Swachh Bharat Mission Urban
Swachh Bharat Mission Urban
Mission Updates
Mission Updates
"The goal of the 'Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0' is to make a garbage-free city,a city completely free of garbage."
Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
[Excerpt from the address of the Prime Minister on the occasion of the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission - Urban 2.0,on 1st October, 2021]
The Swachh Bharat Mission - Urban (SBM-U),was launched on 2nd October 2014 aimed at making urban India free from open defecation and achieving 100% scientific management of municipal solid waste in 4,041 statutory towns in the country. The second phase of SBM-U was launched on 1st October 2021, for a period of 5 years (till October 2026) The vision for SBM-U 2.0 is to achieve “Garbage Free” status for all cities by 2026 and institutionalizing ‘Swachh’ behavior amongst the citizens. SBM–U 2.0 will be implemented by MoHUA through States/ UTs in all statutory towns (as per Census 2011, and statutory towns added subsequent to that). The Government of India in partnership with States/ UTs and ULBs is committed to make all cities ‘Garbage Free’ under SBM-Urban 2.0 to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2030, which will ultimately improve the quality of life and ease of living of urban populations, thus leading to urban transformation.
Achieving 100% Open Defecation Free (ODF) status
Ensuring 100% Scientific Solid Waste Management
Behaviour change through 'Jan Andolan', by 2nd October 2019,In all statutory towns
SBM Achievements
The mission is in force since 2021, covering all Statutory Towns in India under the Mission.
Jan Andolan : Equity and Inclusion in 'swachhata'.
Capacity Building,e-Learning and skill Development
Technology, innovation and social enterprise
monitor functional outcomes against targets
Urban-Rural convergence for common facilities
To make all cities clean and garbage free,with 100% scientific processing of Municipal Solid Waste
Setting up of waste processing facilities such as MRF's, transfer stations,composting plants,bio methanation plants,RDF processing facilities,Plastic waste processing facilities,waste to electricity,sanitary landfill,etc
Procuring mechanized sweeping equipment and setting up processing facilities for effective management of Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste (in 154 cities)
Bio-remediation / capping of all legacy dumpsites in all ULB's
To sustain Open Defecation Free status in all Statutory towns.
Construction of Individual Household Latrines (IHHL)
Construction of Community and Public Toilet (CT and PT) seats
Construction of urinals, along with retrofitting of unsanitary toilets
Aspirational toilets ULBs will have to provide additional PTs in all tourist destinations/ places with high footfall/ iconic cities/ religious destinations
To ensure that no untreated fecal sludge or used water is discharged into the environment, and all used water (including sewerage and septage,grey water and black water) is safely contained,transported and treated,along with maximum reuse of treated used water,in all cities with less than 1 lakh population.
Setting up of waste processing facilities such as MRFs, transfer stations, composting plants, bio methanation plants, RDF processing facilities, plastic waste processing facilities, waste to electricity, sanitary landfill, etc.
Procuring mechanized sweeping equipment and setting up processing facilities for effective management of Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste (in 154 cities)
Bio-remediation/ capping of all legacy dumpsites in all ULBs
To ensure awareness creation along with large scale citizen outreach to intensify ‘Jan Andolan’ and institutionalize swachh behavior and related set of actions, towards achieving the vision of “Garbage Free” cities.
National level support for agencies, campaign management, promotion of national level initiatives, and advocacy
State/ ULB level support for campaign management, onboarding of grassroots organisations, promotion of good practices, and events
To create institutional capacity to effectively implement programmatic interventions to achieve mission objectives.
National level support for centres of Excellence, academic funding, capacity building and training, knowledge management, e-learning, various training and innovation related initiatives, and digital outreach programmes
State level support for program management units, ICT initiatives, human resources and grassroots capacity building, and training
