of the programme and related impact on Smart India programme, and economic development of the country.