Analysis of Sanitation Scheme in Rural and Urban Areas under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA): A Comparative Study

Abstract

The government of India in the year 1999 established a sanitation program "Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan" (NBA), also known as the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) to create awareness among the rural population regarding the importance of sanitation. In contemporary status, the scheme Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) has been Disestablished and renovated with the new scheme "Swachh Bharat Abhiyan" under the Clean India Mission on 2nd October 2014 to make India open defecation free by 2019. The objectives of the study are first to study the implementation of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in the rural & urban poor HHs. Secondly, to compare the implementation of the scheme between rural & urban poor HHs. Finally, to evaluate critically the implementation of the scheme. The hypothesis of the present study is that there is no significant difference in the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan between the rural & urban poor HHs. The hypothesis has been tested using an independent sample t-test and the result shows that there has been a significant difference in the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan between the rural & urban poor HHs, which has been revealed by the data that the beneficiaries of the scheme in the rural area are just 28 percent, while 90 percent in the urban area. This shows a clear picture of the difference in the implementation of the scheme between the rural & urban HHs.