Speaking at 'Swachh Bharat Diwas' programme on Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary, PM Modi declared that India is now open defecation-free. He said the world appreciated India for providing toilets to over 60 crore people and that rural India has declared themselves 'open defecation-free'. He further said India will be 'single-use plastic' free by 2022.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rural-india-has-declared-itself-open-defecation-free-says-pm-modi/articleshow/71411529.cms