A review undertaken by secretary, urban development, DS Mishra, on Monday revealed that by Gandhi Jayanti, 1,559 cities and towns — about 4...

Modi said since the government launched the Swachh Bharat Mission in October 2014, over 1,80,000 villages across 130 districts have been de...

Six districts out of 33 and all 170 towns of Gujarat have gone ODF while five out of the 21 districts in Haryana have turned ODF as on date.

The model has evolved over the years to ensure citizens abide by the rules — breaking them fetches stiff fines. Urinating in a public place...

Barely 11% of India's 6.38 lakh villages have turned open defecation free, with only 17 of the 683 districts declared ODF 22 months after t...

As Modi government completes two years in Delhi, ET takes a look at how the big-ticket social sector initiatives are progressing.

Jaitley presented his third budget which took on the fiscal and physical health of the nation by setting the fiscal deficit target at 3.5% ...

Petrol and diesel as well as telephony services may cost more if the government accepts recommendations of a panel of Chief Ministers to le...

The Congress government in Karnataka today pitched for making "Swachh Bharat" a centrally sponsored scheme, to make the state open defecati...