Swachh Bharat

News: Gujarat so far has maintained a steady progress in the implementation of the project as it also topped the list of states during 2014-15. The PIB report stated that since the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission in October last year, a total of 3.83 lakh individual household toilets and 17,411 ...

News: PM’s ‘Swachh Vidyalaya’ project to ensure every single government school has a functional toilet.  As the earlier authorities have failed to fulfill the goals he Centre has now directed all state governments and district authorities to immediately take over all the delayed construction so as to ensure a toilet ...

Bio toilets to be installed on trains marking completion of the first year of the launch of Swachh Bharat Campaign by Prime Minister. Indian Railway has undertaken an initiative to make 367 km of tracks free from discharge of human waste from toilets on trains in the current fiscal. To begin ...

News: Surprise inspections, by the divisional railway manager of the Delhi division of Northern Railways, hefty fines and strict vigil have ensured that New Delhi railway station looks clean and tidy and meets commuters’ expectations. The Delhi division is now planning to launch a massive Swachh drive at the station ...

News: The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has reviewed the progress of the Swachh Vidyalaya Programme at a high level meeting comprising top officials from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the NITI Aayog and the PMO. Earlier the current status of construction of toilets in schools across various states was ...

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation will be implementing “Use to get Paid” toilets as a part of Swachh Bharat Movement. Any person utilizing these toilets will be paid a rupee per use. The idea is successfully implemented in Kathmandu, Nepal previously. To begin with, 67 such spots are being considered for implementation. ...

News The government has set a target to achieve 100 per cent availability of toilets at schools by this month as part of its ambitious Swachh Bharat campaign. It has been included as a part of the CSR ( corporate social responsibility) programme. A lot of incentives in fiscal policy have ...

News The union urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu on Monday urged IAS probationers to take up action oriented projects under the Swachh Bharat mission for evolving solutions such as open defecation free towns, 100% municipal solid waste management and rejuvenating parks and similar urban assets. Encouraging them to take up ...

News Surprise inspections, hefty fines and strict vigil have ensured that New Delhi railway station looks clean and tidy and meets commuters’ expectations. Thanks to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Northern Railway has taken a slew of measures to raise the sanitation standard of the station. A comprehensive cleaning contract is being ...

News Maharashtra government has decided to appoint ‘swacchata doots’ or cleanliness ambassadors in every village to help achieve the target of building 56 lakh toilets across the state over the next five years. Half of them will be women and each cleanliness ambassador will be given an annual renumeration of ...