‘BHARAT TAP’ Initiative

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‘BHARAT TAP’ initiative- Relevance for UPSC Exam

GS Paper 2: Governance, Administration and Challenges- Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.

‘भारत टैप’ पहल

Recently, the Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs & Petroleum and Natural Gas, launched the BHARAT TAP initiative at the ‘Plumbex India’ exhibition.
- ‘Plumbex India’ exhibition is aimed for products and services related to the plumbing, water and sanitation industry.
‘Nirmal Jal Prayas’ initiative was alos launched on the occasion which will work for saving of 500 crore litres of water per year.

About: BHARAT TAP initiative will provide low-flow, sanitary-ware at scale, and thereby reduce water consumption at source considerably.
Objective: BHARAT TAP initiative is expected to lead to a renewed focus on water conservation efforts.

Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM): It was launched to address open defecation and bring in a behaviour change towards Swachhata.
- Due to SBM’s success, India went from 38% toilet coverage to 100% toilet coverage in rural areas while also building 73.32 lakh household and community toilets in urban areas.
- Swachh Bharat Mission became a Jan Andolanthat inspired the country towards safe and proper sanitation.
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Transformation (AMRUT): It aims to provide safe water and sewerage systems for 60% of India’s urban population.
- SBM has been instrumental in the creation of basic infrastructure – with the major allocation going towards water supply and sewerage/septage.
Achievements: AMRUT has provided 127 lakh household water tap connections and 95 lakh sewer connections across urban India.
- sewerage projects under AMRUT are expected to lead to a development of approximately 6,000 MLD treatment capacity of STPs.
- Around 2,360 MLD capacity already created and around 3,650 MLD of STPs under progress.

About: Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 was launched along with Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0 on 1st October 2021 by the Prime Minister of India.
Mandate: Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 aims to achieve sustainable sanitation and scientific waste processing for ‘Garbage Free Cities’.
Budgetary Allocation: The budgetary allotment for SBM-U 2.0 for the State is ₹1,765.80 crore, which is 2.5 times more than the allocation of Rs. ₹705.46 crore in SBM-U from 2014-19.
Key Priorities of SBM (U) 2.0: Key focus areas of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 are listed below-
- Phasing out single use plastics,
- Ensuring of the scientific processing of construction & demolition waste, and
- Establishing Waste to Compost, Waste to Energy, as well as Material Recovery Facilities.