The Swajal projects are aimed at providing clean drinking water for communities in water scarce villages and towns
Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Narendra Singh Tomar said that the central government has released Rs 800 crore so that community water purification plants could...
Union Minister S S Ahluwalia have been visiting the states facing drinking water and sanitation problems and recently visited Odisha also
In the recent cabinet shuffle that took place on September 3, former minister for Ganga Rejuvenation and Water Resources, Uma Bharti was given the Ministry Of...
The Central Rural Sanitation Programme was the first nationwide sanitation programme launched to address rural sanitation problems and had a comprehensive plan of bettering the sanitation...
The decade of 1980s can be called the first real game changer for sanitation in India as the government took concrete steps to address toilet construction...
Nearly 30 years after independence, sanitation once again become a priority for the administration and was identified as a minimum human need, ensuring government focus and...
Despite independent India’s economic struggles, the Five Year Plans of the 1950s focused on sanitation and allocated decent amounts for improvement of sanitation, though the policies...
Some 3 in 10 people worldwide, or 2.1 billion, lack access to safe, readily available water at home, and 6 in 10, or 4.5 billion, lack...
Strong financial and civic performance resulted in good ratings for the Pune Municipal Corporation and gave the civic body enough confidence to issue municipal bonds
Chhattisgarh has impressive sanitation coverage of 84 per cent, despite its hilly terrain and several areas hit by unrest
Ever since the launch of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the Railways is trying to indtroduce innovative sanitation methods in trains
