Centre asks mining companies to contribute to Swachh Bharat Mission projects

With CSR investments likely to boost funding for SBM projects, the DMF must now be used only to address other pressing issues in mining-affected areas

Budget 2018: To make India open defecation-free, Centre must invest less in building toilets

The focus should be on educating people and building capacity for effective implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission

Budget 2018: Swachh Bharat Mission funds cut down

For the first time in the last four years, the allocation for the sanitation programme was reduced

Weak municipalities, governance failure stalling progress of Swachh Bharat: experts

The panelists suggested that the Centre should find ways to reform governance and change attitudes

Can a cash-on-delivery model work for global aid?

As rich nations try to heal the scars of 2008 global financial crisis through deep budget cuts and protectionist policies, business models like …

Findings of nationwide rural sanitation survey leave several questions unanswered

The claim that 93.4 per cent of rural households are using toilets is somewhat questionable

No toilet built in Delhi under Swachh Bharat Mission; Rs 40 crore remains unused: CAG

The implementing agencies ignored toilet requirements in unauthorised colonies, showing scant concerns for public convenience, says the report

Global goal, local fight

The success of Swachh Bharat Mission will decide if the world will achieve its goal of being open defecation-free

Rush for toilet construction continues

There has been a massive spike in constructing toilets in record time in Gonda district, but it remains to be seen whether it would lead to real …

Swachh Bharat Mission will achieve ODF target much before October 2019, but...

The country needs both financial and administrative attention towards ensuring effective management and disposal of solid and liquid waste

The plastic trail of the Ganga from mountain to sea

Despite campaigns for cleanliness, India has ignored the massive proliferation of plastics along rivers like the Ganga, in towns and villages, …

Minister claims Ganga will be 70-80% cleaner by March 2019, but is it realistic?

So far, the government has focussed largely on curbing flow of untreated sewage into the river, but not on managing faecal sludge

More than 50% rural households across 5 states are still without toilets

The low performance of these 5 states can prevent India from achieving 100 % toilet coverage by October 2019

In the Parliament on July 19, 2018

Here’s a round-up of today’s debates and reports on environmental and developmental issues

Swachh Bharat Mission’s progress “very lethargic”: Parliamentary report

Rs 14,088 crore unspent under Swachh Bharat Gramin between April 2017 and May 2018

"Swachh Bharat Mission echoes sterilisation campaign of 70s"

A new book exposes the lacunae in the way India manages its waste and recommends changes in practices and attitudes toward waste. Robin Jeffrey …

This is what Africa can learn from India's sanitation story

Despite the limitations of the Indian model of sanitation, Africa can draw inspiration from its many positive aspects

In hurry to build 40 toilets a minute, did govt forget about safe sanitation?

CAG reports of Gujarat and Uttarakhand, which are ODF status holders, say many toilets only exist on paper and several are defunct

World Toilet Day: Why future of Swachh Bharat Mission remains unsure

The success of Swachh Bharat Mission depends not on toilet construction but whether India can sustain efforts to remain open defecation free …

India’s sanitation economy to double by 2021

It would be worth $62 billion in three years and the credit would go to Swachh Bharat Mission, say speakers at 18th World Toilet Summit

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 …

Focus on community sanitary complexes: Standing Committee to govt

In its latest report on the status of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen), the Standing Committee on Rural Development said that community …

Despite toilets in place, a quarter of rural population stuck to open defecation

New study on changes in open defecation in rural North India says pace of toilet construction increased under Swachh Bharat Mission, but there …

Findings of annual rural sanitation survey questionable

The claim of 96.5 per cent rural households having access to toilets with potential usage is somewhat doubtful, especially in a scenario where …

What’s holding back India’s complete ODF status?

A few laggard states needing appropriate technology and behavioural intervention are the final hurdle in order to achieve 100% household coverage …