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80% first doctor visits in rural India are to unqualified doctors.

As we have shifted from 'swachh India' to 'swasth India', it becomes more important to have digital health records.

The disrespect of nature led to climate change and biodiversity loss.

Maybe, if there's another wave that is about to come, then we can look at giving a third dose, but I don't think right now it is needed.

As a government, we have always been empathetic towards people with disabilities and we feel that more needs to be done.

The government has taken up various initiatives to bring about inclusive development. I urge everyone to do their bit every day.

We need to bring together programs like the Jal Jeevan Abhiyan, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, as well as Ayushman Bharat.

The aim for One Health, One Planet and One Future is correct and it is the government’s priority, but we need citizen’s support.

India has made significant gains in health indices, the centre and state must work in a team to further improve the health indices.

Our nation can only thrive when everyone has equal access to sanitation, nutrition, technology, clean environment, and affordable healthcare.

I thought, if I am not able to help people back home at a time of crisis, it will not be worth it.

The big lesson we have learned in past is that we should be prepared on the ground so that not a single life is lost.

We need the vaccines and with the vaccines, variants can be defeated.

At least one hospital in every district should be dedicated to children for managing the impact of third wave on children.

We have learned from the second wave that we cannot lower our guard ever.

Looking at the severity of COVID-19, my family and I came forward to create awareness among people.

It’s not about 100 COVID warriors alone, it’s about spreading the message

Our heart has gone out as we have seen the frontline workers in action

What has been really heartening for healthcare workers is the resilience Indians have shown.

In COVID-19 crisis time, healthcare workers have been the backbone of our country.

We need to understand how critical environment agenda is in the fight against COVID-19.

Hygiene, health and environment are linked with each other.

We, as Indian citizens, must takes actions to stop manual scavenging.  

Swachh Bharat Mission is not just about going to the toilet or building a toilet, it’s about hygiene.

We are looking at mid-2021 to get a COVID-19 vaccine; until then, follow the preventive measures.

Pandemic has taken toll in different ways and making food accessible to people is the need of the hour.

In this time of crisis, the people should come forward to help each other.

The sections of the society who are worst-hit need to be supported and protected during COVID crisis.

We are living in unprecedented times, metal health, swachhta and environment are part of Swasth today.

Today, the world looks at India for vaccine supply.

Delhi schools have happiness curriculum where kids start their day with topics like intolerance and inclusivity.

Social distancing, mask-wearing and handwashing - if we follow these, we will be able to fight the pandemic.

Amid COVID-19, cleanliness, hygiene and sanitised surroundings are the only protection we have.

I hope that all of us can bring about major changes in our lives because we are all big polluters.

The current pandemic is an example of the broken relationship of humans and the environment.

We have more than 83,000 COVID-19 beds in government hospitals, out of which 65% are vacant.

Every mother is trying to do the best for her child.

You can learn a lot from the people around you.

We need to have a very balanced approach for development.

Healthcare workers fighting COVID-19 on the frontline are the real heroes.

If the surrounding are healthy, then the body will remain healthy.

The whole planet needs that the rivers and the environment remain healthy.

Nutrition is very important, what we eat is what we are.

We need to connect with the last mile on health issues especially in terms of preventive healthcare.

Clean water and uncontaminated food need to be provided to people.

The need to cut plastic is being realised a large scale now

Feeding the child in a hygienic environment is also important for mothers and children

Indore waste management model must be implemented in all municipalities in India

Politics should be kept of issues of cleanliness.

We must find alternatives to single-use plastics.

Imagine if we can have clean air, clean water and nutritious food for all.

A WHO study finds that by the end of Swachh Bharat Mission, more than 3 lakh lives of children below 5 years of age would be saved.

India's sanitation cover stands at 98 percent today, as the health minister, I'm the happiest man because of this.

Vision of clean India will be incomplete till we become healthy.

Under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Swachhta has become a people's mission in Jharkhand.

The need of the hour is to focus on primary health and wellness centres to eliminate anemia and malnutrition.

Women can be saved by changing the cooking pattern, over one million women die due to smoke from cooking.

I believe in a nation of 1.3 billion people, no government will be able to manage cleanliness unless it comes from within the people individually.

ODF India is the right of every Indian and Clean India is the responsibility of every citizen.

Wherever toilets are being built, water should be provided too, because without water toilets are only creating more diseases.

