Swachchh Bharat Mission

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Modi’s huge mandate to be a heavy burden

The second Modi government is on its own, and it will be expected not to commit the blunders of its first term.

03 Jun 2019 1:07 AM

PM Narendra Modi sweeping streets at the launch of the Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan four years ago.

Singapore and India: A shared vision for a cleaner future

Singapore too hosts international forums such as the biennial World Cities Summit and Singapore International Water Week.

02 Oct 2018 12:19 AM

Mechanical sweepers, water tankers to combat pollution

Delhi L-G Baijal asked the municipal corporations to consider children as ambassadors of Swachhta.

29 Sep 2018 1:14 AM

An EDMC official said that the aim of this meeting was to create an enabling environment between India and EU for efficient solid waste management in the country. (Photo: PTI)

European Union delegation takes tips from municipal body

As per Ms Sharma, the EDMC has been making consistent efforts towards better management of solid waste.

30 Jun 2018 5:03 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: ANI)

Committed to giving affordable healthcare: PM Narendra Modi

The Prime Minister said that more than 3.5 lakh villages in the country have declared themselves open defecation free.

08 Jun 2018 1:56 AM

The directive by the commission comes after the Union environment ministry issued an advisory, saying India is the global host of this year’s World Environment Day celebrations, the largest UN-led celebration on environment, and the theme for this edition is “Beat Plastic Pollution”.

UGC directs varsities to ban plastic cups, bottles

The commission has also asked varsities to conduct networking activities on mass awareness on disposal of plastic and cleanliness drives.

20 May 2018 5:12 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

Dilli Ka Babu: Babu gets extension

The recent secretary-level reshuffle effected by the Modi sarkar was a routine one, except for one appointment which took many babus by surprise.

18 Mar 2018 12:21 AM

The order issued recently by Jagdish Sonkar, CEO of zilla panchayat of Dhamtari district, has said low cost toilets have been built in 1,405 schools under 355 gram panchayats under the Swachchh Bharat Mission programme. (Photo: PTI/Representational Image)

Chhattisgarh: Teachers told to click pictures of peeing students

The order said the class monitors should maintain a register recording names of students who used the toilets.

24 Dec 2017 6:00 AM

The UN expert, who visited India at the invitation of the government will submit a full report on his findings with recommendations at the 39th session of the Human Rights Council in September 2018. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

‘Swachchh Bharat flawed’

UN expert says it lacks human rights approach.

11 Nov 2017 5:16 AM

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Photo: PTI)

In MP, transgenders turns Swachchh mission mascots

Constructed at a cost of Rs 37 lakh, the trans-toilet facility has a separate make-up room for them.

03 Oct 2017 1:28 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi presents an award to school student Roshan Kumar Rana at the Swachh Bharat Diwas function in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Let’s unite to clean India, says Modi

Even 1,000 Gandhis can’t clean India without support of 125 crore Indians, says Modi.

03 Oct 2017 12:47 AM

Union home minister Rajnath Singh participates in the cleanliness drive at the launch of ‘Swachchhta Hi Sewa’ campaign at ITBP Tigri Camp in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Military intel destroys over 3,000 kg of ‘junk’

Nirmala Sitharaman will also preside over a function for “Swachhta Hi Sewa” in Delhi Cantonment area.

16 Sep 2017 2:17 AM

The female members of the family told the inspection team that they were forced to turn the toilet into a temporary kitchen as the other rooms of the house were leaking due to incessant rains for the past several days.

Madhya Pradesh family turns toilet into a kitchen

Villager received Rs 12,000 subsidy under Swachchh Bharat.

02 Sep 2017 7:16 AM

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. (Photo: PTI)

Rajasthan’s Swachchh Bharat headache

Claims of state being open defecation-free by December.

02 Jul 2017 5:30 AM

75% villages along banks of Ganga open defecation-free: Modi

PM highlighted how tweets related to uncleanliness in railways receive prompt response and are met with quick action.

11 Apr 2017 9:23 AM

Delhi Congress president Ajay Maken with party leader Jairam Ramesh release the roadmap for sanitation and solid waste management during a conference in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: BIPLAB BANERJEE)

Congress plan to make city ‘most beautiful’

Swachchh Bharat Mission copy of Nirmal Bharat scheme: Jairam.

27 Mar 2017 6:06 AM

The cabinet has also given nod for appointment of a computer teacher in the high schools of the state. (Representational image)

Sanskrit to be compulsory upto Class 8 in Assam schools

C.M. Patoway also announced that Cabinet has decided to appoint a special teacher to monitor cleanliness in all of the high schools.

02 Mar 2017 3:17 AM

Now, MP Collector rounds up those peeing in public

The district magistrate had earlier, in an innovative way to discourage open defecation in his area.

28 Dec 2016 2:54 AM

Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari participates in a Swachchh Delhi Abhiyan on former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s 92nd birthday in New Delhi. (Photo: Asian Age)

Vajpayee birthday: BJP workers clean up key city markets

The council has decided to makeover all entry points to NDMC area by painting, repairing and thoroughly cleaning.

26 Dec 2016 1:45 AM

Maoists have been circulating leaflets and pamphlets in remote Bastar exhorting the people to take benefit of Swachchh Bharat Mission scheme.

U-turn: Naxals back clean drive

The rebels had also instigated the local tribals in some villages to stage demonstrations opposing the programme.

24 Dec 2016 5:26 AM

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