OPEN DEFECATION FREE (ODF) RURAL AND URBAN AREAS: ACHIEVEMENT OF SWACHH BHARAT MISSION

Sanitation is recognized as a basic human right. UN General Assemblyin July 2010 had adopted a resolution officially recognising Sanitationaccess to, and use of, excreta and wastewater facilities and servicesasa human right. For most of human history, people defecatedin theopen. But in the last century, a lot has changed with toilets becoming anintegral part of homes in most parts of the world. More than half of allpeopleintheworldwhodefecateintheopenliveinIndia.Accordingto 2011 Indian Census, 53.00 per cent of households do not use anykind of toilet or latrine. This essentially matches the 55.00 per centfound by the National Family Health Survey in 2005. In this paper Iattempt to study the role of government and schemes and peoples participation.