The Swachh Bharat Kosh (SBK) has been set up to facilitate and channelize individual philanthropic contributions and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds to achieve the objective of Clean India (Swachh Bharat) by the year 2019. The Kosh will be used to achieve the objective of improving cleanliness levels in rural and urban areas, including in schools. The allocation from the Kosh will be used to supplement and complement departmental resources for such activities. To incentivise contributions from individuals and corporate, modalities are being considered to provide tax rebates where it is possible.
This was stated by Shri Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
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This was stated by Shri Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
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