Swachh Bharat: From date, significance to PM Modi’s call for ‘Clean India’
1 year, 6 months ago

Swachh Bharat: From date, significance to PM Modi’s call for ‘Clean India’

Live Mint  

The Swachh Bharat Mission was launched on October 2 on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti that commemorates birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi also known as Mahatma, Bapu or Father of the Nation. History The Swachh Bharat Mission was launched on October 2 in the year 2014 by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. In 2021, PM Modi introduced the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 with the objective of making all Indian cities 'Garbage Free' and 'Water Secure.' Significance To accelerate the efforts to achieve open defecation-free status and universal sanitation coverage throughout India and to put the focus on sanitation, the PM Modi launched the Swachh Bharat Mission.

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Hry Swachh Bharat top official reviews sanitation in Gurugram
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Hry Swachh Bharat top official reviews sanitation in Gurugram

Hindustan Times  

The executive vice chairman of the Swachh Bharat Mission Haryana, Subhash Chandra, visited Gurugram on Wednesday to inspect its sanitation conditions and provide guidance for improvements. During his visit, he toured several key locations, including Sadar Bazaar’s vegetable market, community toilets, the Beriwala Bagh secondary garbage collection point, and parts of the National Highway. The executive vice chairman of the …

Haryana CM Saini launches Swachh Kurukshetra Mahasafai Abhiyan
4 months ago

Haryana CM Saini launches Swachh Kurukshetra Mahasafai Abhiyan

New Indian Express  

CHANDIGARH: Following the footsteps of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini launched `Swachh Kurukshetra Mahasafai Abhiyan’ in Kurukshetra today. After inaugurating the ‘Swachh Kurukshetra Mahasafai Abhiyan’ in Thanesar city, CM Saini also flagged off the ‘Swachhata Rath’, initiated to ensure cleanliness in Kurukshetra ahead of International Gita Mahotsav. During the event, hundreds of people joined the …

Swachh Bharat Mission: Creating jobs, transforming lives
6 months ago

Swachh Bharat Mission: Creating jobs, transforming lives

Hindustan Times  

In 2014, India took a collective pledge to ensure cleanliness, health, and hygiene for all its citizens through the Swachh Bharat Mission. By promoting sustainable waste management practices, the mission has empowered communities, improved public health, and sparked a cultural shift towards hygiene. Swachh Bharat Mission {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} While the impact of SBM on public health has been …

Building on the gains of Swachh Bharat Mission
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Building on the gains of Swachh Bharat Mission

Hindustan Times  

Swachh Bharat Mission is set to complete 10 years. But now the Mission faces the more slippery world of solid and liquid waste management, compared to the provision of low flush, twin-pit toilets across needy communities. Only 248 of the cities have broadly reached the parameters of Garbage Free Cities covering aspects of collection, segregation, storage, scientific processing, cleaning of …

Swachh Bharat Mission: Local bodies minister seeks report on utilisation of funds in Ludhiana
1 year, 2 months ago

Swachh Bharat Mission: Local bodies minister seeks report on utilisation of funds in Ludhiana

Hindustan Times  

In the backdrop of Ludhiana city’s poor ranking in the Swachh Survekshan awards 2023, local bodies minister Balkar Singh has instructed the municipal corporation commissioner and additional deputy commissioner to provide a detailed report on the allocation and utilisation of funds under the Swachh Bharat Mission and other associated schemes for development of the city. The directive mentions a comprehensive …

Indore again named as ‘cleanest city’ in India for seventh time in a row. Check full list
1 year, 2 months ago

Indore again named as ‘cleanest city’ in India for seventh time in a row. Check full list

Hindustan Times  

Indore and Surat were jointly declared the cleanest cities in India in the Swachh Survekshan Awards-2023, presented by President Droupadi Murmu at the Bharat Mandapam on Thursday. For the eighth edition of the survey, 3,000 assessors fanned out across 4,500 cities to record a city’s performance on 46 parameters, including waste collection, inclusive toilets and improved plastic waste management. Launching …

