The Central Government has launched the Swachh Bharat Mission Scheme on 15th August 2014. Under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) Scheme, households without individual toilets at the Gram Panchayat level as per the baseline survey get the benefit of individual toilet incentive grant to eligible households. On 2nd October 2017, Palghar district was declared as the 12th district in the state as an open defecation free district. Under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin), public toilet construction, solid waste and sewage management as well as sanitation awareness programmes are implemented at the Gram Panchayat level.