A key component in Swatchh Bharat Mission (Grameen), 'SLWM' stands for

A key component in Swatchh Bharat Mission (Grameen), 'SLWM' stands to ensure that open defecation-free behaviours are sustained, no one is left behind, and solid and liquid waste management facilities are accessible,

Key Points 

• To accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage and to put the focus on sanitation,
• the Prime Minister of India launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on 2nd October 2014.
• Under the mission, all villages, Gram Panchayats, Districts, States and Union Territories in India declared themselves "open-defecation free" (ODF) by 2 October 2019, the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi,
• by constructing over 100 million toilets in rural India.
• To ensure that open defecation-free behaviours are sustained,
• no one is left behind, and solid and liquid waste management facilities are accessible,​​​

​Hence, A key component in Swatchh Bharat Mission (Grameen), 'SLWM' stands for Solid and Liquid Waste Management​

Additional Information 

• It was launched in 2014 by the Ministry of Jal Shakti to accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage and to put focus on sanitation.
• The mission was implemented as a nationwide campaign/Janandolan which aimed at eliminating open defecation in rural areas.

​Swachh Bharat Mission (G) Phase-I:

• The rural sanitation coverage in the country at the time of the launch of SBM (G) on 2nd October 2014 was reported as 38.7%.
• More than 10 crore individual toilets have been constructed since the launch of the mission, as a result, rural areas in all the States have declared themselves ODF as of 2nd October 2019.

SBM(G) Phase-II:

• It emphasizes the sustainability of achievements under phase I and provides adequate facilities for Solid/Liquid & Plastic Waste Management (SLWM) in rural India.
• It will be implemented from 2020-21 to 2024-25 in a mission mode with a total outlay of Rs. 1,40,881 crores.
• The SLWM component of ODF Plus will be monitored based on output-outcome indicators for four key areas:
  • Plastic waste management,
  • Biodegradable solid waste management (including animal waste management),
  • Greywater (Household Wastewater) management
  • Faecal sludge management.