National Cleanliness Day 2023: Significance, Theme, and MoreThe theme for National Cleanliness Day 2023 is "Swachh Bharat: Swasth Bharat." The purpose of this day is to raise awareness about the impo...
30 Jan, 2023, 12.35 PM IST
Mann ki Baat: PM Modi speaks on importance of World Rivers Day, Gandhi JayantiThe PM spoke about the significance of rivers and their contribution to selflessly provide us with water. "September is an important month,...
26 Sep, 2021, 11.39 AM IST
Companies on course to achieving 2% CSR targets in coming yearsSome of the key findings of the study are that companies have spent Rs. 74.6 bn, an increase of 5.8% compared to the previous year.
20 Mar, 2019, 08.21 PM IST
Swachhta Abhiyan be made matter of pride for women: Bhupendra Singh ChaudharyAsking for media's support in making the state open defecation free, Chaudhary said it can convert the initiative into a mass movement.
16 Oct, 2017, 07.53 PM IST
Government to focus on development, cleanliness in villages in 15-day campaignThe campaign will focus on educating villagers about hygiene and cleanliness through self-help groups, anganwadi centres and schools, and c...
24 Sep, 2017, 11.09 AM IST
WittyFeed’s platforms spreads awareness on Swachh Bharat AbhiyaanFocusing on rural development and sanitation, Tomar used his visit to WittyFeed office to make youth aware of the benefit of proper sanitat...
26 Aug, 2017, 12.56 PM IST
Government looks to educate 1 crore rural citizens on e-payments“We aim to create 1 crore people digitally literate on e-payments, and in a matter of 3-4 days, the government can touch this figure in rur...
23 Dec, 2016, 12.46 AM IST
All 56 ministries told to draw up 2-year plan for Swachh BharatIt will begin in January with the first fortnight allocated to ministries of external affairs, finance and steel. The next fortnight has be...
13 Dec, 2016, 01.36 AM IST
Take up cleanliness drive for Swachh Bharat: Government tells companiesThe Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs and National Foundation for Corporate Governance (NFCG) have also joined hands with the Ministry ...
19 Jun, 2016, 06.06 PM IST
Centre may impose cess on petrol, diesel, telecom services to fund PM Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat AbhiyanThe government may issue Swachh Bharat bonds and impose a cess on automobile fuels, telecom services and mineral waste to fund PM Modi’s pe...
15 Oct, 2015, 10.12 AM IST
In R R Patil, Maharashtra loses a politician with solid rural rootsKnown as 'Mr Clean', his good organisational skills and ability to identify with rural issues and sensibilities helped his remarkable polit...
16 Feb, 2015, 07.02 PM IST
Centre to spend Rs 2 lakh crore on sanitationNaidu today lamented that nearly $ 54 billion worth GDP is being lost every every year on account of inadequate sanitation in the country.
19 Jan, 2015, 11.01 PM IST
Eunuchs contribute constructively to 'Swachh Abhiyan' in Madhya PradeshRoping in of eunuchs into the cleanliness drive has yielded encouraging results- Rural Development Minister Gopal Bhargava
18 Dec, 2014, 03.24 PM IST
UNICEF offers support to Clean India Mission"We are really welcoming this initiative....We are really putting everything we can to support this initiative," UNICEF India Representativ...
27 Oct, 2014, 06.46 PM IST
Swachh Bharat: Lakhs of Central government employees take cleanliness pledgeEach Central govt department made detailed arrangements to administer the pledge to its employees on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's birth...
02 Oct, 2014, 03.19 PM IST
Vedanta Resources joins PM Narendra Modi's call for 'Swachh Bharat'Vedanta Group Chief Anil Agarwal has asked his business locations to conduct a special cleanliness drive.
01 Oct, 2014, 04.10 PM IST
Bharti Foundation to spend Rs 100 crore on rural sanitation in LudhianaBharti Foundation HAS kicked off a major social initiative - ‘Satya Bharti Abhiyan’ - to improve rural household sanitation facilities in P...
18 Aug, 2014, 05.54 PM IST