A 65 per cent shortfall in subsidies for toilet construction is affecting Maharashtra's push to ensure a toilet in every urban household under the Swachh Bharat...
As per the government, India will claim to being an ODF nation by February 2019. But according to CSE, building toilets is only the first and...
Praising Swachh Bharat Abhiyan at NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India 12-hour Cleanathon, Union Minister Arun Jaitley said, “From my memory no government scheme has ever worked to...
At the NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India 12-hour-cleanathon on October 2, ministers from all walks of life joined the campaign and spoke about different aspects of Swachh...
Built at a whopping cost of Rs. 90 lakh, the facility will be of great help to the general public, including joggers and cyclists, who throng...
Stepping into its fourth year, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has achieved significant milestones in both the rural and urban front, though it will take more than...
In its fifth year, the NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India Cleanthon looks back at the achievements of the last five years of the campaign and sets the...
From one of the four worst performing states in the country to now almost ODF, the most populous state in the country - Uttar Pradesh has...
Success of Chhattisgarh in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a factor of many fruitful initiatives to first end open defecation through behavioral change rather than just...
Kerala floods tragedy recently made a sudden stop at state’s swachh bharat mission targets – one to meet the ODF target in its urban areas and...
Jammu and Kashmir, has achieved ODF status after four years of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, with focus on awareness and public participation
As Swachh Bharat Abhiyan turns four, here is how different Union Territories have performed and what they have in store for the citizens
As nearly 90 per cent of its population resides in rural areas, when these areas became open defecation free (ODF), Himachal Pradesh became the second state...
Maharashtra banned plastic across the state from June 23 and now hopes to put the seized plastic to good use by constructing much needed public toilets
A total of 331 villages of 62 panchayats became open defecation free after the construction of 84,614 individual household latrines (IHHLs) under the Swachh Bharat Mission(Grameen)...