Revolutionising rural sanitation: India's Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen
1 year, 3 months ago

Revolutionising rural sanitation: India's Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen

Hindustan Times  

India's sanitation landscape is undergoing a transformative change, with the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen Phase II marking a remarkable achievement: five lakh+ villages have been declared Open Defecation Free Plus. The key to the success of Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen Phase I was an effective communication strategy that included mass awareness campaigns, behaviour change communication, and the formation of local …

Half of country’s population will be living in cities in few decades: Union Minister Kishore
1 year, 3 months ago

Half of country’s population will be living in cities in few decades: Union Minister Kishore

The Hindu  

Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishore said on December 15, that the ongoing rapid urbanisation in India could lead to nearly half of the country’s population living in cities in the next few decades. Mr. Koshore said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already launched various schemes for the welfare of city dwellers keeping in mind …

Embracing Incremental Steps for Monumental Sanitation Reforms
1 year, 4 months ago

Embracing Incremental Steps for Monumental Sanitation Reforms

News 18  

To understand the role of sanitation on our behavior and lives, it is pertinent to know about the broken window theory. The Bharat story, it’s tryst with building a movement around sanitation through Swachh Bharat Abhiyan stems out as a tale of triumph in the war field of mind and habits. The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, initiated by our Honorable Prime …

Swachh Bharat: From JP Nadda, Amit Shah to Eknath Shinde cleans Indian streets
1 year, 6 months ago

Swachh Bharat: From JP Nadda, Amit Shah to Eknath Shinde cleans Indian streets

Live Mint  

Political leaders from across the country joined hands and actively participated in the call for cleanliness drive by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is all about that Swachh and Swasth Bharat vibe!” Union Home Minister Amit Shah participated in the 'Shramdaan for cleanliness' program under the 'Swachhata Hi Seva' campaign in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. BJP President JP Nadda and Union Minister …

Watch: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli's ‘Swachhata Hi Sewa’ message ahead of Gandhi Jayanti
1 year, 6 months ago

Watch: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli's ‘Swachhata Hi Sewa’ message ahead of Gandhi Jayanti

Hindustan Times  

Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for 'Ek Tareekh, Ek Ghanta, Ek Saath' campaign for cleanliness, as many as five Indian cricketers, including Team India captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, will participate in a cleanliness drive on Saturday part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Team India captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in a cleanliness drive video message. In …

PM Modi along with fitness influencer Ankit Baiyanpuriya joins 'Swachhata Hi Seva' campaign | WATCH
1 year, 6 months ago

PM Modi along with fitness influencer Ankit Baiyanpuriya joins 'Swachhata Hi Seva' campaign | WATCH

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday participated in the cleanliness drive with wrestler Ankit Baiyanpuriya. People from all walks of life, from politicians to students, participated in an hour-long "shramdaan" on Sunday, responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal for a nationwide cleanliness drive. PM Modi participates in 'Swachhata Hi Seva' campaign The video shows the prime minister and Baiyanpuriya …

Ahead of Gandhi Jayanti, PM Modi calls upon people across nation for cleanliness drive
1 year, 6 months ago

Ahead of Gandhi Jayanti, PM Modi calls upon people across nation for cleanliness drive

Hindustan Times  

Calling upon people across the country to take part in a cleanliness drive on October 1 beginning at 10 am, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that Swachh Bharat is a shared responsibility, and every effort counts. Earlier in 2021, PM Modi launched Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 to make all Indian cities 'Garbage Free' and 'Water Secure'. Swachh Bharat …

Like Swachh Bharat, BMC Should Launch ‘Clean Mumbai, Healthy Mumbai’ Campaign: Guardian Minister Lodha
1 year, 7 months ago

Like Swachh Bharat, BMC Should Launch ‘Clean Mumbai, Healthy Mumbai’ Campaign: Guardian Minister Lodha

News 18  

Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Guardian Minister of Mumbai suburban area, has written to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation chief Iqbal Singh Chahal, demanding that a ‘Clean Mumbai, Healthy Mumbai’ campaign involving citizens be started on the lines of Swachh Bharat. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the ‘Swachh Bharat’ campaign on Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary in 2014 with a vision to make …

