Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen).

These Operational Guidelines are intended to provide specific guidance to managers at State, District, and Gram Panchayat levels. Varius component of Open Defecation Free (ODF) Plus - sustainability of ODF status, bio-degradable waste management, plastic waste management, greywater management, faecal sludge management, and modalities for convergence with other schemes have been outlined extensively. Implementers need to use them for community-based interventions to facilitate hygiene promotion and sanitation in all areas. The Phase II of Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen will continue to generate employment and provide impetus to the rural economy through construction of household toilets and community sanitary complexes, as well as infrastructure for Solid and Liquid Waste Management such as compost pits, soak pits, waste stabilisation ponds, material recovery facilities, etc.
With the key objective of SBMG Phase I attained, the Government of India renewed its commitment to further enhance the sanitation and hygiene status in rural areas with the approval of Phase II of the programme, which will be implemented from 2020-21 to 2024-25. SBMG Phase II has been uniquely designed to leverage the capacity of individuals and communities in rural India to create a people’s movement to ensure that the ODF status of rural areas is sustained, people continue to practice safe hygienic behaviour and that all villages have solid and liquid waste management arrangements. The key objective of SBMG Phase II is to sustain the ODF status of villages and to improve the levels of cleanliness in rural areas through Solid and Liquid Waste Management activities, making villages ODF Plus. States will ensure that villages situated on the banks of Ganga are prioritized for implementation of SLWM interventions. The next priority will be given to the villages on the banks of other prominent water bodies (rivers, lakes, coastal areas, etc).