Tag: Swachh Bharat Mission

CS for carrying out QC before declaring villages as Model category under SBM

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 11: With the Independence Day coming close by, the Chief Secretary, DrArun Kumar Mehta, today took review of the districts which were lagging behind in declaration of their villages as ‘Model Category’ under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Grameen. The Government is aspiring to declare the […]

Lt Governor reviews progress of Jal Jeevan Mission & Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)

Directs officials to work on a mission mode to provide safe and adequate drinking water and sanitation to all citizens Sufficient resources have been allocated to provide tap water supply to all households by December this year: LG We need robust institutional arrangements to ensure benefit of common […]

PM launches Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 and AMRUT 2.0

“Goal of ‘Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0’ is to make the cities completely free of garbage”“Country’s target in the next phase of Mission AMRUT is ‘Improving sewage and septic management, making our cities water-safe cities and ensuring that no sewage drains anywhere in our rivers” “In the journey of […]

PM launches second phases of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban, AMRUT

New Delhi, Oct 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation.?????????? In line with the vision of the prime minister, SBM-U 2.0 and AMRUT 2.0 have been designed to realise the aspiration […]

Official response from MDWS to recent Reuters story about the Swachh Bharat Mission

open view news desk The Reuters news agency has, earlier today, published a story titled “Modi proclaims a cleaner India, but the reality may be more murky”. In this story, it has raised questions around the progress made under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen), specifically the findings of […]

Official response from MDWS to recent Reuters story about the Swachh Bharat Mission

open view news desk The Reuters news agency has, earlier today, published a story titled “Modi proclaims a cleaner India, but the reality may be more murky”. In this story, it has raised questions around the progress made under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen), specifically the findings of […]

Media Clarification on Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)

open view news desk An opinion piece titled “The truth about Swachh Bharat” was published yesterday in The Telegraph. The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation would like to place on record its response to the claims made in the piece about the progress made under the Swachh […]

Swachh Bharat Mission to celebrate World Toilet Day tomorrow with nationwide activities

open view web desk The Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) will celebrate the World Toilet Day tomorrow with mass  awareness and mobilization activities across States and districts.  The focus is on usage  of toilets, which is closely linked to the Prime Minister’s call for a Swachh Bharat by October […]

Swachh Bharat Mission announces World Toilet Day Contest for District Collectors

open view web desk The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation today announced the Swachh Bharat World Toilet Day Contest for districts and States. As the Swachh Bharat Mission enters its fifth and final year, the purpose of the Contest is to encourage all districts in India to […]

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