Swachh Bharat Mission: We may be ODF, but not garbage free

The scheme’s aim to turn India’s waste into a resource has seen limited success

Divide and Conquer: waste segregation is the key

Waste segregation at source improves collection efficiency and leads to better processing of waste

Swachh Survekshan 2018 to incorporate sustainable waste management practices

Last year's survey encouraged unviable practices giving preference to centralised waste management

Swachh Survekshan 2018: Indore and Bhopal win it again; Jharkhand moves ahead 

Panaji, which emerged as the best innovator in the West Zone, was recognised by the Centre for Science and Environment in 2016 as one of the …

Swachh Survekshan 2019 throws up contradictions

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

6,980 villages in 698 districts will be surveyed under Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018

The survey will be conducted from August 1-31, and top performing states and districts are expected to be awarded on October 2

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

Here is how Agra can improve its rank in Swachh Survekshan 2023

Agra’s perfomance was poor in segregation at source, cleanliness in public places, city beautification, cleanliness of drains and water …

Swachh Survekshan 2018 should be more than visibly clean

Let’s find out how reliable the government’s assessment of the country’s state of cleanliness is

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 …

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 …

Swachh Survekshan 2018 misses the clean mark

Majority of the top 50 cities recognised as clean by the Swachh Survekshan-2018 dump waste in poorly managed landfills and dumpsites

Swachh Bharat Mission yet to create systems that support waste segregation, processing

The Swachh Bharat Mission Urban completes three years on October 2, 2017, but has the mission gone beyond brooms and sticks? How far country has …

Swachh Bharat Mission: An outstanding achievement, but challenges remain

Including people who still lack toilets, overcoming partial toilet use and retrofitting sustainably unsafe toilets are some of the massive tasks ahead

Swachh Survekshan 2017 results on May 4; government says signs are ‘encouraging’

Besides covering larger number of cities and towns, this year’s survey also gives more importance to citizen feedback