PM Modi to announce results of cleanliness survey 'Swachh Survekshan 2020' on Thursday'Swachh Survekshan 2020', which was completed in 28 days, saw registration of 1.7 crore citizens on Swachhata App, over 11 crore impression...
18 Aug, 2020, 04.22 PM IST
Government launches 'Swachh Survekshan 2021'; states also to be rankedAccording to the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, state ranking will also be announced under the survey, to be measured based on their f...
03 Jul, 2020, 06.27 PM IST
Buildings composting green waste in Nashik to get 5% concession in property taxThe move is aimed at reducing the waste that the civic body collects from households on a daily basis and that will in turn save money spen...
19 Nov, 2019, 12.17 PM IST
Government plans to sanction one crore houses before 2020The official said that construction of almost 62 lakh individual household toilets and 5 lakh community and public toilet seats is already ...
29 Dec, 2018, 01.53 PM IST
Kashi in 4 years: Not quite Kyoto but got Rs 30,000 crore bonanzaPM Modi is set to embark on a stocktaking trip to India's oldest and continuously inhabited city.
14 Jul, 2018, 06.55 AM IST
BBMP not keen on next swachh surveyIn fact, BBMP's citizen feedback score (619 out of 1,400) is less than the national average, indicating citizens' discontent with the city'...
28 Jun, 2018, 12.08 PM IST
PM Modi to launch number of projects in poll-bound MP tomorrowMadhya Pradesh is going to polls by the end of this year.
22 Jun, 2018, 03.57 PM IST
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Where progress on paper hits quicksand of ground realityThe statistics may appear to be picture perfect but the situation on the ground turned out to be somewhat different.
05 Jun, 2018, 04.09 PM IST
Indore, the cleanest, followed by Bhopal and Chandigarh: cleanliness surveyThe results of Swachh Survekshan 2018, which aims to estimate levels of cleanliness across cities in the country, were announced today
16 May, 2018, 07.46 PM IST
No safe drinking water, public transport: Why urban and not rural should be government's focusGiven the cities' contributions to overall macroeconomic growth due to their scale and agglomeration economies, India needs to showcase urb...
10 Feb, 2018, 06.22 AM IST
How performance-based rankings are shaking up the rigid world of governmentA competitive wave is shaking up the government. An intense race is on at virtually every level -- from cities to panchayats, universities ...
28 Jan, 2018, 10.27 AM IST
90% blind IAS officer gives 100% to his jobAman Gupta, a 2013 batch IAS officer of the AGMUT cadre, works with the assistance of a stand-mounted American video magnifier that helps t...
28 Dec, 2017, 10.42 AM IST
New Delhi cleanest in north: Swachh surveyNDMC scored 819.95, 426.88 and 461.13 under municipal documentation, direct observation and citizen engagement, respectively.
05 May, 2017, 10.41 AM IST