Ministry of Women and Child Development, including all Autonomous Bodies under its administrative control, has initiated efforts and prepared action plans to implement Special Campaign 4.0 for improving Swachhata and disposal of pending references on the lines of the Special Campaigns held in the preceding 3 years. The Ministry of WCD has successfully concluded the Special Campaign 4.0 for the Disposal of Pending Matters, conducted from October 2 to October 31, 2024. The Special Campaign aimed at promoting cleanliness streamlining work, addressing pending grievances across the Ministry and its Autonomous Bodies.
The identification of targets such as Cleanliness Campaign sites, Planning for Space management and beautification of offices, identifying Scrap and redundant items and their disposal procedure as per GFR, pending references from MP’s, State Governments, Inter-Ministerial references (Cabinet Notes), PMO, Parliamentary Assurances pending for more than 3 months, Public Grievances and Appeals (CPGRAMS as well as grievances received from other sources), Record Management – Review of files/recording and weeding out of files/closing of e-files have been completed during the preparatory phase of the campaign and the relevant data uploaded on the portal.
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National Commission for Women, an autonomous body of Ministry of Women and Child Development, organised “Waste to Wonder” competition under special campaign 4.0 wherein the participants made artifacts from waste material
During the Implementation Phase of the Campaign (2nd October-31st October, 2024), the Ministry took concerted efforts for disposal of identified pending references. Under this campaign, the Ministry achieved significant milestones, including the completion of 33842 cleanliness drives (100%) across the country, which includes Anganwadi Centres, Child Care Institutions, One Stop Centres, Sakhi Niwas (Working Women Hostels) and Shakti Sadan (Swadhar Grehs), resulting in 4,17,645 sq. ft. of freed office space. Additionally, a revenue of ₹ 5,86,583/- was generated through the disposal of scrap materials and e-waste.
Under Special Campaign 4.0, Shakti Sadan in Bengaluru launched a dedicated cleanliness drive, prioritizing hygiene and revitalizing the surroundings
In terms of Record Management, the Ministry reviewed 3464 physical files (100%), weeded out 3418 as per the provision of Record Management, and reviewed 3709 e-files (100%), of which 995 were closed.
In Chhattisgarh’s Children’s Home, Special Campaign 4.0 brought a complete cleanup focused on personal hygiene and mosquito control.
The Ministry also made best efforts to meet the targets, achieving 24 out of 46 MP references, 1 out of 7 Parliament Assurances and 7 out of 13 State Government references. Further, the Ministry effectively resolved 1459 public grievances (97%) and 121 grievance appeals (81%) during the campaign period.
The following best practices have been adopted under Special Campaign 4.0:
- One Stop Centre functionaries in Indore have collaborated with students to create awareness on cleanliness through nukkad nataks.
- One Stop functionaries in Delhi conducted an awareness drive on cleanliness in hospitals with focus on maintaining hygience for prevention of Dengue and Malaria.
- One Stop Centre and Women HelpLine functionaries in Meghalaya have committed to adopt sustainable and environmental friendly practices such as use of energy efficiency light bulbs, reusing the waste papers amongst others.
- One Stop Centre and Women HelpLine functionaries have taken a pledge to realize not only garbage-free surroundings but also to create an environment to make women feel safer.
- One Stop Centre, South Garo Hills, Meghalaya organized a Sapling Plantation Drive at the construction site of the OSC office.
- To foster awareness about cleanliness, menstrual hygiene, and personal empowerment, Cleanliness and Menstrual Hygiene Awareness Session was organised by One Stop Centre at Buxar Training Center, Bihar
- To foster awareness about cleanliness, menstrual hygiene, and personal empowerment, Awareness Program was organised by One Stop Centre at Government Girls Inter College, Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh
- “Making the Best out of Waste” activity was conducted with the children at Child Care Institution, Palaash, Anantnag, thereby encouraging creativity amongst the children to make useful items from recycled materials. Through this activity, they not only learned valuable lessons about recycling and reusing waste materials but also developed their artistic skills and imagination, all while contributing to the cleanliness and beautification of CCI.
