Friday, 19 August, 2022
TopicSwachh Bharat Mission

Topic: Swachh Bharat Mission

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

Rishika Sadam -
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.

PM Modi launches 2nd phase of pet projects Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban, AMRUT

PTI -
The two missions have been designed to make all cities garbage free, water secure & help contribute towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 2030, the PMO said.

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

Misha Singh -
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.

Parameswaran Iyer, Modi’s IAS man for Swachh Bharat, reveals how the mission was achieved

Sanya Dhingra -
In a new book, Parameswaran Iyer shares inside details from his four years working with the sanitation ministry, having a direct line to PM Modi and breaking 'sarkari' norms.  

No toilets in 5 lakh rural Karnataka homes, Yediyurappa govt cites lack of space as reason

Rohini Swamy -
Minister K.S. Eshwarappa says these 5 lakh households, mostly in northern Karnataka districts, are in areas where houses are built next to each other with no space to spare for a toilet.

PM calls for week-long garbage-free country, but India is the world’s highest waste-generator

Taran Deol -
India produces 277.1 million tonnes of solid waste every year, which is likely to touch 387.8 million tonnes in 2030. However, the per capita waste generated is below the global average.

Visual, digital art showcasing Gandhi & cleanliness — inside Delhi’s Rashtriya Swachhta Kendra

Sravasti Dasgupta -
Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Sunday opened Rashtriya Swachhta Kendra at Rajghat to the public. Only virtual tours are allowed for the time being.

Covid crisis has exposed gaps in urban Swachh Bharat Mission. It must be revamped

Shubhagato Dasgupta -
The Swachh Bharat Mission won’t work in Covid times unless it is equipped with wastewater management, better infrastructure and protects sanitation workers better.

Declaring India ODF doesn’t mean much if there is no cross-verification with big data

Bibek Debroy -
In 'The Swachh Bharat Revolution', edited by Parameswaran Iyer, Bibek Debroy highlights the questions that should be asked about India’s ODF status.

UGC wants all institutes to promote book on Swachh Bharat Mission

Kritika Sharma -
The book ‘The Swachh Bharat Revolution’ has been published by Harper Collins India and has a foreword written by PM Modi.
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Sir Ganga Ram hospital Consultants, Residents and DNB students hold placards during a protest in New Delhi, on 30 December 2021 | PTI

Distrust of Indian doctors isn’t new. Class-caste bias always ruled medical profession

Kiran Kumbhar -
As a practising doctor, I discovered large question marks on claims of a trustful patient-doctor relationship in the past. The routine dehumanisation of underprivileged patients remains a rarely mentioned topic.
Narendra Modi | Wikimedia Commons

Revadi jibe shows Modi govt letting its insecurities do the talking, not economics

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Deputy CM Tejashvi Yadav | PTI

What Left parties’ decision to not join Bihar alliance means for India’s Dalits, women, MBCs

Economy

Farmers plant paddy saplings in a field | PTI Photo

Good news from the farm as India’s FY22 foodgrain production estimated at record 316 mn tonnes

Sayantan Bera -
Wheat production estimate sees marginal upward revision to 106.8 million tons, though current rate lowest in 3 years.

Defence

Su-57, the Russian 5th generation fighter aircraft Photo by Snehesh Alex Philip

Russia wants to build next generation tanks, submarines with India

Snehesh Alex Philip -
As the second regiment of the S-400 Triumf air defence system starts getting delivered, Russia said it expects the serial production of AK 203 rifles in Amethi to begin in late 2022-early 2023.

National Interest

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Tiranga vs Tiranga: Gloves are off as Kejriwal joins the ‘nationalism’ battle with Modi

Shekhar Gupta -
Kejriwal’s maun vrat on Modi has ended. This is an important turn in Indian politics. In some ways rivalling the dramatic turn in Bihar.

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