Swachh India campaign has become a jan andolan (People's movement) and is no more a sarkari (Government) initiative.

Swachh Bharat is a great initiative undertaken by the Prime Minister, I only wish as a country we had started much earlier.

Sanitation is more important than political independence.

We are now moving from swachhta to swasthya. Health is very important, especially for women.

I believe people are getting educated. I think that the generation after us will be able to make a visible difference towards the environment.

I am 29 years old and that is not such long lifespan but the deterioration all around in terms of the environment is worrying.

I can say with confidence that Chhattisgarh will be 100% open defecation before October 2019.

When Swachh Bharat Mission was launched, people thought this will be just another photo op. But this has turned out to be a people's movement.

Waste to wealth is the way forward to make India clean.

Let's make India clean, green and healthy.

Plastic threatens to become a menace to humanity. A lot of it doesn’t make it to recycling plants and is non-biodegradable.

Open Defecation Free can bring maximum health benefits, but we need to make sure that we sustain our ODF tag.

In rural India, 80% villages are truly ODF. That's the big success we have made, we have shifted our focus from building toilets to actually using toilets.

Maharashtra is already free from open defecation, now we are working towards sustaining the ODF tag.

By March 2019, we aim to clean 70-80 per cent of the Ganga.

We have observed where there are separate toilets at home, there is a reduction in child sex abuses.

Each person should motivate at least 2-3 other people around them to keep their surroundings clean. This is how we can make India clean.

Awareness is the only way through which one realises what all needs to be done to make India a clean country.

At a time when we talk about Bullet Trains, Mars Mission, we are unable to provide basic safety equipment to scavengers for cleaning sewers.

Only way we can hope to become a ‘Swachh Bharat’ is by proper waste management. Single use plastic should be banned to curb plastic menace.

We are polluting in every way, every year. We have to make people realise that there’s a better way to manage waste.

Key appeal to all public servants, get on the bike and start seeing the waste around.

#Mere10guz is a good initiative that can boost Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

Jharkhand will be the third state along with Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh to make its urban areas ODF. We will make rural Jharkhand ODF by October 2018.

We really need to manage this plastic menace that we have created.

People are becoming aware. Now if people litter from a car, passersby give dirty looks.

If every person will keep 10 yards of their surroundings clean, then the whole city will be cleaned up.

The dream of a Swachh Bharat will be realised by 125 crore Indians, not a select group of leaders or officials.

Swachh Bharat and Swasth Bharat go hand in hand, they are interlinked and that’s where I want my India to focus on.

We are targeting to make Jharkhand open defecation free by 2018.

Cleanliness is next to Godliness and God is everywhere, so we should work towards keeping it clean everywhere.

We should have rules that penalise people for not keeping their surroundings clean.

We need to focus on recycling, be it water or waste.

Go in for total involvement, include children, societies, administration; everyone has a role to play in the clean-up process.

When State Government & Centre are put behind a cause like this, it is bound to succeed.

Plastic is the biggest culprit and cause a lot of the issues with garbage disposal.

Use jute bags instead of plastic ones.

The problem of plastic waste is acute & it's important for people to understand that it is a deterrent to the health of the people.

We need to ingrain the idea of Swachhta in children as early as possible.

We need to focus on the Swachh cause for our children & we have a responsibility towards Mother Earth. It is important to start young.

Puducherry will be totally open defecation free by October 2, 2017.

Banega Swachh India has become a movement in the true sense of the term.

Khadi can be a good alternative to plastic and it will also generate employment.

I have full faith that our aim of Swachh Bharat will be realised.

Chhattisgarh to be Open Defecation Free by 2018.

Let's make Gandhiji's dream come true and make India clean.

Bio-toilets are being implemented in our trains on a large scale but we also need to tackle open defecation on tracks.

Swachhta is not anybody else's problem, it is our problem.

There's going to be a substancial increase in economic & social values with #swachhindia.

People have to take more responsibility and commit themselves to not dirty their Bharat Mata.

Sustaining the efforts of a clean-up drive more important.

The problem is not cleanliness, the problem is sense of propriety.

This clean-up campaign should have begun some 50 years ago. #SwachhIndia

Apart from cleaning up our societies and neighbourhoods, we need to clean our thoughts.

#SwachhIndia shouldn't just be a photo-op.

We not only need to teach the children about Swachhta, but also their parents, we cannot leave them out.

Public participation is essential. If people don't practice, toilets are built but they end up as storage spaces.