Swacch Bharat Mission

Mumbai to be transformed in 90 days under Swachha Maharashtra campaign: CM

Mumbai would undergo a transformation in 90 days under the new urban renewal plan unveiled by the state government, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said here on Friday. He was speaking after the launch of the Swachha Maharashtra Abhiyan (Urban) 2.0 here. Cleanliness in cities should become a mass movement, Shinde said, adding that sanitation workers are the brand ambassadors of the new campaign. His government has prepared an ambitious plan for Mumbai's transformation under which 450 roads will be concretised and the health infrastructure in the city will be strengthened, the chief minister said. Speaking on the occasion, deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said cities are centres of growth which generate employment. Under the Swachha Maharashtra campaign, the state's urban areas would be completely transformed, he said. The campaign is modelled on the Union government's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. It will be carried out from October 2 to December 31 and best-performing

Parameswaran Iyer, new Niti Aayog CEO, is an accidental bureaucrat

The man who helmed the Swachh Bharat mission once worked as a journalist and cut vegetables in a hotel

Parameswaran Iyer, credited for Swachh Bharat plan, is new NITI Aayog CEO

He will have a tenure of two years; incumbent Amitabh Kant's term ends on June 30.

Centre issues advisory to states, UTs to phase out single-use plastic

Under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 currently being implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, plastic-waste management, including elimination of SUP, is a crucial area of focus

Media plays a critical role in highlighting govt policies: PM Modi

Modi also spoke about how the country overcame the Covid-19 pandemic and the economic crisis which followed

Recognise those making earnest efforts in field of cleanliness: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said there was a need to prepare a list of cities where a blind eye has been turned towards the cleanliness campaign. Speaking after inaugurating the All India Mayors' Conference in Varanasi via video conferencing, he asked Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri to not only give awards to the city excelling in 'swachata' (cleanliness) but also recognise those making earnest efforts in the field of cleanliness. As many as 120 mayors from across the country are participating in the conference whose theme is 'New Urban India'. Modi welcomed them as the host in the capacity of being a Lok Sabha member from Varanasi. He said that there was need to prepare a list of cities which have turned a blind eye towards the 'swachata abhiyan' and towards other civic amenities. In his address, Modi also suggested hosting a "Nadi Utsav" (river festival) for a week every year involving local citizens. The prime minister also mooted the

PM launches second phases of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban, AMRUT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation

Aim of Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 to make cities garbage-free, says PM Modi

PM Modi said that the journey of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and AMRUT Mission so far is going to make every countryman proud.

PM to launch Swacchh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0 on October 1, says official

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Swacchh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0 on October 1, a senior official in the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said on Friday

India's fact checking on toilets rests on asking the right questions

Accurate data on sanitation behaviour and toilet use can be captured if surveys ask questions on sanitation practices of all individuals in a household instead of one member, say experts

Beyond the sarkari diktat

Book review of Method in the Madness: Insights from My Career as an Insider Outsider Insider

The bare necessities for India

The latest Economic Survey has presented an interesting new index called the Bare Necessities Index. The BNI Index covers five areas that impact the daily lives of a bottom-of-the-pyramid householder

Over 7 mn toilets built in urban areas under Swachh Bharat Mission: Kant

Several transformative initiatives were implemented, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said

Housing & Urban Affairs Ministry celebrates 6 yrs of Swachh Bharat Mission

The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry celebrated the achievements under the Swachh Bharat Mission in the past six years on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on Friday. Speaking at a webinar titled 'Swachhata Ke 6 Saal, Bemisaal', Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri said, "When SBM-U was launched in 2014 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it was with the vision of achieving 'Clean India' by October 2, 2019, the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation." "Today, I feel immensely proud, as well as humbled, to see how every citizen of urban India has come together to make that dream a tangible reality. "This spirit of Jan Andolan and Jan Bhagidari the power of collective action and leveraging a healthy spirit of competition is exemplified by the Swachh Survekshan, the annual cleanliness survey of MoHUA," the Housing and Urban Affairs minister said in a statement. The minister said that in Swachh Survekdhan 2020, over 12 crore citizens have participated. "We will need to f

Modi's Swachh Bharat man, Param Iyer calls it a day as sanitation secy

Iyer was given a year's extension to take on the task of providing drinking water to all households by 2024 in February this year.

Nearly 1.8 million unsafe abortions averted in 2019, says Harsh Vardhan

Vardhan, while chairing a virtual meeting on the occasion of World Population Day, also said that this was achieved due to substantial investment in the family planning programme

Mann Ki Baat: PM calls for movement against single-use plastic from Oct 2

The call for a mass movement came days after Modi's Independence Day's address in which he had urged people to shun 'single-use' plastic to protect the environment

A laudable achievement

But Swachh Bharat could have been more than building toilets

Swachh Bharat tackled stigma attached with toilets head on: Expert

When the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) began, India was at just 39 per cent sanitation coverage, and in only five years, over 100 million rural toilets have been built

PM Modi receives 'Global Goalkeeper' award for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

The cleanliness campaign was launched by the Modi government on Gandhi's birth anniversary on October 2, 2014