City-wide inclusive sanitation: Why it is pathway to scaling sustainable and safe sanitation systems
2 years, 1 month ago

City-wide inclusive sanitation: Why it is pathway to scaling sustainable and safe sanitation systems

Firstpost  

Universal access to safely managed sanitation is a human right. Enabling equitable and sustainable service delivery for urban poor communities Ensuring toilet access and improving sanitation services for low-income communities emerged as a priority in Trichy. Customised first-aid training for sanitation workers and DSOs, including sensitisation sessions on the safe disposal of fecal sludge, were also conducted to build capacity …

Mission Swachhta Aur Paani: Women, Children Worked Like Whistleblowers for 'Swachh Bharat', Says Jal Shakti Minister
2 years, 4 months ago

Mission Swachhta Aur Paani: Women, Children Worked Like Whistleblowers for 'Swachh Bharat', Says Jal Shakti Minister

News 18  

Union jal shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat highlighted the importance of women and children as a driving force to mobilise India for better sanitation and said his “mission and ministry” were empowered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision and people’s participation. “People’s participation was the most important aspect; this success is because of those people who contributed to Swachh Bharat …

SBM: Collective effort for scaling up social change
2 years, 6 months ago

SBM: Collective effort for scaling up social change

Hindustan Times  

It has been eight years since the Government of India launched the celebrated Swachh Bharat Mission or Clean India Mission to accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage in the country. The unique convergence and collaborative effort would help attain Water, Sanitation and Hygiene service delivery, which are amongst the key components of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin and the …

Swachhata Diwas, Mahatma Gandhi and Narendra Modi's dream of a clean India
2 years, 6 months ago

Swachhata Diwas, Mahatma Gandhi and Narendra Modi's dream of a clean India

Firstpost  

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has been one of the most ambitious public initiatives India has ever seen Launched as a campaign in 2014 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is India’s largest cleanliness drive to date with three million government employees, school students, and college students from all parts of India participating in 4,041 statutory cities, towns and …

Swachh Bharat or Modi@72: The Prime Minister for Cleanliness on World Cleanup Day
2 years, 6 months ago

Swachh Bharat or Modi@72: The Prime Minister for Cleanliness on World Cleanup Day

Firstpost  

World Cleanup Day is an annual global social action campaign aimed at tackling the global solid waste problem, which even includes marine debris. On 15 September, 2018, more than 17.6 million individuals in 157 countries celebrated; on 21 September, 2019, more than 21.2 million people from 180 countries will participate in World Cleanup Day; on 19 September, 2020, more than …

PM Narendra Modi Turns 72: A look at flagship schemes rolled out by his government
2 years, 6 months ago

PM Narendra Modi Turns 72: A look at flagship schemes rolled out by his government

Firstpost  

From Make in India to PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, here are five flagship schemes started by the Modi government Since coming to power in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a number of social welfare programs and initiatives aimed at benefiting the people living in the society. From Swachh Bharat Abhiyan to the Make In India campaign, the PM …

Mohan Guruswamy | What has led to failure of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan?
3 years, 1 month ago

Mohan Guruswamy | What has led to failure of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan?

Deccan Chronicle  

Visiting the Banaras Hindu University on February 4, 1916, Mahatma Gandhi in his address said: “I visited the Vishvanath temple last evening. He also hoped to build 100 smart cities with 24x7 drinking water, zero garbage disposal and total solid waste management with full-scale drainage and sewage systems. Projecting that, a hundred new cities with an average of a million …

Decoding India's 100% ODF Status
3 years, 2 months ago

Decoding India's 100% ODF Status

News 18  

The Central government has recently rolled out Swachh Bharat Mission 2 after an unprecedented success of the first phase. In the first phase of Swachh Bharat Mission over 11 crore toilets were built in rural India in five years from 2014-2019. Today when the country has been declared free from open defecation, challenges like non-functioning toilets, inadequate drainage and sewerage …

Over 60 lakh people participated in 'Swachhta Hi Seva' campaign: Government
3 years, 5 months ago

