Government to celebrate Swachh Bharat Diwas on Monday
October 2 is also celebrated as the International Day of Non-Violence. On June 15, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly had voted for this.
View ArticleGovernment announces Swacchhata awards
Among the winners is a Delhi-based Facebook citizen group -- 'My Delhi Keep It Clean' -- which is being awarded for promoting efforts to clean public places.
View ArticleSpreading cleanliness should be a collective effort: PM
Swachh Bharat Mission was launched in 2014. It emphasised on active participation by people, broom was made as an instrument to kickstart the swachh mission campaign.
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"Cleanliness is a multi-stakeholder national movement and not just the responsibility of the sanitation personnel and government departments," the president said.
View ArticlePM's resolve to clean India has turned into mass movement: Yogi Adityanath
He said that by 2022, when the country will celebrate 75 years of Independence, the target would be removing all social ills and poverty.
View ArticleThree years of Swachh India: Rural India numbers showing progress
In three years of Swachh Bharat, rural sanitation coverage has increased to 69% from 39%, more than 230-million people in villages have stopped defecating in the open.
View ArticleUttar Pradesh tops all states with 3.2 lakh toilets built in 17 days
UP was followed by Rajasthan, which constructed 2,54,953 toilets, and Karnataka, which got 2,41,708 toilets built in the same period, it said.
View ArticleIndia post payments bank: Branches to help promote financial inclusion, says...
Manoj Sinha exhorted the postal employees to continue reorienting themselves with technological changes and disruptions in order to bring innovative offerings to consumers.
View ArticleEconomic Times concludes the Pharma & Life Sciences Congress 2017
With the Indian Pharmaceuticals market growing ever larger, The Economic Times saw the need to cultivate a platform for researchers, pharmaceuticals industri...
View ArticlePSBs asked to provide customers clean toilets at branches
The 21 PSBs have about 1.25 lakh branches and the six state-owned insurance companies have presence across the country.
View ArticleThis is what govt should do to safeguard tribals’ trade interests
The intervention by the govt to safeguard the tribals’ trade-interests is still pending. The result is that the forest-tribal areas continue to remain hotbeds of Left-wing extremism.
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View ArticleTCLL and Sports Authority Gujarat in pact to train 2000 athletes
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View ArticleCompanies and individuals together planted over 3.5 million trees!
How is the thought of commemorating any event by gifting your loved ones the gift of nature - a tree? This unusual gift is a promise at Grow-Trees.com, which...
View ArticleDark reality of Automobile & Highways growth in India by Ravi Gaikwad
Currently India boast of 4th largest auto market and 3rd largest road networks in the world but this progress and growth has dark side as well. Other than na...
View ArticleSwachh missionaries: How a Jharkhand teacher overcame toilet taboos
She started her fight against open defecation nearly 15 years ago, when she was a school teacher at her village Karangagudi in Basen panchayat of Kersai block of the Simdega district.
View ArticleIn PM Narendra Modi's adopted village, many still go outdoors
Some villagers blame bad construction of toilets, which are already in a dilapidated condition, and others blame old habits.
View ArticleLoo-building effort hits some hurdles
Officials admit that the other big challenge for Swachh Bharat in rural areas is managing liquid waste, which pollutes natural water bodies.
View ArticleMaha govt will 'shame' people who defecate in open: Fadnavis
"Now we have a double responsibility at hand. We have to encourage people to use the record number of toilets created in the last two years," Fadnavis said.
View ArticlePresident Ram Nath Kovind hails Amitabh Bachchan for his role towards making...
"We keep watching the advertisements of famous actor Amitabh Bachchanji on TV. There are two-three of such ads -- one of the concepts being 'Darwaja band to bimari band'.
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