International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Parul Saini and Sangeeta Gupta

abstract
According to the report of United Nation, it was found that 55% people in India were defecating in the open even after the completion of 60 years of the independence. The government of India took many initiatives but due to irrelevant behaviour in order to address this challenge was responsible for the many risks faced by the respondents. Considering these situations, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has been introduced by our present Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 2 October 2015 to make dream of clean India a reality by 2019. This mission has led to increase the level of awareness regarding sanitation and hygiene, influence attitude of the people towards cleanliness and promotion of practices such as use of toilets to defecate, hand washing after and before defecation. With a similar aim, the present study was also conducted to evaluate performance and activities of the selected respondents. The study revealed that the extent of performance and activities of the respondents under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was also found at moderate level.