Swachh Bharat

'Led personally by Prime Minister Modi, SBM became another great people’s movement, this time against open defecation'

Parameswaran Iyer, who was hand-picked to lead the Swachh Bharat Mission, explains why it was different in its approach from older sanitation programmes and how it induced a behavioural revolution. It worked because the drive to change habits was not top-down but bottom-up.

Swachh Bharat Mission is not just about sanitation, but also a pathway to empowerment

Modi is the first PM to raise the issue of sanitation from Red Fort ramparts. His personal commitment raised the profile SBM which has been instrumental in millions having access to toilets, which has other positive spin-offs. It’s now time to focus on qualitative aspects which lead to mass empowerment

Swachh Bharat turns 10: How the cleanliness drive has changed India and the road ahead

Progress on the second phase of the Swachh Bharat mission has been fast, with 95 percent of villages having either a solid or liquid waste management system within two years

India News Highlights: Will take swachh bharat to new highs, PM Modi on 10 years of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

India News Highlights: PM Modi also introduced new initiatives under the Swachh Bharat Mission, including water and sewage treatment projects worth ₹10,000 crore, pushing the agenda of cleanliness to new heights in the country.

Modi's flagship Swachh Bharat Mission helped avert 60-70k infant deaths a year, reveals study

According to the study, an increase in access to toilets, constructed under PM Narendra Modi's flagship scheme Swachh Bharat Mission, led to drop in deaths among infants and children below 5 years over a period of two decades.

Economic Survey bats for increase in public spending on healthcare to reduce out-of-pocket expenditure

India has one of the highest levels of out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) in the world, contributing directly to the high incidence of catastrophic expenditures and poverty.

Legal Matters | Courts must be vigilant against encroachments on our rights

The Andhra Pradesh government’s Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, is a blatant attempt by the State to usurp powers that ought to be with a neutral and independent body — the election commission.

'Swachh Bharat' has become people's movement: Rajnath

Addressing an event in Delhi Cantonment area here, Rajnath said children have become the ambassadors of 'Swachhta' (cleanliness).

Centre imposes Rs 50,000 fine on idol immersion in Ganga, tributaries

District magistrates have been entrusted to enforce a 15-point directive to the check river pollution.

Budget 2019 | Governance challenges for Modi 2.0

Even though there may be no stated ‘allocation for better governance’ in the budget outlay, the intent and spirit of the budget speech for structural reforms will send the right signals to the electorate as well as to the markets.

Microsoft's Project Sangam trains over 110,000 municipal functionaries on Swachh Bharat e-Learning Portal

The Sangam platform was designed to train municipal functionaries of state sanitation missions, city managers - engineers, administrators, field supervisors and sanitation workers with an aim to equip, assess, measure and accredit the training of these officers.

9.16 crore toilets built, 5.5 lakh villages declared ODF since 2014: Govt

Giving out the details of toilets constructed under the mission, Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi said so far 27 states and 5.5 lakh villages have been declared open defecation free.

Over 4,000 urban cities declared open defecation free: Government

The official said almost all the urban cities will become ODF by the next month under the Swachh Bharat Mission, a flagship programme of the Narendra Modi government.

NCL donates Rs 1 crore for govt's 'Swachh Bharat Kosh'

The NCL has also constructed a total of 6,200 toilets in 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh under the mission.

Opinion | Swachh Bharat Mission -- an apolitical move with rich political dividends in long run

The drive for a Clean India has turned the focus on sanitation like never before. Can one deny Modi or his government credit if the mission finally changes quality of life for millions of people?

CPWD announces country-wide Swachh Building Competition

The competition will be held from September 23-29

'Swachh Bharat' has become people's campaign: Sarbananda Sonowal

India would have been disease free if 'Swachh Bharat' was launched 70 years ago: PM Narendra Modi

Quoting a World Health Organisation (WHO) report, he said three lakh children in India were saved because of the cleanliness drive.

Swachh Bharat: GPS equipped vehicles at Kumbh Mela to aid mission

The vehicles will carry the sole responsibility of collecting garbage and transporting it directly to the Baswar garbage disposal plant situated at Naini.

PM Modi asks students to take up his govt's summer internship for clean India

PM Modi said three ministries of his government have launched an internship programme and it is an opportunity for those who want to work for the society, contribute positively and bring about a change.

Construction of toilets in urban areas under Swachh Bharat to be completed before schedule: Hardeep Singh Puri

The Housing and Urban Affairs Minister said that the success of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) would hugely depend on the success of India just as the success of China in taking people out of poverty led to the success of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Swachh Bharat can address public health issues: Suresh Prabhu