The Swachh Bharat Mission- Gramin or SBM-G is the Government of India’s (GOI) flagship rural sanitation programme.

Using government data, this brief reports on trends for SBM-G along the following parameters:

• Allocations and expenditures

• Physical progress of toilets built

• Expenditures incurred under Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities

• Coverage and open defecation (OD)