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 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.

The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation administers the National Rural Drinking Water programme (NRDWP) instituted from 1/4/2009, through which support is extended to the states for implementing rural domestic water supply schemes. Powers to sanction individual projects is given to the states through their State Level Scheme Sanctioning Committees. Activities like, water quality monitoring and surveillance programme, management information system, IEC, Capacity and Communication Development Unit (CCDU) all were brought under the umbrella of NRDWP.

The Government of India (GoI) initiated its national flag ship programme on sanitation, the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) in 1999. The TSC is a restructured version of the Central Rural Sanitation Programme (CRSP). In Rajasthan, the TSC was initially launched in 4 districts in 1999 and scaled up in all the 32 districts in 2004-05. Although significant progress has been made in terms of individual household toilet coverage in the state, usage by the population is still low at 12.9% (DLHS 2007-08).

The Master Plan largely focuses to Open Defecation Free (ODF) with universal access to toilet in both the urban and rural context through the total sanitation approach. It has recognized the improved toilet facilities as defined by the Joint Program Monitoring (JMP) Report of UNICEF and WHO. Apart from ODF and toilet coverage, it has encouraged hygiene behaviors at household level and institutional sanitation. And total behavioral change is the envisaged end product of the sanitation and hygiene interventions.

This draft of Rajasthan Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Policy 2011 presents a roadmap for improving the quality of life of people in rural area by ensuring improved sanitation and promotion of personal hygiene.

Results-Based Financing (RBF) refers to a broad family of financial instruments. With RBF, public funding is provided
only if pre-specified results have been achieved. Its use in the sanitation sector has so far been limited, as opposed
to in other sectors such as health or education. This working paper aims to identify practical ideas for advancing the use of innovative financing mechanisms focused on results and performance, with a view to supporting the delivery of sustainable sanitation services.