A Miniature Sheet consisting of 2 nos. of commemorative postage stamp on the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA), a nation-wide campaign to clean India :

Issued by India

Issued on Oct 2, 2016

Issued for : As a part of Swachh Bharat Mission, Department of Posts organised a nation-wide competition inviting entries for designing the commemorative postage stamp, miniature sheet, First Day Cover and Brochure, on the theme “Swachh Bharat”.

Design : The designs on the stamp & miniature sheet are based on three best entries submitted by Ms. Binita Biswajeeta, Ms. Sanjula S. and Ms. Arushi Aggarwal.

Credits :
Stamp / Miniature Sheet / FDC : Smt. Alka Sharma, based on selected paintings submitted by participant.
Cancellation Cachet : Smt. Alka Sharma

Type : Miniature Sheet, Mint Condition

Colour : Multi Colour

Denomination : 500 & 2500 Paise

Stamps Printed : 308250 each

Souvenir Sheet Printed : 0.1 million

Printing Process : Wet Offset

Printer : Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

About : 

• The Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) emanates from the vision of the Government articulated in the address of The President of India in his address to the Joint Session of Parliament on 9^th June 2014: “We must not tolerate the indignity of homes without toilets and public spaces littered with garbage. For ensuring hygiene, waste management and sanitation across the nation, a “Swachh Bharat Mission” will be launched. This will be our tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150^th birth anniversary to be celebrated in the year 2019” SBM is being implemented by the Ministry of Urban Development (M/o UD) and by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (M/o DWS) for urban and rural areas respectively.
  
• “A clean India would be the best tribute India could pay to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150 birth anniversary in 2019”, said Shri Narendra Modi as he launched the Swachh Bharat Mission at Rajpath in New Delhi. On 2^nd October 2014, Swachh Bharat Mission was launched throughout length and breadth of the country as a national movement.
  
• By inviting people to participate in the drive, the Swachhta Abhiyan has turned into a National Movement. A sense of responsibility has been evoked among the people through the Clean India Movement. With citizens now becoming active participants in cleanliness activities across the nation, the dream of a ‘Clean India‘ once seen by Mahatma Gandhi has begun to take shape.
  
• People from different sections of the society have come forward and joined this mass movement of cleanliness. Millions of people across the country have been, day after day, joining the cleanliness initiatives of the government departments, NGOs and local community centres to make India clean. Organising frequent cleanliness campaigns to spreading awareness about hygiene through plays and music is also being carried out across the nation.
  
• The ‘#MyCleanIndia‘ was also launched simultaneously as a part of the Swachh Bharat drive to highlight the cleanliness work carried out by citizens across the nation.
  
• Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has become a ‘Jan Andolan‘ receiving tremendous support from the people. Citizens have turned out in large numbers and pledged for a neat and cleaner India. Taking the broom to sweep the streets, cleaning up the garbage, focussing on sanitation and maintaining a hygienic environment have become a practice after the launch of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. People have started to take part and are helping spread the message of ‘Cleanliness is next to Godliness‘.
  
• Swachh Bharat Mission in urban areas is focussed on building individual toilets, community toilets and solid waste management. In rural areas, the emphasis is on behavioral change intervention including interpersonal communication, strengthening implementation and delivery mechanisms down to the Gram Panchayat level, and giving States flexibility to design delivery mechanisms that take into account local cultures, practices, sensibilities and demands.
  
• Text : Based on the material available on internet.

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