Swachh Bharat Mission Fund : CCEA Approves Mechanism For Channeling

05 March, New Delhi

Union Cabinet has cleared certain enabling provisions for a fund to
facilitate channeling of money from individuals and companies for
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Swachh Bharat Mission.

The contributions will get tax exemption. Besides individuals keen to
fund the various programmes under the mission, government also expect
funds from organisations under the corporate social responsibility.
Most of the fund will be channelised to construct toilets.

The Prime Minister had on August 15 given a call to achieve the
objective of Swachh Bharat or clean India by the year 2019 through
Swachh Bharat Mission.

While the fund was launched in November last, the Cabinet approved
certain enabling provisions to make it operational. The fund will be
used to achieve the objective of improving cleanliness levels in rural
and urban areas, including in schools.