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Improving India’s air quality requires a comprehensive approach that includes actionable targets, innovation and entrepreneurship, citizen participation, and urban-rural collaboration.

October 15, 2022 17:28 IST

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday gave away the awards to the winners at an event here also attended by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and others.

Cleanliness survey: Indore continues to reign for 6th consecutive year; MP becomes the cleanest Indian state

In the category of cities having population fewer than one lakh, Maharashtra’s Panchgani was ranked number one, followed by Chhattisgarh’s…

October 1, 2022 18:55 IST

In 2016, he returned to India and was appointed by the government to head the drinking and sanitation department, and lead the Swachh Bharat Mission.

Parameswaran Iyer: Man who ran Swachh Bharat is new Niti Aayog CEO

Iyer, 63, has been appointed for two years or till further orders, whichever is earlier, the department of personnel said.

June 25, 2022 04:00 IST

Modi govt’s ‘Swachh Bharat’ campaign changed lives of people: BJP

Referring to the Open Defecation Free (ODF) campaign and the scheme to supply piped drinking water to households, BJP spokesperson…

April 18, 2022 18:23 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

An ODF Plus village is one that sustains its ODF status, ensures waste management (both solid and liquid) and is visually clean. (File/IE)

CLAP: What is Andhra Pradesh’s clean-up campaign for rural areas?

Apart from door-to-door garbage collection, the campaign aims to segregate liquid and solid waste, onsite treatment, and encourage home composting.

February 3, 2022 13:41 IST

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Swachh Bharat: 94 per cent willing to be part e-commerce packaging reuse, says survey

The participants were asked if they would take part in box recycling programme towards the cause of Swachh Bharat (Clean…

May 31, 2016 12:25 IST

Centre ropes in pensioners for success of Clean India drive

About 58 lakh pensioners are being roped in by the Centre for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’…

May 16, 2016 16:49 IST

Dept of Biotechnology organises Global Biotechnology Summit

Discusses action plan for $100 billion targets in two-day plenary sessions attended by more than 1500 eminent scientists, entrepreneurs, policymakers…

Updated: March 8, 2016 12:05 IST

Transformational tourism

N Chandrababu Naidu, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, clearly defined the tourism road map at the recently held CII Partnership…

Updated: February 11, 2016 16:41 IST

Swachh Bharat: Smriti Irani asks Bal Bhawan to rope in children

Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani today asked National Bal Bhawan authorities to rope in children to create awareness about the…

February 3, 2016 19:32 IST

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Govt to reach out to NRIs for fund raising flagship schemes

Sushma Swaraj is the Chairperson of IDF-OI, set-up by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs to facilitate philanthropic contributions by…

December 6, 2015 16:28 IST

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Swachh Bharat cess to be levied on portion of taxable service

Finance Ministry today said that service tax on restaurant bills will go up from 5.6 per cent to 5.8 per…

November 12, 2015 21:44 IST

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Govt to impose 0.5 pct Swachh Bharat cess on services from Nov 15

All services, including air travel, telephony, eating out and banking will become expensive from November 15 as the government today…

November 6, 2015 21:16 IST

CMs’ panel for fuel cess to fund Swachh Bharat Mission

A sub-group of chief ministers on the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) has recommended a cess on some products like petrol…

October 15, 2015 00:35 IST

Swachh Bharat ‘cess’ may hike petrol, diesel prices

Petrol and diesel as well as telephony services may cost more if the government accepts recommendations of a panel of…

Updated: October 15, 2015 09:52 IST

Mysore tops Swachh Bharat rankings, Delhi Cantt at 15th slot

The top 10 ranked cities are Mysore, Thiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu), Navi Mumbai, Kochi (Kerala), Hassan, Mandya and Bengaluru from Karnataka,…

August 8, 2015 15:52 IST

Aamir Khan assures help in making Maharashtra ‘waste-free’

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan has assured his help to make Maharashtra the first ‘waste-free’ region of the country and has…

May 30, 2015 12:43 IST

Swachh Bharat: Some ‘elite’ services to pay extra 2% cess

Users of ‘elite’ services including telecommunications, insurance, manpower recruitment agencies, hotels and restaurants above a certain threshold…

Updated: April 6, 2015 10:55 IST

Industry shows mixed reactions, gives hike in ST a thumbs down

The hospitality sector was expecting a growth based budget with specific announcements including rationalisation of the tax structure to easening…

Updated: March 17, 2015 14:30 IST

Budget buzz

The Union Budget 2015 came by and as expected it created a post Budget stream of debates, discussions and dialogues…

Updated: March 17, 2015 10:36 IST

Govt to levy Swachh Bharat cess on select services

In the Budget 2015, FM Arun Jaitley had proposed an enabling provision to levy the cess at a rate of…

March 14, 2015 10:05 IST

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Ahead of Budget 2016 Parliament session, poll says 65% Indians satisfied with Narendra Modi govt

A poll held just ahead of the Budget 2016 session of Parliament has revealed Youth of the Nation Poll made…

February 23, 2016 19:16 IST

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