Over 60 lakh people participated in 'Swachhta Hi Seva' campaign: Government

India TV News  

Over 60 lakh people participated in the 'Swachhta Hi Seva' initiative, which seeks to reinforce the concept of sanitation as everybody's business, under the Swachh Bharat Mission, the Jal Shakti Ministry said on Saturday. The over two-week-long initiative was organised by the ministry's Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation as part of the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' celebrations under phase …

Chandigarh civic body signs MoU with administration, centre for urban transformation
3 years, 6 months ago

Chandigarh civic body signs MoU with administration, centre for urban transformation

India Today  

In a bid to achieve urban transformation and boost the water and sanitation supply in the city, Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, administration and the central government digitally signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding on Friday. Coincidentally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also launched Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0 and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0 yesterday. 20,000 new water connections …

Swachh Bharat second phase launched; flagship scheme aims to make cities free of garbage, ensure safe water
3 years, 6 months ago

Swachh Bharat second phase launched; flagship scheme aims to make cities free of garbage, ensure safe water

Firstpost  

Under the new phase, it will be ensured that no untreated drain waste is discharged into any river of the country, Modi said after launching SBM-U 2.0 and AMRUT 2.0 at the Ambedkar International Centre in Delhi New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation …

PM Launches Second Phase of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban, AMRUT
3 years, 6 months ago

PM Launches Second Phase of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban, AMRUT

News 18  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban and the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation, asserting that these missions were aimed at making the cities garbage free and water secure. SBM-U 2.0 envisions to make all cities garbage free and ensure grey and black water management in all cities …

PM Modi Launches Second Phase Of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban & AMRUT | Key Points
3 years, 6 months ago

PM Modi Launches Second Phase Of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban & AMRUT | Key Points

ABP News  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation via virtual conference on Friday. PM Modi further said that this 2nd phase of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 & AMRUT 2.0 is also an important step in fulfilling the dreams of BR Ambedkar. Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 …

PM Modi to launch Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 and AMRUT 2.0 today
3 years, 6 months ago

PM Modi to launch Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 and AMRUT 2.0 today

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0 at 11 AM, tomorrow at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi. In line with the vision of the Prime Minister, SBM-U 2.0 and AMRUT 2.0 have been designed to realize the aspiration to make all our cities ‘Garbage Free’ and …

Indore, India's cleanest city is now country's first 'water plus' city
3 years, 7 months ago

Indore, India's cleanest city is now country's first 'water plus' city

India TV News  

Indore, the country's cleanest city, has now been declared the first "water plus" city of India under the Swachh Survekshan 2021, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said. Informing about the work done to achieve this tag, Indore district collector Manish Singh said, "According to the guidelines of Water Plus Protocol of Swachh Survekshan, 1,746 public and 5,624 domestic …

Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 to focus on waste management
4 years, 7 months ago

Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 to focus on waste management

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: The Union government is working on a second phase of their flagship Swachh Bharat Mission. The Swachh Bharat Mission was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014 to make the country garbage and open defecation free. According to the government, since the launch of the scheme 62.09 lakh individual household toilets, 5.94 lakh community toilets have been …

PM Modi says rural India has declared itself open defecation free
5 years, 5 months ago

PM Modi says rural India has declared itself open defecation free

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Rural India has declared itself open defecation free, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday as he marked the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi at Sabarmati riverfront in Gujarat. “Today, rural India, its people, have declared themselves open defecation free,” Modi said. The National Democratic Alliance government launched the Swachh Bharat Mission in 2014 to make India …

Narendra Modi receives Global Goalkeeper award by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for Swachh Bharat mission
5 years, 6 months ago

Narendra Modi receives Global Goalkeeper award by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for Swachh Bharat mission

Firstpost  

Stressing that the success of the campaign could not be measured in numbers, Modi said the poor people and the women of India were benefitted the most by it Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Wednesday conferred the “Global Goalkeeper” award by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by his government. He dedicated the …

