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Total Sanitation Campaign is a comprehensive
programme to ensure sanitation facilities in rural areas with
broader goal to eradicate the practice of open defecation.
TSC as a part of reform principles was initiated in 1999 when
Central Rural Sanitation Programme was restructured making
it demand driven and people centered. It follows a principle
of “low to no subsidy” where a nominal subsidy
in the form of incentive is given to rural poor households
for construction of toilets. TSC gives strong emphasis on
Information, Education and
Communication (IEC), Capacity Building and Hygiene Education
for effective behaviour change with involvement of PRIs, CBOs,
and NGOs etc. The key intervention areas are Individual household
latrines (IHHL), School Sanitation and Hygiene Education (SSHE),
Community Sanitary
Complex, Anganwadi
toilets supported  by
Rural Sanitary Marts (RSMs)
and Production Centers (PCs). The main goal of the GOI is
to eradicate the practice of open defecation by 2010. To give
fillip to this endeavor, GOI has launched Nirmal
Gram Puraskar to recognize the efforts in terms of cash
awards for fully covered PRIs and those individuals and institutions
who have contributed significantly in ensuring full sanitation
coverage in their area of operation. The project is being
implemented in rural areas taking district as a unit of implementation.
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TSC Guidelines
