Identify important features about Swachh Bharat Mission.

A. It focus upon promoting the use of non-conventional energy
B. Its a part of Human Development Index
C. It focuses upon healthy mind lives in healthy body
D. Its run by Government of India

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A, C, D only

The correct answer is Option (1) → A, C, D only.

B. Its a part of Human Development Index: This is incorrect.

The release of toxic and non-biodegradable wastes from industries and urban sewerages, and open defecation, etc, have created many health hazards. The Government of India has initiated many steps to address these problems and the Swachh Bharat Mission is one of these (D). A healthy mind lives in a healthy body and for a healthy body (B), clean environment, particularly, clean air, water, noise-free ambience and hygienic surrounding are pre-requisites. Municipal waste, industrial effluents and pollutants generated by transport, etc., are major sources of pollution in urban India. Open defecation in rural areas and in urban slums are a major source of pollution. The Government of India with its flagship programme Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) aims at a pollution-free environment. Its objectives are: 

a. making India open defecation-free and achieving 100 per cent scientific management of municipal solid waste, construction of individual household latrines (IHHL), community toilet (CT) seats and public toilet (PT) seats;

b. making provisions for the supply of clean energy fuel LPG to all households in rural India to reduce domestic pollution;

c. providing potable drinking water to every household to control the spread of water-borne diseases; and

d.  promoting the use of non-convention energy resources (A), like wind and solar energy

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