Summary:
Although the Narendra Modi-led government launched the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in 2014 in a bid to make the country open defecation-free by October 2 this year, changes to the Goa Public Health Act, 1985, which are required to achieve the objectives, were approved by the cabinet only on Thursday.The Goa Public Heath (Amendment) Bill, 2019, will be now be presented before the assembly next week.Prepared by the directorate of health services and vetted by the law department, the bill received prior nods from health minister Vishwajit Rane and chief minister Manohar Parrikar..