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TopicSwachh Bharat Mission

Topic: Swachh Bharat Mission

Rs 100 crore of Swachh Bharat Mission funds unused in Haryana, CM sends charge sheets to 20 officials

Action after officials unable to explain why funds weren't used. Development on day Haryana Congress leader Randeep Surjewala flagged Centre's surrender of Rs 1.17 lakh crore from agriculture budget.

Swachh Bharat Mission’s next chapter must be about unlocking the economic value of sanitation

The journey from ODF to ODF Plus Model has not been about ticking boxes, but about ensuring that households, schools, and anganwadi centres reflect the success of the rural water and sanitation missions.

Swachh Bharat Mission averted 60,000-70,000 infant deaths between 2011 & 2020, shows Nature study

Researchers analysed infant & under-5 mortality data from 35 states, 640 districts. 'Happy to see research highlighting impact of Swachh Bharat Mission,' says Modi on X.

SubscriberWrites: How the government’s welfare schemes turn into a fad?

Rather than making it a public cause, if these had been made private causes involving every citizen of the country, some positive results would have been there.

World Bank papers show ‘most concerning’ decline in toilet usage. Withdrawn ‘under pressure’ later

The three World Bank papers, published in September, highlighted decline in toilet use citing lack of sustainable institutional measures to support Swacch Bharat Mission.

‘No improvement’ in public toilet availability in 3 years, say 52% urban Indians in LocalCircles survey

Conducted across 341 districts of India, the results of the survey were released Monday, to coincide with 9th anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Mission, launched by PM Modi on 2 October, 2014.

For the sixth time in a row, MP’s Indore clinches the ‘cleanest city in India’ tag

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs released the Swachh Survekshan 2022 Saturday. With two cities in the top 10, Madhya Pradesh emerged as the best-performing state in India.  

Nudge, threats & help from state scheme — how Telangana villages scored Swachh Bharat top spot

Telangana has highest number of villages declared 'Open Defecation Free Plus', the 'plus' signifying sustained ODF status, solid and liquid waste management, and visual cleanliness.

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.

On Camera

Prada learnt its lesson. Where are ‘humara culture’ Indians on Ralph Lauren’s jhumka?

The problem, dear Ralph Lauren, is not your use of the jhumka, but your dismissal of its history. The list of stolen items is too vast to fight, but we haven't given up on acknowledgement.

Floundering PM Internship Scheme used less than 1% of Rs 10,831 crore set aside for it in FY25-26

The Standing Committee on Finance tabled its report on Demands for Grants (2026-27) in the Lok Sabha Thursday.

India-Bangladesh relations on track—After military intel chief’s visit, envoy goes to Army War College

In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.