Swachh Bharat Mission in Rajasthan: An Analytical Study of Dausaconstituency

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi revived Mahatma Gandhi's clean India concept on 2nd October 2014 as ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’-Clean India Campaign. The goal is to make India Open Defecation Free (ODF)on by the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Gandhi ji 2019. It would be a befitting with us for cleanliness. If we are able to achieve this goal, In spite of being a highly spiritual nation, India tops the world in open defecation. Mostly rural areas of the country are suffering from this problem. The vision of Clean India is to bring about an improvement in the general quality of life of Indians by promoting cleanliness and hygiene, quite comprehensive and it has a potential to bring a significant improvement in Indian society, economy, polity and environment. Challenges in realizing the goals as: lack of political will, comprehensiveness of the vision; interministerial coordination, technological bottlenecks in waste management, sustainability and convergence of sanitation programmes, soliciting proactive and integrated contribution from various stakeholders etc are anylised in the paper. There is a long way journey to get it. It requires support and commitment from people of India. Suggestions and conclusion are also mentioned in the paper