Swachh Bharat Mission transformed India's sanitation landscape: Economic SurveyThe Swachh Bharat Mission has significantly improved sanitation and hygiene practices in India, with 3.64 lakh villages achieving ODF Plus ...
31 Jan, 2025, 08.55 PM IST
India’s experience in irrigation projects can come to Africa’s rescueIndia with its rich experience of irrigation may come to the assistance of the continent in the backdrop of momentum in India-Egypt partner...
26 Jun, 2023, 08.36 AM IST
50 lakh household toilets to be built this fiscal under Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) phase 2Union Jal Shakti ministry Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said for 2021-22, as part of the approved Annual Implementation Plan, Swachh Bharat Miss...
28 Jul, 2021, 10.36 PM IST
View: As cities recover from Covid-19, India will have to prioritise access to healthy spaces for its urban poorTo build healthy, resilient communities, cities need additional investment from national and state governments, businesses and internationa...
01 Dec, 2020, 09.31 PM IST
HDFC joins hands with the ‘Swachhata Hi Seva Movement 2018’Since 2014, HDFC has supported Sulabh International for the upgrade & renovation of slum community and public toilets across Mumbai includi...
29 Sep, 2018, 06.02 PM IST
Uma Bharti makes new move for her love for GangaUma Bharti took over as the new Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister in September, relinquishing the portfolio of Water Resources and Gan...
07 Nov, 2017, 01.37 AM IST
Bill Gates funds development of odour-free toilets for IndiaThe billionaire philanthropist's to create a poop smell blocker with the hope to make smelly toilets a thing of past and make a difference ...
22 Nov, 2016, 01.16 PM IST
India, World Bank sign $1.5 billion loan pact for Swachh Bharat MissionSBM is the country's largest-ever drive to improve sanitation. It aims to end open defecation and improve the management of liquid and soli...
30 Mar, 2016, 06.18 PM IST
World Bank approves $1.5 billion to support Swachh Bharat AbhiyanMore than 500 million of the rural population in India continue to defecate in the open, suffering from preventable deaths, illness, stunti...
16 Dec, 2015, 01.19 PM IST
Corporates could be more impressive ambassadors for sanitation programmes than Vidya Balan: Birender SinghSingh called upon corporates to extend their support for construction of two crore toilets under the MNREGA scheme of his ministry.
25 Jun, 2015, 04.36 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh to get Rs 475 crore from World Bank arm for rural projectThe project would help the State government in creating an enabling policy framework across sectors through the seven missions it has estab...
26 Dec, 2014, 10.33 PM IST
BJP-ruled states among laggards in Swachh Bharat rollout; non-BJP states among frontrunnersThe ministry has sent letters to all states on the slow progress, warning them funds will not be released if they did not have sanitation p...
16 Sep, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Toilet construction: Nitin Gadkari asks MPs to allocate MPLADS fundsHis letter comes days after PM urged the parliamentarians to use MPLADS funds in building toilets to end the menace of open defecation in t...
22 Aug, 2014, 07.13 PM IST
Swachh Bharat: Why India needs a Sanitation and Water PolicyClean water, sanitation, personal hygiene and good nutrition are the four foundations of good public health policy.
04 Aug, 2014, 04.17 PM IST
- Coca-Cola sets aside $750,000 to develop water and sanitation projects
Coca-Cola has now set aside $750,000 to develop water and sanitation projects in five Asian countries.
07 Sep, 2012, 08.35 PM IST
- World Bank approves two projects worth $372 mn to India
The World Bank has approved two projects worth USD 372 million, including the integrated coastal zone management project, to India.
16 Jun, 2010, 11.46 AM IST
- Microcredit catching up with people
Banks and micro-finance institutions (MFIs) are now offering credit to community-based projects like provision of clean water, common energ...
18 Oct, 2006, 01.59 AM IST