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d. Two submissions:

i. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Gramin (rural), under Ministry of
Drinking Water and Sanitation

ii. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Urban, under Ministry of Housing

and Urban Affairs

5. Funding: The finances for this mammoth project, estimated to cost

`620 billion, are being provided by multifarious agencies as under:

a. The government has provided an incentive of `15,000 ($230) for

each toilet constructed by a BPL family.

b. An amount of `90 billion ($1.4 billion) was allocated for the
mission in the 2016 Union Budget of India.

c. The International Monetary Fund provided a $1.5 billion loan and
$25 million in technical assistance in 2016 for the Swachh Bharat

Mission.

d. The programme has also received funds and technical support from

the World Bank and the corporate sector as part of corporate social
responsibility initiatives.

6. Execution: The execution has been undertaken by various departments

and social agencies to ensure synergy in action and to optimise

resources. These are as follows:

a. The Government appointed PWD with the responsibility to dispose
of waste from Government offices.

b. The Ministry of Railways planned to have the facility of cleaning

on demand, clean bed-rolls from automatic laundries, bio-toilets

and dustbins in all non-AC coaches.

c. The Swachh Bharat Swachh Vidyalaya campaign was launched by
the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of

India, by participating in a cleanliness drive along with the school’s