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Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is the most signifi cant
cleanliness campaign run by the Government of

India. The vision of this campaign is to make India
clean and hygienic. The campaign was launched
on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, i.e.,
Offi cial logo of Swachh
on 2 October, 2014 by our honourable Prime Bharat Abhiyan
nd
Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, at Rajpath in New

Delhi. Did You Know!
The basic objective of Swachh
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is also called the Clean India
Bharat Abhiyan is to provide
Mission or Swachh Bharat Mission. Since clean and cleanliness facilities to each
hygienic India was the dream of Mahatma Gandhi, and every family. It also aims to

the campaign has a logo of Mahatma Gandhi’s put an end to discharge
of faeces in open.
glasses and a tagline of “Ek Kadam Swachhta ki Ore“,
meaning “A Step Towards Cleanliness“.

TERMS TO KNOW

1. Cleanliness: The state of being neat, clean and free from dirt
2. Personal hygiene: The act of taking good care of our health by keeping our body
clean

QUICK LOOK

1. All of us need to be healthy to lead a healthy life.

2. Cleanliness and personal hygiene are as important as food and water are for us.
3. We can maintain personal hygiene by adopting good habits. Hand hygiene, nail
hygiene, hair hygiene, oral hygiene and skin hygiene are some of the healthy
hygienic habits to be adopted.

4. Our body does a lot of work for us. We must look after it to remain fi t and healthy.
5. We must eat healthy food, practice hygienic habits, take rest and exercise daily for
keeping ourselves healthy.
6. Besides personal hygiene and cleanliness, we should keep our surroundings also
clean.

7. The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is the cleanliness campaign run by the Government of
India to make India clean and hygienic.

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