PM Modi continues 'swachhta abhiyan' outside India | Watch
5 years, 6 months ago

PM Modi continues 'swachhta abhiyan' outside India | Watch

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi keeps an eye for cleanliness even outside India, showing to the world that he practises what he preaches. On his arrival at the George Bush Intercontinental airport here on Saturday for the "Howdy, Modi" community event, the prime minister was presented with a bouquet of flowers by an American dignitary, receiving him along with US Ambassador …

PM Modi to be honoured by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for Swachch Bharat Abhiyan
5 years, 6 months ago

PM Modi to be honoured by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for Swachch Bharat Abhiyan

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be honoured with the prestigious 'Global Goalkeeper Award' next week by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for his leadership and commitment to improve access to sanitation in India. Modi will be presented with the 2019 'Global Goalkeeper Award', which according to the Foundation is a "special recognition" that celebrates a political leader who has …

How Swachh Bharat Mission helped millions live with dignity
5 years, 6 months ago

How Swachh Bharat Mission helped millions live with dignity

India TV News  

Launched five years ago, the Swachh Bharat Mission announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on the verge making India a completely open defecation free, enabling people to embrace change and live their lives with dignity. When Modi visits the US later in September, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will honour the success of Swachh Bharat Mission that has …

How Swachh Bharat Mission helped millions live with dignity
5 years, 6 months ago

How Swachh Bharat Mission helped millions live with dignity

The Quint  

New Delhi, Sep 15 Launched five years ago, the Swachh Bharat Mission announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on the verge making India a completely open defecation free, enabling people to embrace change and live their lives with dignity. When Modi visits the US later in September, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will honour the success of Swachh …

10 crore toilets built under Swachh Bharat Mission: President Ram Nath Kovind
5 years, 6 months ago

10 crore toilets built under Swachh Bharat Mission: President Ram Nath Kovind

India TV News  

Around 10 crore toilets have been built under the Swachh Bharat Mission, and with this there has been a change in the attitude of 55 crore people who have ceased the practise of defecating in open, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Friday. Recalling the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention held in 2018, he said several countries want to learn …

Nearing completion Swachh Bharat Mission sees cut in allocation: Official
5 years, 8 months ago

Nearing completion Swachh Bharat Mission sees cut in allocation: Official

India TV News  

Governments much publicised Swachh Bharat Mission aims to enhance the level of sanitation in India and make the country open defecation free seems to be on its way out making way as other important schemes on solid waste management and drinking water is expected to get higher funding. Swachh Bharat Mission which was an election plank in 2014-15 as a …

'Swachh Bharat' needs to become 'Sundar Bharat': Economic Survey
5 years, 8 months ago

'Swachh Bharat' needs to become 'Sundar Bharat': Economic Survey

The Quint  

New Delhi, July 4 Swachh Bharat Abhiyan - one of the flagship schemes of the Modi government - has been a great success and will take the country towards a 'Sundar' Bharat, according to the Economic Survey. "Going forward, the Swachh Bharat mission needs to incorporate environmental and water management issues for sustainable improvements in the long term," said the …

Economic Survey: Many states became open defecation free since launch of Swachh Bharat
5 years, 8 months ago

Economic Survey: Many states became open defecation free since launch of Swachh Bharat

The Hindu  

Many states have achieved 100% open defecation free status and individual household latrine coverage since the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission, one of the largest cleanliness drives in the world, the Economic Survey 2018-19 said Thursday. The survey document, tabled in Parliament, said since the launch of the flagship programme in October 2014, over 9.5 crore toilets have been built …

Study by UNICEF reveals considerable reduction in groundwater and soil contamination due to Swachh Bharat Mission
5 years, 9 months ago

Study by UNICEF reveals considerable reduction in groundwater and soil contamination due to Swachh Bharat Mission

Op India  

A UNICEF study launched on the World Environment Day 2019, has revealed that ‘Swachh Bharat’ initiative under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has considerably reduced groundwater contamination in Open Defecation Free regions. Another study launched on the same day by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation confirmed that ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ scheme had mobilized around Rs 23,000 crore for creating awareness on …

