World Bank to extend $1,500 million support to Swachh Bharat Mission

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval to the US $ 1,500 million project of World Bank Support to Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) [(SBM(G)].

The Project basically provides for incentivising States on the basis of their performance in the existing SBM-G. Incentivisation of States was approved by the Cabinet while approving the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) on 24th September, 2014. The current approval provides for the mechanism of such incentivisation through World Bank credit.

Under the approved project, the performance of the States will be gauged through certain performance indicators, called the Disbursement-Linked Indicators (DLIs). The three DLIs are

Reduction in the prevalence of open defecation, Sustaining Open Defecation Free and Increase in percentage of rural population served by improved Solid and Liquid Waste Management. The project will accelerate efforts to achieve sustained outcomes in sanitation by 2019.