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This document presents the Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Strategy of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation for the period 2012 to 2022. The purpose of the Strategy document is to provide a framework to realize the vision of Nirmal Bharat, an environment that is clean, healthy and contributes to the economic and social wellbeing of all rural citizens. A Nirmal Bharat is the dream of a clean and healthy nation that thrives and contributes to the wellbeing of our people. To achieve this in rural areas, they are committed to completely eliminating the traditional habit of open defecation and making this a relic of the past, operationalizing systems for the safe management of solid and liquid waste at scale, Promoting the adoption of improved hygiene behaviors, addressing inequalities in access with special attention to vulnerable groups such as women, children, aged and disabled , Ensuring that providers have the capacity and resources to deliver services at scale, stimulating and enabling cooperation across public sector agencies concerned with rural development, health, environment and vulnerable sections, working with business, academic and voluntary partners to achieve the goals of the strategy.