Swachh Bharat

Centre lays down 75-point climate-friendly agenda under Mission LiFE

Initiatives cover actions under seven categories--energy, water saving, single-use plastic, sustainable food systems, waste reduction (Swachhata actions), healthy lifestyle, and e-waste

8.4 mn-kg of waste collected under Swachh Bharat 2022 drive: Anurag Thakur

He urged the youth to dedicate two days coinciding with the Diwali festival to keep the surroundings clean

UP: Union Minister Anurag Thakur launches month-long Swachh Bharat campaign

Union Minister Anurag Thakur launched the month-long nationwide Swachh Bharat campaign here on Saturday and said a target of collecting 100 lakh kg of plastic waste from across the country has been set this year. "Last year more than 75 lakh kg plastic waste was collected under this campaign and this time, a target has been set to collect 100 lakh kg plastic waste during the campaign which will run from October 1 to 31," Thakur said at an event here. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stressed on making the country clean, beautiful and empowered through cleanliness. "Last year too, we started this cleanliness campaign from Sangam city itself," he said. The Union Minister said lakhs of youths will collect plastic waste under this campaign. Everyone has to fulfill the responsibility of saving Mother Earth together, he said. After the program, the minister reached the Sangam bank collected plastic waste along with volunteers of Nehru Yuva Kendra, National Service Scheme and a l

India at 75: People made Swachh Bharat a success, says PM Narendra Modi

Modi announced the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission from October 2, 2014, to be accomplished by 2019, the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi

Independence Day: Centre issues advisory to states over Covid protocols

Ministry of Home Affairs advisory comes at a time when India is reporting over 15,000 Covid-19 cases each day

Swachh Bharat: PM Modi picks up litter at newly-inaugurated tunnel in Delhi

The Prime Minister inaugurated the main tunnel and five underpasses of the Pragati Maidan Integrated Transit Corridor Project in New Delhi today

India's clean cities in pics: Indore on top for 4th time in row; see list

The Swachh Survekshan awards 2020, the fifth annual cleanliness survey of the country were announced by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri

PM Modi to announce results of 'Swachh Survekshan 2020' on Thursday

Swachh Survekshan was introduced by the government with the objective of generating large-scale citizen participation in the Mission

Project Lion to clean energy: On I-Day, PM announces plans for environment

He announced the government's big plans for Ladakh, which became a union territory in 2019

Shekhar Gupta: Modi and his politics of messaging

Modi knows who he needs to speak to, who he should toss, and who he can address in kind. So, poke fun at taali, thaali, diya and mombatti. He couldn't care less

22nd Law Commission, Rs 4,558 cr for dairy farming: Key Cabinet decisions

The second phase of Swachh Bharat will start soon, Javadekar added

'Swachh Bharat' now a people's movement, big success for Modi govt: Rajnath

The defence minister said people's participation has continuously been increasing in the 'Swachhta Abhiyan'.

Funds to cleaning drives, India Inc marks its presence in Swachh Bharat

At a time when Swachh Bharat is coinciding with the ban on single-use plastic, many corporate groups are looking at the two issues together

Over 16 crore rural households have access to toilets: Govt tells LS

Shekhawat said out of the over 16.34 crore rural households which have access to toilets, 2.84 crore are in Uttar Pradesh, 1.59 crore in Bihar and 1.37 crore in West Bengal

Govt's clean diktat to airlines: Promote Swachh Bharat, get flying rights

This is part of Swachh Bharat Pakhwada - a 15-day drive organised by all government ministries to promote cleanliness and sanitation

Letter to BS: Swachh Bharat could have been more than building toilets

The government may also consider introducing bio-toilets on long-distance trains

Letter to BS: Govt deserves applause for sustaining 'Swachh Bharat'

The slogan for the scheme 'one step towards cleanliness' gives us confidence that the government will now set more measurable targets for other aspects of cleanliness

A laudable achievement

But Swachh Bharat could have been more than building toilets

Explained in numbers: How govt saved on costs by building toilets

The economic benefits of having a toilet

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