Swacch Bharat Abhiyan

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India’s bulging waste line: Can cities clean up before it’s too late?

Solid waste management plans are going down the drain, quite literally, as overflowing landfills refuse to leave urban landscapes, and…

May 3, 2025 21:46 IST

Big spurt in social sector expenditure since FY21: Govt keen to regulate welfare spend but task easier said than done

For instance, the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) could not enable the low-income households to use LPG as cooking fuel…

March 30, 2022 05:30 IST

AAI organizes ‘Swachh Bharat Pakhwara’ at Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan

The event witnessed large number of officials in present and emphasized to give two hours per week for cleanliness drive…

May 30, 2016 16:03 IST

Take steps to check defecation on Indian Railway land: Centre to states

Taking another step towards achieving total sanitation by 2019, the Centre has asked all states and Union Territories to chalk…

May 22, 2016 13:13 IST

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World Bank approves $1.5bn to support ‘Swachh Bharat’ campaign

As per World Bank statistics, of the 2.4 billion people who lack access to improved sanitation globally, more than 750…

December 16, 2015 21:17 IST

Sifting the trends into 2016

If the latest edition of the Antal Global Snapshot (AGS) on annual global hiring and firing trends is any indicator,…

Updated: December 4, 2015 19:53 IST

India@68: The social agenda is better served by higher growth

Some of this like the Jan Dhan Accounts or providing insurance to the poor is desirable, but Modi has to…

August 14, 2015 14:56 IST

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Now, MCD blames AAP govt for ‘Swachch Bharat’ poor rank

AAP government had earlier held the three BJP-led corporations responsible for the “civic mess the city is in.”

August 13, 2015 08:20 IST

‘Swacch Bharat Abhiyan’: Centre to provide toilets to 11 crore households by 2019

Asserting the Centre’s commitment to ‘Swacch Bharat Abhiyan’, Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Birender Singh has said the…

June 13, 2015 12:35 IST

Defecation Dividends

India could do with more such novel ways to drive up toilet usage as Ahmedabad’s ‘use and get paid’.

June 12, 2015 00:28 IST

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Swachh Rail – Swachh Bharat: Indian railways aims to eliminate direct discharge toilets by 2020-21

Indian railways has drawn up an action plan to replace direct discharge toilets with environment-friendly bio-toilets.

March 29, 2015 10:48 IST

Swachh Bharat cess can be levied on telecom services’, phone and internet bills may go up

Phone and internet bills may go up as the government plans to levy a cess on telecom services to create…

January 20, 2015 20:25 IST

59.4 rural households do not have toilet facilities

Government has spent over dollar 3 billion on constructing toilets across the country but the sanitation campaigns…

Updated: December 2, 2014 10:55 IST

Om Puri praises Swacch Bharat Abhiyan

Veteran actor Om Puri on Saturday praised Swacch Bharat Abhiyan.

November 23, 2014 09:46 IST

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