Sports Minister Anurag Thakur to launch Clean India 2.0 Programme on 1st October

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Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur will launch Clean India 2.0 Programme on 1st October 2022. 

Important facts

• This one month long nationwide program will be started mainly to collect single use plastic waste and create awareness among the people.

• The program is being organized in all villages across the country through a network of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), affiliated youth clubs and National Service Scheme affiliated institutions.

• Following the success of last year's Clean India Drive, 10 million kilograms of waste (plastic, e-waste and other waste) will be collected and disposed of this year with the support and voluntary participation of citizens.

• Hotspots for waste collection will be tourist places, educational institutions, bus stands/ railway stations, national highways, historical and heritage buildings, religious places, hospitals and water resources etc.

• Through this campaign, the mantra of "Clean Kaal: Amrit Kaal" will be given and through public participation, this program will be made a mass movement.