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Rural tap water coverage reaches nearly 82 pc under Jal Jeevan Mission, claims government documentIndia has achieved remarkable progress in providing tap water to rural households, claims government. The Jal Jeevan Mission has connected ...
Jal Jeevan: Somanna disputes CM Siddaramaiah’s claims on Centre’s support to KarnatakaA dispute has emerged between Union Minister V Somanna and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah regarding the Jal Jeevan Mission program. ...
Rural India achieved 100 pc ODF status: GovtThe Centre launched Swachh Bharat Mission(Grameen on October 2, 2014 with the aim to attain Open Defecation Free (ODF) India by October 2, ...
9.16 cr toilets built, 5.5 lakh villages declared ODF since 2014: GovtThe maximum funds under the SBM-G for the year 2018-19 were released to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar at Rs 6,592.64 crore and Rs 2,943.69 crore,...
'Swachh Bharat' good example of how countries can make safe sanitation services accessible: WHOUnder the 'Swachh Bharat' programme, household sanitation coverage increased at a rate of 13 per cent annually between 2016 and 2018, WHO s...
Gandhiji was most deserving candidate for top UN green award: PMPM Modi said the sanitation coverage in the country before the NDA government came to power in 2014 was a mere 35 per cent despite there be...
568 kilo ladoo unveiled on PM Modi's birthdayThe ladoo was unveiled by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar and his cabinet colleague Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
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...
Sanitation coverage in India almost doubled: PM Narendra ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi today said the sanitation coverage in the country has increased from 38 per cent to nearly 80 per cent.
Three years of Swachh India: Rural India numbers showing progressIn three years of Swachh Bharat, rural sanitation coverage has increased to 69% from 39%, more than 230-million people in villages have sto...
Swachh Bharat Mission a lost opportunity, reduced to toilet counting: ExpertThe Prime Minister's effort is "sincere" but SBM has remained "just a government scheme", he said addressing a FEJI and UNICEF organised WA...
SWM a lost opportunity, reduced to toilet counting: Expert"Lots of people say sanitation was discovered in India two years ago but that is not true. The country's sanitation programme was developed...
Himachal Pradesh to become open defecation-free state soon: Ram Kirpal YadavHimachal Pradesh would soon become an Open Defecation Free (ODF) state, after Sikkim and a few others. Minister said that toilets in school...
PM Modi is breaking taboos while making sanitation a priority: Ban Ki-moonThe UN secretary-General said that with political will, innovative approaches and social change, total sanitation coverage can be a reality.
Swachh Bharat: Jalandhar aims to build 63 toilets per dayThe administration aims to build 63 toilets per day to achieve 100 per cent sanitation coverage in next one year in the district under Swac...
67 per cent rural households don't have access to toilets: GovernmentThe NBA is administered by the government through states to ensure sanitation facilities in rural areas including construction of toilets.
World Bank to provide $500 mn loan for rural water supplyWorld Bank will provide $500 million loan for water supply and sanitation projects in the rural areas of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar ...
Jairam Ramesh asks finance ministry to move $1.4 bn water plans to World BankThe projects include a $ 400 million watershed management programme and a $ 1 billion rural water supply and sanitation project.
- Government will take 10 years to achieve total sanitation
There are about 2.60 lakh gram panchayats in the country and as per the population Census data, only about 28,000 of them have achieved tot...
- Half of India still defecates in the open
Half of the country's population still defecates in the open even after 60 years of independence, the Planning Commission has admitted.