Since rural sanitation is a subject of state, but to boost the efforts of the state, the central government started the programme in 1986.
1. With a few modifications on 1 April 1999 it was named as TSC (Total Sanitation Campaign).Later it is known as NBC (Nirmal Bharat Campaign). Its aim is to convert rural India in this, with community satisfaction attitude and clean all rural families completely till 2022.
2. On 2nd October 2014, it got a new named as ‘Clean India Mission’ (Rural). Its objective is to achieve an India free from open defecation by providing toilet facility to all people in village penchants through proper waste management techniques till 2 October 2019.