Mahatma Gandhi was mindful of the poor position of Indian rural people at that time and he
dreamt of a cleaner India, where he emphasized on cleanliness and sanitation as an intact function
of surviving. President Pranab Mukherjee in his address to Parliament in June 2014, said, “For
ensuring hygiene, waste management and sanitation across the nation a “Swachh Bharat Mission”
will be established. This will be our tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary to
be celebrated in the year 2019”. The Narendra Modi Government will shortly establish the “Swachh
Bharat” movement to solve the sanitation problem in India, to solve the problem of waste management
and make India a clean state, ensuring hygiene all across the nation. Emphasizing “Clean
India” on August 15, 2014 in his Independence Day speech, the Prime Minister said that this trend
is linked with the economic activity of the state. This missionary work for creating a clean India
will be launched on October 2, 2014, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi with the objective
of completing the mission in 2019, the 150th birth anniversary of the father of the country.