PMO orders huge cuts in social sector spending for 2015-16
Employment guarantee, rural road and sanitation schemes among those likely to be affected
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
Worthy alternative
A new field experiment shows that fertiliser derived from faecal sludge can improve crop yields
Swachh Bharat Mission’s progress “very lethargic”: Parliamentary report
Rs 14,088 crore unspent under Swachh Bharat Gramin between April 2017 and May 2018
Simply put: ODF India
Modi declares India ODF
Sustaining the status the next big challenge
Union Budget 2020-21: Constant decline in Swachh Bharat Mission allocation
Output indicators of the allocation unclear
Unused toilets prompt Haryana to tweak Swachh Bharat Mission
State adds 'cleanliness' as important prerequisite for receiving subsidy
Bonded labour, child labour: Manual scavenging in India far from being eradicated
More than 90% manual scavengers were never recorded through the PEMSR Act
Swachh Survekshan Gramin reports 62% toilet coverage, surveys 0.72% villages in India
Toilet construction, rather than usage, seems to be the focus of the survey report
Not yet clean
Swachh Bharat Mission completes two years, but India is far from achieving its goal.
Swachh Bharat Mission: The last push
Over 100 million toilets in five years took a lot of effort; the change is showing now
As told to Parliament (July 3, 2019): 88 people died cleaning sewers in 3 years
All that was discussed in the House through the day
What is the status of dumpsite remediation across India
Total of 13 states and three UTs are lagging behind the target
As told to Parliament (July 22, 2019): States asked to form biotechnology coordination panels against GM crops
Interactive map to monitor gaps in sanitation launched
The map will help monitor the progress in the construction of toilets in all districts
World Toilet Day: India now aims to build one toilet every two seconds
The country needs to play a major role in reducing open defecation