SWACHH BHARAT

Swachh Bharat is a national level campaign announced by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. This campaign aims to achieve the vision of clean India by the year 2019 (five years from now). This mission was started by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, nominating nine famous personalities for this campaign, and these nine people take up the campaign and further nominate nine persons each. Various programs and events were conducted on Swachh Bharat to educate the people of India about cleanliness. A Swachh Bharat run was also organised which was flagged of by the President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee to create awareness among the common public. This campaign launched by the Prime Minister is a very good campaign because clean India means healthy India. Rural areas and slums in the cities of India lack sanitation and are prone to many diseases. Unhygienic conditions is one of the major root cause of diseases. Any disease or illness has financial impact both in terms of expenditure and potential revenue earning. Swachh Bharat Mission will have a positive impact on India’’s health, gradual focus on cleanliness and hygiene will shift focus towards use of clean technology that is non-polluting in nature.

Focus on new technology will lead to new developments and inventions it will also help in generating employment. Swach Bharat mission is not only about cleanliness and hygiene but it also looks at technological development  for the future. A healthy body has a healthy mind, a healthy mind is directly proportional to productivity of an individual. Swachh Bharat mission will lead to healthy India which in turn will lead to increase in individual productivity which in turn will increase the GDP of our country. An ill nation can never be developed, but a healthy nation can always be on the fast track to development and the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan can help fulfill this. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan cannot be successful without the help of each and every Indian. We should not look at it as a political gimmick, but we should look at it as a necessity and every person should feel responsible and committed in maintaining cleanliness in our surroundings. In order to achieve the goal of Swachh Bharat each and every Indian should start by keeping their home, surroundings,workplace and school clean.

Overcoming the Power Crisis

The solution to power crisis can be making use of alternative sources of energy like solar and wind energy. Especially in a country like India were frequent power cuts is common, the power cuts during the summer season vary from anywhere between 4-12 hours a day, the rural areas experiencing the highest power cut of around 12 hrs a day. It’s time that someone gave a serious thought to the solution for this crisis. By adopting solar energy, the rural people can benefit as they have an abundance of sunlight and space, they can install these solar panels on their rooftops or even near their fields for agricultural purpose and generate their own power. In this manner they will be fulfilling their needs and any excess power can also be sold to the grid at a fixed rate, by this they along with the government will be mutually benefited.

The only hurdle to more people adopting alternative sources of energy might be due to the lack of awareness and sufficient economic resources. The government by taking certain steps can help in creating awareness among people by conducting campaigns in different areas and at the same time they can also help the common man by providing the required solar panels and other resources at a subsidized rate or by providing loans at a cheaper interest rate. With the ever growing population in India meeting the demands of basic necessities has become a task, in such a scenario promoting alternative sources of energy should be taken up in a big way to meet the demand. In a country like Germany, one can see that all the rooftops are covered with solar panels where solar energy is hugely used; this shows the practical thinking of the Germans. It is high time that people in India think practically and put this into action.