How Toyota's CSR initiative taught rural Karnataka hygiene habitsToyota Kirloskar Motor's ABCD program transformed rural Indian schools by tackling hygiene beliefs. Children became agents of change, promo...
26 Apr, 2026, 08.51 PM IST
Centre saves ₹55,000 crore as FY26 spending undershoots estimatesGovernment spending in the last fiscal year was less than planned. This saving of about ₹55,000 crore will help manage tax collection short...
10 Apr, 2026, 12.01 AM IST
PM Modi to launch sanitation, cleanliness projects worth over Rs 9,600 crore on October 2Prime Minister Narendra Modi will commemorate 10 years of the Swachh Bharat Mission on October 2, launching sanitation projects worth over ...
30 Sep, 2024, 10.36 PM IST
Swachh Bharat, GST playing key role in Reckitt’s earnings: CEO Rakesh KapoorRB has been aggressively leveraging the government’s Swachh Bharat programme to push its brands, including rolling out low-priced smaller p...
30 Jul, 2018, 08.49 AM IST
Sanitation coverage in rural India under Swachh Bharat rises to 85%This is significant because under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen), sanitation coverage has increased to more than double than at the ti...
08 Jun, 2018, 09.38 PM IST
India will be powerful economy if Swachh Bharat Mission succeeds: President Pranab MukherjeeSwachh Bharat Mission was officially launched on October 2, 2014 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with an aim to eradicate open defecation b...
23 Nov, 2016, 11.06 PM IST
HUL to take good hygiene practices message to 48 million people in Bihar by end-2018HUL’s ‘Bihar Handwashing Programme’ will cover 48 million people in the state by end-2018, said Sandeep Kohli, executive director, personal...
07 Nov, 2016, 03.32 PM IST
Dia Mirza named ambassador for the 'Swachh Saathi' programmeMirza will take forward the 'Swachh Saathi' programme, which she hails as the most important part to realise the dream of a clean country.
06 Jun, 2016, 03.40 PM IST
Cess on petrol, diesel, telecom services proposed to fund Swachh Bharat initiativesThe Swachh Bharat Mission includes building household toilets, community and public toilets and scientific waste management.
22 Jan, 2016, 04.07 PM IST
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah criticises Swachh Bharat cessHe pointed out that the Swachh Bharat programme was actually just a renamed central government programme that the UPA used to called Nirmal...
07 Jan, 2016, 02.55 PM IST
Swachh Bharat cess garners Rs 329 crore in 1 monthThe Centre said that the proceeds collected through the cess would be allocated to the state governments to fund Swachh Bharat initiatives.
24 Dec, 2015, 03.43 PM IST
Swachh Bharat: Government wants 100% toilet access at schools by June 2015, FM Arun Jaitley"Our initial target is that all schools, particularly where the girl child goes, by June, we should have a 100% rate of toilets," Jaitley s...
02 Jun, 2015, 04.18 PM IST
Government asks public sector banks to contribute to Swachh BharatLast month, the finance ministry wrote to state-run bank chiefs, asking them to tap into their corporate social responsibility fund.
30 Mar, 2015, 01.26 PM IST
Budget 2015: 2% Swachh Bharat cess, 100% deduction on investment in KoshJaitley further proposed to an enabling provision to levy Swachh Bharat Cess at a rate of 2 per cent or less on all or certain services, if...
01 Mar, 2015, 05.54 AM IST
Clean India 'a bit of hype', needs more details: Jairam RameshFormer Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today said the programme also needs to address the issue of open defecation.
06 Nov, 2014, 09.18 PM IST
Swachh Bharat campaign launched in Andhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh Chief Secretary I Y R Krishna Rao administered the Swachh Bharat pledge to the government staff at the Secretariat.
02 Oct, 2014, 04.36 PM IST
Swachh Bharat programme: CIL earmarks Rs 235 crore for sanitationState-run miner Coal India has said it will spend Rs 235 crore for providing sanitation in schools and underprivileged homes .
03 Sep, 2014, 04.15 AM IST