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The Centre has simplified nearly 500 rules and processes to ensure "ease of living" besides earning a revenue of more than Rs 250 crore from disposal of scrap under the ongoing special Swachhta campaign, senior bureaucrat V Srinivas said on Friday. He said around three lakh public grievances have been redressed in the campaign. "Of these, 4,500 public grievance cases pertain to pensioners," said Srinivas, Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG). He said the scale of the campaign is vast and comprehensive. "Nearly 500 rules and processes have been simplified across government for improving ease of living. Each of these steps will benefit millions of India's citizens," Srinivas told PTI. The special campaign 2.0 is being undertaken from October 2-31, 2022 in remote outstation offices, foreign missions and posts, attached and subordinate offices of the central government among other organisations. "As many as 61,532 cleanliness campaign sites, .