Submissions are invited for the ODF Plus Assets Photography Campaign by the Department of DDWS, Govt. of India. Submit by Sep 30!

About MyGov

MyGov is a citizen engagement platform launched by the Government of India on July 26, 2014 to promote the active participation of Indian citizens in their country’s governance and development. It is aimed at creating a common platform for Indian citizens to “crowdsource governance ideas from citizens”.

About the Competition/Campaign

The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India is organizing Swachhata Photos Campaign for capturing high-resolution good quality photographs on various components of ODF Plus under Phase 2 of Swachh Bharat Mission-Grameen (SBMG) and in celebration of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.

The Campaign will encourage the participation of rural citizenry to share their ideas and creativity through shooting and uploading high-resolution good quality photographs.

The Campaign will act as a massive Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activity to generate awareness among the masses on ODF Plus goals and to create demand for assets as underlined in Phase II for ensuring ‘sampoorn swachhata’ in rural India.

Themes for Participation and Award Details

All the States/UTs are requested to widely disseminate and encourage the participation of Indian citizens in the Campaign. Gram Panchayats may use the administrative funds available under the Fifteenth Finance Commission or State IEC funds of Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen Phase 2.0 to shoot and upload high-resolution good quality photographs. 

If you wish to know more about these themes, please refer SBM Portal and SBM Guidelines.

Participation Guidelines

• All Indian citizens are eligible to participate in the competition.
• The campaign has begun on July 3, 2023. It will run till September 30, 2023.
• The high-resolution good quality photographs should capture the essence of the asset showcasing a well-painted ODF plus component with SBM-G branding and smiling beneficiary(ies) standing close to the asset.

Terms and Conditions

• DDWS will have copyright on the submitted entries for future use on its platform (website, social media and others) without any interference or permission(s).
• DDWS will not be responsible for any legal or financial implication involved in capturing the quality photographs including the use of celebrities etc.
• The participant is to self-certify the authenticity/claim about the originality of the photographs.
• The participant may consider using ODF plus assets.
• The entries must have clear details of the participant’s name, contact number, and theme/category for consideration.
• The photographs have to be uploaded on www.mygov.in with a valid and active email ID and filling up the participation form.
• No requests relating to credits on photographs will be considered.
• At any stage of the campaign, if an entry is found to violate the guidelines rules, the entry will be removed without giving any intimation.

How to Submit?

Interested participants can participate via this link.

Participation Deadline

September 30, 2023.

Click here to read the official notification of the ODF Plus Assets Photography Campaign by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti, Govt. of India.