Annual Amarnath Yatra scheduled from July 3 to August 28The annual Amarnath Yatra will begin on July 3 and conclude on August 28. Advance registration for the pilgrimage opens on April 15. Prepar...
13 Apr, 2026, 12.14 AM IST
Centre releases Rs 1,561.53 core for 5 states under JJM 2.0 after reform-linked MoUsThe Jal Shakti ministry has released over Rs 1,500 crore for five states under the Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0. This funding for the financial y...
31 Mar, 2026, 07.01 PM IST
Cabinet nod to rename national institute on water after Syama Prasad MookerjeeIt is envisaged as a premier institute to develop capacities in states and Union territories in the field of public health engineering, dri...
11 Jan, 2023, 05.06 PM IST
View: Sanitation as part of spiritual package needed to keep holy places cleanThe findings of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) are not the only sobering alerts for the stupendous achievements in sanitation i...
13 Jun, 2022, 12.07 AM IST
L&T's construction arm bags 'large' order from UP Water & Sanitation MissionThe scope of the order comprises construction of tube wells, pump houses cum chlorination rooms, overhead tanks, treatment systems, solar p...
15 Dec, 2021, 01.46 PM IST
PPPs crucial for investment, technology efficiency for waste management in India: Hardeep Singh PuriThe statement also stated that Padmashri Naina Lal Kidwai, Chair, India Sanitation Coalition (ISC), said picking up on the theme of enhanci...
11 Nov, 2021, 09.56 PM IST
Modi govt to offer 55 litres/day water per person under Jal Jeevan Mission: ReportAs per the plan, an estimated over 15 crore of the 18.5 crore rural households will be provided with tap water
29 Aug, 2019, 10.38 AM IST
Economics of Swachh Bharat: Universal sanitation is at the core of India’s development agendaPM Modi’s call for a Swachh Bharat, at a time when India leads the infamous list with the highest number of people practising open defecati...
21 Sep, 2017, 10.04 AM IST
Swachh Bharat: Government mulling penalising those spreading dirtSwachh Bharat Mission is being implemented by the Urban Development and Drinking Water and Sanitation Ministry for urban and rural areas, r...
16 Aug, 2016, 06.55 PM IST
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...
27 Jul, 2016, 04.31 PM IST
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...
27 Jul, 2016, 11.35 AM IST
World Bank expert Parameshwaran Iyer appointed to lead Swachh Bharat missionThe government has appointed World Bank’s water and sanitation specialist, Parameshwaran Iyer, as the new Secretary of the Drinking Water a...
04 Feb, 2016, 11.54 AM IST
Republic Day: Government's flagship schemes showcased at RajpathThe NDA government's flagship programmes like Swachh Bharat, Digital India and green energy were showcased at the Rajpath during the 67th R...
26 Jan, 2016, 03.06 PM IST
Swachh Bharat partnership with India one of the best: Bill GatesThe foundation had signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the UD Ministry to promote sanitation services in January this year.
09 Dec, 2015, 04.35 PM IST
Nearly 95 lakh toilets built in 1st yr of 'Swachh Bharat': Minister Chaudhary Birender SinghNearly 95 lakh toilets have been constructed in rural areas during the first year of the Swachh Bharat mission, Union Minister Birender Sin...
13 Oct, 2015, 01.22 PM IST
Proposed Smart Cities rank low in swachh bharat rankingMany cities selected are found to be wanting on the sanitation front and are low on swachh bharat ranking causing concern for the governmen...
17 Sep, 2015, 10.50 AM IST
Realtime monitoring system of toilets to be launched tomorrowA nationwide "realtime monitoring" system of toilets constructed under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan will be launched tomorrow, government today sa...
31 Dec, 2014, 09.18 PM IST