Consumer Affairs Department today decided to launch clean consumer fora and clean market schemes under Swachh Bharat Mission for the next two years. <br/><br/>Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan told media in New Delhi that the scheme Clean Consumer Fora financial assistance will be provided to Consumer Fora for sanitation facility at district Consumer Forum. <br/><br/>He said, under the Clean Market scheme financial assistance will be provided to the voluntary consumer organisations, VCOs. They will be asked to adopt a market place to carry out awareness activities on cleanliness in association with the market association and local authorities.<br/><br/>Mr Paswan also said, 100 rain water harvesting systems have been planned for construction by Central Warehousing Corporation in the next two years. The Corporation has also planned to construct toilet blocks in ten schools. He said, 1.78 crore rupees have been provisioned for Swachh Bharat Kosh during the current fiscal. <br/><br/>AIR correspondent reports that the Swachhta Pakhwada was observed by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution from 16th to 31st of last month. <br/><br/>The Minister of Consumer Affairs inaugurated a Consumer Mela on 20th during the Pakhwada at Central Park, Connaught Place with the main objective of bringing the consumers and the companies face to face so as to resolve the grievances and also to make the consumers aware of their responsibility towards cleanliness.