The main objective of the Gram Swachhata Program is to improve the health status of the rural people. SantGadgebaba Gram SwachhtaAbhiyan, RashtrasantTukdojiMaharajSwachh Gram Contest is being implemented from Year 2000-2001 with the view that the rural people should feel this program as their own and get them to participate spontaneously by convincing them of its importance.
Also, from the year 2002-03, an initiative was started to give special prizes to Gram Panchayams at Taluka, District, Division and State level, who have done substantial work in a specific field related to cleanliness and village development. From the year 2018-19, new guidelines are issued every year from the government level.
Accordingly, from the year 2018-19, in the SantGadgeMaharaj Gram SwachhtaAbhiyan Competition, prizes are being awarded to the best ward at the Gram Panchayat level and the best Gram Panchayats who have done substantial work in the field of sanitation in the ZillaParishad.