Rs 36,000 Crore in order to ameliorate sanitation in rural areas in 12th Plan: Planning Commission

8th June 2012  

• Planning Commission allocates Rs 36,000 crore in the 12^th Five Year Plan for improving sanitation in Rural Areas

• It is an increment from Rs 7,800 crore in the previous Plan

• About 60% of open defecation in the world are in India

• Government targets to achieve total sanitation in the country in the next 10 years

• Amount allocated for construction of individual household latrines has been doubled from existing Rs 4,600 to nearly Rs10,000

• Total Sanitation Campaign is rechristened as Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan.