Central Rural Sanitation Programme (CRSP)
School Sanitation and Hygiene Education Program (SSHE)
School Sanitation and Hygiene Education, widely known as SSHE, is a comprehensive programme to ensure child friendly water supply, toilet and hand washing facilities in the schools and promote behavioral change by hygiene education. SSHE not only ensures child’s right to have healthy and clean environment but also leads to an effective learning and enrolment of girls in particular, and reduce diseases and worm infestation. SSHE was introduced in the Central Rural Sanitation Programme in 1999 both in TSC as well as in allocation based component.
Mid Term Appraisal of 11th Five Year Plan 2007-12
The Eleventh Five Year Plan envisaged an inclusive approach towards health care that encompassed equitable and comprehensive individual health care, improved sanitation, clean drinking water, nutritious food, hygiene good feeding practices and development of delivery systems responsive to the needs of people. Read More
Towards Nirmal Bharat- Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Strategy 2010-2022
This document presents the Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Strategy of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation for the period 2010 to 2022. The purpose of the Strategy is to provide a framework to realize the vision of Nirmal Bharat, an environment that is clean, healthy and contributes to the economic and social wellbeing of all rural citizens. Read More
Also view Result Framework Document at http://www.ddws.gov.in/
Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC)- Guidelines
Individual Health and hygiene is largely dependent on adequate availability of drinking water and proper sanitation. There is, therefore, a direct relationship between water, sanitation and health. Consumption of unsafe drinking water, improper disposal of human excreta, improper environmental sanitation and lack of personal and food hygiene have been major causes of many diseases in developing countries. India is no exception to this. Prevailing High Infant Mortality Rate is also largely attributed to poor sanitation.
