India is a developing nation and development does not just mean developing economically, it is defined by the overall development of a country and its countrymen. A country will be called developed only when its countrymen have good wealth as well as good health and this can only be achieved by personal practice. It is possible that you have attained higher education or own a multinational company, but even if your nation has not developed from any other point of view, you will not be called developed because your country is your identity.
We can say that our country is still illiterate in terms of cleanliness and it is our duty to contribute and make people aware because not a single government campaign will be successful unless the members of the country contribute. In this sequence, our Prime minister Mr. Narendra Modi started a cleanliness program naming Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
The project Swachh Bharat was inaugurated on 2nd October 2014 by our prime minister Mr. Narendra Modi at Rajghat New Delhi. It is very big campaigning regarding cleanliness and was started all over India including rural areas. Our prime minister Mr. Narendra Modi, himself cleaned the streets and inaugurated the campaign.
Various famous personalities also witnessed the scenario and took part in this campaign. Students across the country and government employees took part in this campaign and increased its value. The main motto of this campaign is to spread awareness regarding cleanliness and develop healthy habits among people.
The campaign was launched on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary on 2nd October 2014. It was chosen Gandhiji's birthday to celebrate Swachh Bharat Abhiyan because of his support regarding cleanliness. It was his dream to make India clean, so it was found as the best date to inaugurate this campaign and Mr. Narendra Modi wanted to pay tribute to Gandhiji by giving him a clean nation on his 150th birthday, which was held in 2019.