On completion of the third year of Swachhata Abhiyan, the Ministry of Culture organised Swachhata Pakhwada
During this (April 16 to April 30) period, Ministry of Culture initiated various Swachhata activities. Creating permanent mechanism of cleanliness for all organisations under Ministry of Culture and spreading awareness through various cultural activities by involving all its organisations are a few of them .
The Ministry spread awareness through music, dance and drama by its academies and maintaining cleanliness at all ASI protected monuments, etc.
The ministry dedicated a total of 275 effort hours for cleanliness and awareness. A total of 82 activities and events were organised by the ministry and its organisations during the Swachhata Pakhwada.
The ministry also announced that it is considering to provide space at Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti (GSDS), Rajghat to host Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra to be set up by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation under vision of Prime Minister during the centenary year of Bapuji’s Champaran Satyagraha.
National archives of India organised Swachhagraha- Bapu ko Karyanjali, a mission and exhibition to commemorate centenary year of Champaran Satyagraha.
To create awareness on Swachhata, Ministry of Culture has developed ‘e-guide (Audio-Visual)’ app.
A two day festival - Vimal Yatra was organised by Sangeet Natak Akademi through cultural and devotional performances.
Special exhibition titled ‘SUNO- Broom Sticks’ was organised by the Indian Museum to highlight importance of broom sticks.
The seven zonal cultural centres of ministry organised various competitions such as essay writing, poster making, painting, rangoli making amongst students for Swachhta awareness.
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sanghralaya organised series of activities such as painting competition, lectures and seminars
The National Gallery of Modern Art participated in a heritage walk and cleanliness drive on World Art Day and World Heritage Day. They also organised poster making competition for school students.
Allahabad Museum organised series of activities such as seminar on waste management, debate competition on hygiene for school children and nukkad natak at prominent places for Swachhata awareness. It also became the second museum after Salarjung Museum to go for solar powered clean energy.