ODF India: Is a critical government survey on toilet access, use being withheld?
According to high-level government sources, the survey results contradict the government’s open-defecation free status claim
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
Sustained focus, behaviour change needed to make people use new toilets: study
Adding a behaviour change component to sanitation programmes can motivate people to use toilets, it finds
All that crap: How can faecal sludge be reused
If more people in India’s rural areas are building septic tanks, there must be effective ways of managing faecal sludge. Here are some ways …
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 …
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
Swachh Bharat Mission: Haryana’s race for ODF tag pushed people in debt traps
Villagers were forced to construct toilets, but were not given subsidy promised under SBM
"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 …
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
Swachh Bharat Mission: Water shortage drives people in Marathwada to open fields
Maharashtra’s rain-shadow region has had so little rain in the last four years that residents don’t have enough water to flush …
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 …
Swachh Bharat Mission: How model villages in Odisha quit ODF
Every household now has an extra toilet, due to SBM. Yet people are forced to defecate in the open because of acute water scarcity …
Economic Survey 2018-19: Swachh Bharat needs to move to next level
Document declares that since toilets have been built, the focus will now shift to solid waste management
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 …
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
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 …
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
ODF Plus: Step up or lose
India cannot sustain its next round of sanitation campaign without managing its faecal waste
Union Budget 2019-20: Focus shifts to SBM phase 2, women’s role in it
The mission will now aim to turn waste into energy and better solid waste management in rural areas
In the Parliament on July 19, 2018
Here’s a round-up of today’s debates and reports on environmental and developmental issues
Gram panchayats get more funds for Swachh Bharat activities
Mandatory for lowest tier elected bodies to use half the funds allocated under 15th Finance Commission
Swachh Bharat is now about toilets built, not change in attitude: Experts
At a book launch in New Delhi, sanitation experts say the scheme has defeated the purpose of community-led total sanitation approach
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 …
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