To accelerate the progress of sanitation in the rural areas of the country, the government has designed a paradigm shift in Total Sanitation Campaign, TSC. In a written reply, Drinking water and sanitation Minister Jairam Ramesh informed the Rajya Sabha that TSC is now called the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan, NBA in the 12th five year plan. He said the objective of NBA is to achieve sustainable behaviour change with provision of sanitary facilities in entire communities in a phased, saturation mode with NIRMAL GRAMS as outcomes. The Minister said as per census of 2011, around 32 per cent of rural households have access to sanitation facilities. Mr Ramesh said that the government has adopted new strategy to improve these facilities in villages. The Minister said the provision of incentive for individual household latrine units has been widened to cover all APL households who are SC/ST, small and marginal farmer, landless labourer with households, physically challenged and women headed households along
with all BPL households to attain community outcomes. Mr. Ramesh said that for the construction of toilets, the Centre has increased the amount of incentives three folds. The government has also made a provision of social audit and active people's participation in the implementation process of NBA through Gram Sabhas.