SWACHH SHAKTI 2019

About: 

• Objective: Swachh Shakti-2019 is a national event which aims to bring in to focus the leadership role played by rural women in Swachh Bharat Mission.  
  
  
• Participants: Women Sarpanches and Panches from all over the country will be attending the event. 
  
  
• Organized by: The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation in association with the Govt. of Haryana is organizing the Swachh Shakti-2019. 
  
  
• Key highlights of the event: 
  • Best practices from grass root level in the rural areas for Swachh Bharat will be shared by them. 
    
    
  • The event will showcase the achievements of Swachh Bharat and the recently conducted Swachh Sunder Shauchalay, (neat and clean toilet) - a unique and first of its kind in the world campaign.    
    
    
  • PM will distribute the Swachh Shakti-2019 awards. 
    
    
  
  
  
• Background: 
  • PM Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Shakti program first in 2017 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat where he honoured 6000 women sarpanches from across the country. 
    
    
  • The second Swachh Shakti event, Swachh Shakti-2018 was held at Lucknow, U.P. 
    
    
  • Now the third edition is being inaugurated from Kurukshetra.