Swachh Bharat mission

India Hosts the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention

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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

29th September to 2nd October 2018, New Delhi

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  • 29th September to 2nd October 2018, New Delhi
    Ministers and sanitation sector leaders from around the world will convene this month at the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention (MGISC) in New Delhi.
  • Hosted by the Government of India, this event will be an opportunity for delegates to exchange sanitation successes and best practices.
  • The convention concludes with Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth year celebrations and the beginning of the final year of the Swachh Bharat "Clean India" Mission (SBM) - the intensive behaviour change campaign launched in 2014 by the Hon.
  • An exhibition of global sanitation innovations and a site visit to a Gandhi Trail, where dignitaries will visit places of significance to Gandhi's life, will be part of the Convention.