Sanitation workers: They clean our poop and face a lot of dangers; here is how

Is Swachh Bharat being achieved at the cost of the health and safety of sanitation workers? Or by funding for infrastructure?

Global Hunger Index: The labyrinth of India’s eternal tryst with hunger and malnutrition

There is a need to pay attention to the understanding of the factors that stand as barriers between nutrition-orirnted policies and their goals …

Is India really open-defecation-free? Here’s what numbers say

15% of the total population in India defecates in the open in India, according to WASH report 2021

Punjab closer to ODF sustainability with community toilet guidelines

Recommendations not clear on how to treat waste, reuse groundwater   

Shocking irregularities found by CAG among toilets constructed in govt schools

Toilets were non-existent, partially constructed, did not have water, were not hygienic and had many other shortcomings

Swachh Bharat Mission Phase II guidelines released

Safe toilets, with well managed black and grey water, are the need of the hour, particularly in rural areas

Fast track work on ODF+ and ODF++: Parliamentary panel to govt

Less than 30% of cities certified as ODF+ under Phase 2 of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban-2), the panel’s report found

Only 71.3% rural households have access to toilets, shows NSSO data

The report's findings trashes the grand claim of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that India is now open defecation free

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: What are the barriers for toilet construction

Ability to raise the initial funds, lack of space in urban slums and lack of awareness is hampering the sanitation programme

Govt shifts focus to sustaining sanitation coverage

The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation prepares a rural sanitation strategy to maintain open-defecation free status and clear up waste issues

Nudge for better policy results, but cautiously

Nudge, as a tool, is often criticised because it rests on the fundamental premise of ‘libertarian paternalism’

SBM 2.0 focussed on ODF sustainability: Govt

Swachh Bharat Mission has been one of the key missions of Narendra Modi-led government since its launch in 2014. It aims to make India Open …

Union Budget 2019-20: Same old wheel, neither oiled nor cleaned

The precipitous economic situation requires government to take control of the economy rather than sub-contract it to private capital

NITI Aayog meeting: PM finally comes around to the existence of water, agrarian crises

These issues existed before elections and persist now. Difference: nobody from the government was owning it up and now they are recognising the …

As ODF deadline nears, govt should focus on key areas

While we near the deadline of October 2, 2019 for ODF, concerns like non-functional toilets, poor sewage and drainage systems, lack of water, and …

Is the ODF status for Kanpur a myth?

From shortage of toilets to age-old habits, Kanpur throws up a contradictory picture

Does rural India have enough water to sustain open-defecation free status?

While India is inching closer to being ODF, less than 20 per cent of rural households have piped water supply

What happens to our excreta? Shit Flow Diagrams will help you track

Open-defecation free status is fine, but ensuring sustainable management of our faecal sludge is crucial

Pollution 'time bomb' ticking for Ganga despite ODF

India is on the verge of being declared open-defecation free but the next big challenge is to safely dispose millions of tonnes of shit in our …

World Water Day: Solving water issues key to achieving ODF status

Here’s an example of a village in Nagaland that journeyed from being one of the most backward districts in India to being open defecation free

Swachh Survekshan 2019 throws up contradictions

Indore, Ambikapur and Mysuru win the top spots in Surveskhan 2019

Building toilets in rural schools is not enough, they have to be usable too

Around 23 per cent of rural schools have unusable toilets and 11.5 per cent have no separate toilets for girls, finds the 13th ASER report 

Agenda for 2019

The governance blueprint to combat major environmental problems must be institutionalised and strictly enforced

Building toilets won’t make India open defecation free: World Bank study

The research analysed attitudes of people in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur, all of whom had toilets in their houses. Almost half were unwilling …

World Toilet Day: How scientists tried to gauge what people think about sanitation

What made a simple experiment a roller coaster ride was not the process of changing behaviour, but the task of measuring it