Swachh Bharat Mission
On trackLaunched October 2014 ยท Health
Make India open defecation free and deliver universal sanitation, then sustain it through solid and liquid waste management in every village.
What was promised
- Open defecation free India by 2 October 2019, the 150th birth anniversary of Gandhi. Phase II (2020-21 to 2025-26): ODF sustainability and ODF Plus model villages.
Independent surveys have questioned the 2019 ODF declaration on usage and sustainability; the construction numbers are the firmer measure, and Phase II is the government's own answer to that critique.
Progress update history
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December 2025
More than 83% of villages ODF Plus (Model) by December 2025; urban waste processing up from 16% to 82%.
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October 2019
More than 12 crore individual household latrines built since October 2014; India declared ODF in October 2019.