India's sanitation sector has seen a dramatic rise in toilet cleaner usage, surging from 19% of households in 2014 to 53% in 2024. This gro...

India marks 10 years of the Swachh Bharat Mission, aiming to provide toilets in every home and reduce open defecation. The initiative led t...

India declared 5,47,283 villages as Open Defecation Free (ODF) Plus, according to the jal shakti ministry. Andhra Pradesh tops with 15,758 ...

According to Parliament data, out of 5.91 lakh villages in the country, 3.18 lakh aspire to achieve ODF Plus status, and 1.23 lakh villages...

Noting that sustainability in ODF Plus is not a one-time achievement but a continuous journey, the statement further mentioned it requires ...

Jammu and Kashmir has achieved the 'Open Defecation Free Plus Model' status, with 6,650 villages declared as such. The administration is no...

According to Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, 75% of India's villages, approximately 4.4 lakh, have achieved the "ODF Plus" st...

"As we move forward on all these issues, the need for convergence between various sources of funds, especially MGNREGA, Fifteenth Finance C...

When many would have thought that India's sanitation years commencing from 2014 are behind us, with Covid and other issues vying for attent...

The report was released on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi by Jal Shakti ministry. To compile the data, govt's observation teams vi...

Modi said, "In the seven decades since the Independence, only three crore rural households had piped water. But in the last three years, si...

He urged the youths to take to fishing in a big way as it is a 'very lucrative business'. He said the youths must come forward to avail the...

Baghel posted pictures of the award ceremony quoting Mahatma Gandhi on Twitter with a comment, "Bapu used to say that adopt cleanliness in ...

The ODF Plus is an extension of the ODF programme under the Swachch Bharat Mission. Its objective is to sustain the ODF programme and to ta...

"The Ministry of Jal Shakti under Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G) Phase 2 is poised to support over two lakh villages achieve solid a...

PM Narendra Modi will interact with 36 school students from Delhi, representing the 36 states and union territories, at the amphitheatre of...

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat just laid out a detailed road map on water for the next five years.