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
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 …
Despite Centre's advisory, people are still intimidated into ending open defecation
In Rajasthan last month, local district administration arrested locals for defecating in the open and ordered discontinuation of electricity …
A clean bonanza
A water-starved village in southern Odisha revives its waterbodies to achieve total sanitation, puts an end to migration
World Bank approves $ 1.5 billion loan for rural sanitation programme
The project will result in bringing significant health benefits to the poor and the vulnerable sections living in rural areas
Swachh Bharat Mission to be a continuing challenge
The fight for open defecation-free status is far from over
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
Punjab closer to ODF sustainability with community toilet guidelines
Recommendations not clear on how to treat waste, reuse groundwater
World will not achieve universal sanitation coverage by 2030: WHO
On the launch of its first global guidelines on sanitation and health, the WHO called for increased investment to reach the goal of toilet for all
Behaviour change at many levels needed to make India open defecation-free
National Consultation on Rural Sanitation calls for triggering mindset change, but lack of credible data on health and sanitation is a challenge
ODF Plus: Step up or lose
India cannot sustain its next round of sanitation campaign without managing its faecal waste
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 Mission: ‘Inducing behavioural change was a task’
Parameswaran Iyer, secretary, Department of Drinking water and Sanitation, spoke to Down To Earth on how intensive information-education-…
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
Economic Survey bats for one-time cash transfer to pregnant women
Investment in maternal health can become a top policy priority of the central government
Mr Modi, how about including garbage in your sanitation deadline?
India is the sixth largest garbage generating country, but has made provision to treat only 12.5 per cent of it
Not yet clean
Swachh Bharat Mission completes two years, but India is far from achieving its goal.
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
Drought hinders efforts to make Maharashtra open defecation-free
The drought scenario in Maharashtra forces us to think what will happen to the ambitious plan of making the state 100 per cent Open Defecation-free
Nigeria needs a more effective sanitation strategy. Here are some ideas
Almost one in four Nigerians – around 50 million people – defecate in open areas
After India becomes ODF, Nigeria faces a mounting challenge
The African nation is set to replace India with the largest number of open defecators
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
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