The Ministry of Culture is participating in the Special Campaign 5.0 launched by DARPG, Government of India. The campaign started with a preparatory phase from September 16th to 30th, 2025, and the implementation phase runs from October 2nd to 31st, 2025, with a special focus on e-waste disposal in Government Offices. During the preparatory phase, 440 sites across the country were identified for cleanliness. The ministry has identified 146 pending MP references, 47 Parliamentary Assurances, 37 PMO references, 33 States Govt. references and 114 Public Grievances, 29 PG Appeals for disposal and redressal. Additionally, 13062 physical files and 633 e-files have been identified for review. Scrap disposal is scheduled for October 9th, 2025. Activities include walkathons, waste to art workshops, lectures, cleanliness drives, health camps, NukkadNataks, and distribution of sanitation kits. A poster making and essay writing competition were held on September 23rd and 24th, 2025. Swachhta Pledge, Plantation Drive and Shramdaan Drive was carried out under the “Ek Din, Ek Ghanta, Ek Sath" campaign and sanitation kits were distributed to Swachhta Mitras at Purana Quilla on September 25th, 2025. A Records Management Training session was held on September 29th, 2025 at the National Archives of India. The National Science Centre organized a two-day workshop on “Waste to Art” on September 30th & October 1st, 2025. Daily progresses will be monitored and uploaded on the SCDPM portal hosted by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances.
Contact: Sunil Kumar Tiwari, pibculture[at]gmail[dot]com, Release ID: 2173707.
Key Entities Referenced
Special Campaign 5.0: A cleanliness and disposal campaign focusing on E-Waste disposal in Govt. Offices, undertaken by the Ministry of Culture and other organizations.
Ministry of Culture: The primary organization undertaking the Special Campaign 5.0, focusing on cleanliness and waste disposal.
DARPG: The organization that launched the Special Campaign 5.0, in which the Ministry of Culture is participating.
Ministry of Culture
Ministry of Culture is undertaking the Special
Campaign 5.0
Posted On: 01 OCT 2025 5:39PM by PIB Delhi
Ministry of Culture is actively participating in the Special Campaign 5.0 launched by DARPG, Government
of India. Its Attached, Subordinate and Autonomous Organizations across the country are fully geared up to
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undertake the Special Drive. The Campaign started with a Preparatory Phase from 16 to 30 September,
2025 during which the targets for disposing and cleaning during the Campaign period have been earmarked.
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The implementation Phase of the campaign has started from 2 October, 2025 and will continue up to 31
October, 2025. During the Campaign, special focus is being given on E-Waste disposal in Govt. Offices.
During the Preparatory Phase of the Special Campaign, Ministry along with its organizations have identified
440 sites across the country for cleanliness. Besides, Ministry has identified pending 146 MP references, 47
Parliamentary Assurances, 37 PMO references, 33 States Govt. references and 114 Public Grievances, 29 PG
Appeals for disposal and redressal. Besides, 13062physical files and 633 e-files have also been identified for
review. Scrap Disposal has been scheduled on 09.10.2025 across the Ministry and its Organizations.
As part of cleanliness drive, Ministry of Culture undertake activities to strengthen voluntarism and collective
action from officials and public to bring a positive impact in offices and society through Swachhata. This year
also, the Ministry of Culture & its various organizations organized activities like Walkathon, Waste to Art
Workshops, Lectures, massive cleanliness drives, health camps, NukkadNataks, competitions, distribution of
sanitation kits etc.
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During this campaign, Poster making competition and Essay writing competitions were organized on 23 and
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24 September, 2025 respectively as part of awareness campaign in Ministry of Culture. After that Swachhta
Pledge, Plantation Drive and Shramdaan Drive was also carried out under the “Ek Din, Ek Ghanta, Ek Sath”
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campaign and also Sanitation Kits were distributed to Swachhta Mitras at Purana Quilla on 25 September,
2025. Further, a Training session on Records Management held on 29.09.2025 at National Archives of India.
Swachhta Pledge, Plantation Drive and Shramdaan Drive at Purana QuillaTraining Session on Records Management at National Archives of India
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National Science Centre organised a two-day workshop on “Waste to Art” on 30 September & 1
October 2025 to raise awareness
Daily progresses will be monitored and uploaded on the SCDPM portal hosted by Department ofAdministrative Reforms and Public Grievances. All Attached, Subordinate and Autonomous Organizations
are enthusiastically participating in the campaign in full swing to achieve the targets set by the Ministry for
the period.
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Sunil Kumar Tiwari
pibculture[at]gmail[dot]com
(Release ID: 2173707)