Goalkeepers Award | 26 Sep 2019
- Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the Global Goalkeeper Award for the implementation of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
- The award has been conferred by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for the government’s initiatives on sanitation, including the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has also reported that improvement in rural sanitation has led to:
- A decline in heart problems among children.
- Improvement in the Body Mass Index (BMI) among women.
- Goalkeepers Award is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s campaign to accelerate progress towards sustainable development goals.
Source: TH