Gandhian Thought and Swachhata Seminar Organized in Wardha

The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has organised a seminar on Gandhian thoughts and Swachhta to make India a Swacch Bharat by 2019-the 150th birthday celebration of Mahatma Gandhi.

• It was being organized in the Wardha district of Maharastra with a focus on achievement of the objectives of sanitation and Gandhian thoughts via Swacch Bharat Mission.
• The topics for address in the seminar were appropriate technologies in rural sanitation, organic waste management, and preventive sanitation.
• Gandhi's concept of Swachh evam Swawalambhi Sankul was the main focus of the seminar.
• The seminar ended with a visit to Sevagram Ashram to gain experience from Gandhiji's life.

About the Swacch Bharat Mission:

• It is a program launched by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make India Swacchh by 2019 which is the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
• Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) was launched on 2 October 2014 with two submissions, SBA (gramin) and SBA (urban).
• The mission is jointly managed Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) (for gramin) and the Ministry of Urban Development (for urban).
• The mission has components like Construction of Household Toilets, Community and Public Toilets, Solid Waste Management, Information, Education & Communication (IEC) and Public Awareness, Capacity Building and Administrative & Office Expenses (A&OE).
• The mission has well managed to reach great sanitation level in three years of launch.
• It is a massive Jan Andolan (people's movement) and the rural sanitation coverage having increased from 39%, at the launch of the SBM in 2014, to over 95% today.

Question:

Q.Who has organised a seminar on Gandhian thoughts and Swachhta to make India a Swacch Bharat by 2019- the 150th birthday celebration of Mahatma Gandhi?
a. Niti Aayog
b. The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
c. The Ministry of Environment and Cleanliness
d. None of the above