• On the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister declared the country open defecation-free.
• PM claimed success for the government’s initiative under which every household now apparently has access to a toilet.

From Prime Minister:

• About 99 per cent of rural India was open defecation free.
• The villages built over 11 crore toilets in a short span of time.
• The Swachh Bharat Mission enabled women and developed their skills as masons and created over 75 lakh employment opportunities.
• Government is committed to make the country free of plastics by 2022.