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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
TopicSwachh Bharat

Topic: Swachh Bharat

Lucknow ranked 3rd cleanest city in latest Swachh Survekshan report, improves by 41 points

The Swachh Survekshan is a comprehensive assessment of the urban cleanliness and waste management practices in India.

‘Visit other cities’ — Netizens react after Danish envoy’s plaint gets Delhi road cleaned in a jiffy

On Wednesday, envoy had pointed out a dirty service lane between Danish & Greek embassies. He clicked a video, thanking civic workers after they immediately got to work.

UP Swachhagrahis who helped make India open-defecation free ‘not paid since 2019’, say ‘govt forgot us’

Swachagrahis are demanding compensation of Rs 250 a day along with promised bonus of Rs 10,000. CM Yogi promised minimum pay last year but it seemingly remains to be delivered.

Financial aid, plants linked to gas grids: How govt’s Gobardhan initiative for compressed bio gas got a fillip

Galvanising Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan scheme was launched in April 2018, but was beset by implementation gaps with ‘stakeholder ministries working in silos’.

79% Indians say stray dog attacks ‘common’ in their areas, give civic bodies a thumbs down: Survey

Percentage up from 61% last year, says LocalCircles. Moreover, 71% respondents want govt to make stray animal management effectiveness a criteria for Swachh Bharat rankings.

Gazab Ghaziabad wants to clean up its act. No longer just a dirty NCR town

While a tide of change has got the mill running in Ghaziabad, there is still a long way to go. The NCR town is ranked 18th in the list of cleanest cities.

Indore judged cleanest Indian city in Swachh Survekshan 2021, its fifth win in a row

While Surat & Vijayawada followed Indore in category of top 3 cities with over 1 lakh population, 3 Maharashtra towns — Vita, Lonavala & Saswad — judged cleanest among towns with below 1 lakh population.

Swachh Bharat’s first transgender toilets in MP is a giant leap: IAS officer

For decades, policy-making in India has treated transgenders as invisible while allocating funds for creation of public facilities. But inclusivity can't be reduced to a token exercise.

From dumping grounds to golf courses — how Indore became India’s cleanest city

The former collector of Indore writes about how the city’s competitive drive to be the cleanest in India brought together govt officials and citizens.

On Camera

Where is Skill India money going? It’s a Rs 48,000 crore mystery

All industries are still facing an acute shortage of skilled manpower despite thousands of crores spent on skilling schemes.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Trump feared India could arm BrahMos with nuclear warhead to target Pakistan in Op Sindoor—WSJ report

New Delhi: During Operation Sindoor, the United States which had received intelligence suggesting that India had launched BrahMos cruise missiles to strike targets inside...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.