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'Swachch Bharat' Mission: It's not just about building toilets

Ending open defecation by 2019 will require changing minds, not just allocating money to build latrines for people that will either go unused or not be built at all. A groom comes out from a......

Swachch Bharat mission head Vijaylakshmi Joshi quits

Vijaylaxmi Joshi, secretary in the Union government in-charge of the ambitious 'Clean India Mission', has sought voluntary retirement from service. Her request for voluntary retirement citing......

MP Sumalatha extends 'full support' to Modi govt, silent on joining BJP

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Mandya to inaugurate the 10-lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway, independent MP Sumalatha Ambareesh on Friday extended her complete support to the......

Swachh Bharat man, Param Iyer calls it a day as sanitation secy

Iyer, popularly called Param, is keen to return to the US where he had spent several years working with the World Bank at its Washington office -- a job he later quit to become road manager for his......

Adityanath bans paan, tobacco in govt buildings

Livid at the sight of betel juice stained walls of the building that houses his office, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday banned the use of paan and tobacco products in......

Over Rs 12,000 crore approved for Swachch Bharat: FM

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that Rs 3.6 lakh crore have been approved for Jal Jeevan Mission, which seeks to provide Functional Household Tap Connection to every......

Budget: Rs 69,000 cr for health sector; PMJAY gets Rs 6,400 cr

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced an outlay of about Rs 69,000 crore for the health sector in the 2020-2021 fiscal, with Rs 6,400 crore earmarked for the Centre's......

Jal Shakti Abhiyan: How govt plans to tackle India's water woes

The aim of the programme is to increase the water table in the stressed areas through dams, ponds, and afforestation.According to a NITI Aayog study, by 2030, the country’s water demand is......

TCS to construct 860 toilets for girls in schools by 2015-end

Under the first phase, it will be building toilets in 860 schools spread across five districts of Andhra Pradesh, eight of Telangana and two of Bihar Country's largest software exporter TCS on......

GDP to grow 8% in FY16; hit $3 trn mark in 5 years: Panagariya

India's growth rate is expected to accelerate to 8 per cent in the current financial year and the economy will surpass $3 trillion mark in less than five years, NITI Aayog vice chairman Arvind......

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'Swachch Bharat' Mission: It's not just about building toilets

Swachch Bharat mission head Vijaylakshmi Joshi quits

MP Sumalatha extends 'full support' to Modi govt, silent on joining BJP

Swachh Bharat man, Param Iyer calls it a day as sanitation secy

Adityanath bans paan, tobacco in govt buildings

Over Rs 12,000 crore approved for Swachch Bharat: FM

Budget: Rs 69,000 cr for health sector; PMJAY gets Rs 6,400 cr

Jal Shakti Abhiyan: How govt plans to tackle India's water woes

TCS to construct 860 toilets for girls in schools by 2015-end

GDP to grow 8% in FY16; hit $3 trn mark in 5 years: Panagariya

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