NDA government's 'Swachh Bharat Mission' in villages has reduced groundwater contamination, reveals UNICEF study
5 years, 9 months ago

NDA government's 'Swachh Bharat Mission' in villages has reduced groundwater contamination, reveals UNICEF study

Firstpost  

These studies, commissioned by UNICEF and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, were launched on World Environment Day and aimed at assessing the environmental impact and communication footprint of the Swachh Bharat Mission respectively. He also said a WHO study conducted in 2018 had estimated that the Swachh Bharat mission will save over three lakh lives by the time India …

93% of rural households now have access to toilets, over 9 crore toilets built under Swachh Bharat Mission
6 years ago

93% of rural households now have access to toilets, over 9 crore toilets built under Swachh Bharat Mission

Op India  

Under the NDA government’s flagship scheme the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’, over 93 percent of rural households in India now have access to toilets out of which around 96.5 percent households have used the facility. A national survey, conducted by an Independent Agency under the World Bank support to #SwachBharatMission, has found that 93.4% of households in rural India who have …

‘Swachh Bharat campaign is an insult’
6 years, 4 months ago

‘Swachh Bharat campaign is an insult’

The Hindu  

The All India Central Council of Trade Unions on Friday held a national convention with the clarion call ‘Listen to the Voice of Sanitation Workers’, bringing together sanitation workers and their representatives from all over the country. The convention, organised at Jantar Mantar, sought to reproach the BJP government’s flagship Swachh Bharat Mission as mere “political hogwash”. The workers and …

World Bank lauds Swachh Bharat Mission as the world’s biggest sanitation movement
6 years, 5 months ago

World Bank lauds Swachh Bharat Mission as the world’s biggest sanitation movement

Op India  

The government of India got yet another shot in the arm on Monday, October 1, 2018, when the World Bank heaped praise on Indian government’s Swachh Bharat Mission. Giving full credit to PM Modi for spearheading the Swachh Bharat mission, the vice president of the World Bank South-East Asia region, Hartwig Schafer, said that it is not just a sanitation …

4 years of Swachh Bharat: WHO lauds Narendra Modi government, but study warns against mismanagement of waste
6 years, 6 months ago

4 years of Swachh Bharat: WHO lauds Narendra Modi government, but study warns against mismanagement of waste

Firstpost  

Marking the celebrations of Gandgi Jayanti, a day that coincides with the launch of India’s Swachh Bharat Mission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that even after 70 years of independence, Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of a clean India remained unfulfilled and claimed that his government had covered significant ground but needed to do more. Marking the celebrations of Gandhi Jayanti — …

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has become people's movement: Jaitley
6 years, 6 months ago

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has become people's movement: Jaitley

The Quint  

New Delhi, Sep 15 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday described the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan as "the most successful" scheme of the Modi government which has become a "people's movement". The Minister said SBM has witnessed a "phenomenal increase" in rural sanitation from 39 per cent to 92 per cent in the last four years. Pointing out that initially, people …

Swachhata Hi Seva campaign: Yogi Adityanath says sanitation mission helped Uttar Pradesh realise 'distant dream' of cleanliness
6 years, 6 months ago

Swachhata Hi Seva campaign: Yogi Adityanath says sanitation mission helped Uttar Pradesh realise 'distant dream' of cleanliness

Firstpost  

Hasanpur: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath asserted that the introduction of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has helped the state government realise the “distant dream” of cleanliness. After March 2017, the movement towards a Swachh Bharat got a boost in our state,” he said while interacting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier in the day during the Swachhta Hi Seva …

Contribution of women in Swachh Bharat Mission immense: Modi
6 years, 6 months ago

Contribution of women in Swachh Bharat Mission immense: Modi

The Quint  

New Delhi, Sep 15 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the contribution of India's 'Nari Shakti' in the Swachh Bharat Mission was immense. "The contribution of India's Nari Shakti in the Swachh Bharat Mission is immense," Modi said while launching the 'Swachhata Hi Seva Movement'. Modi also said that till October 2, which is Gandhi Jayanti, "let us …

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