More people practice open defecation in India than anywhere in the world – more than 600 million individuals. Although access to improved sanitation is steadily increasing in India since the year 2000
In an effort to uplift rural infrastructure, the government has taken three mega projects involving Tk 1,530 crore, official sources said. Under these projects, the government will develop rural market
The State Level Evaluation Committee (SLEC) constituted by the government to inspect schemes taken up under the Prime Minister’s Reconstruction Project (PMRP) has found many loopholes in utilisation of
On the surface, it sounded like an outburst from a minister known to speak his mind. “Public health lies outside the medical fraternity,” said Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh inaugurating
This strategy developed by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) along with UNICEF focuses on increasing knowledge and perceived importance of sanitation and hygiene practices, with the long term objective of changing the way society thinks so that open defecation is no longer acceptable in India.
The vision of A Nirmal Bharat!
Centre for Budget & Governance Accountability (CBGA) in partnership with Arghyam undertook the study ‘Tracking Policy and Budgetary Commitments for Drinking Water and Sanitation in the New Fiscal Architecture
DRDO applauded for developing the toilets Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday announced that his Ministry would soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Defence for installation of bio-toilets in 1000 gram panchayats across the country. It would go a long way in improving sanitation in rural India, Mr.Ramesh said. The project will be implemented in coordination with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at a cost of Rs. 400 crore, which will be provided by the Union Rural Development Ministry, Mr. Ramesh said.
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal launched the second World Bank (WB)-funded ‘Punjab Rural Water and Sanitation Sector Improvement Project’ worth Rs 2,200 crore here today. The project is aimed at improving
New Delhi: Accepting that development of sanitation facilities in the country has been a “disaster”, rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday suggested enhanced government funding to deal
Calling for research by defence scientists for the common man, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said it did not matter how many Agni missiles India launched, but what mattered was
The Acting General Manager of the Ebonyi Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, Sunday Opoke, has said that over 3,000 water-boreholes are currently dilapidated in the state. Mr. Opoke said this
New Delhi:
CHANDGARH: All the households in Kaluana village of Sirsa district have access to sanitation facilities as it has managed to get rid of the practice of open defecation. And thanks to the plantation drive, it now wears a green cap. The village school has clean and functional toilets and has a pick-up van too. Kaluana generates electricity from its own biogas plant.
Pregnancy is usually a happy time for women and their families. But, for some women, pregnancy ends unhappily. Some women lose their baby during early pregnancy (spontaneous abortion or miscarriage) or
In its bid to tackle sanitation and waste management issues in the country, the government on Wednesday decided to make India free from open defecation on a priority basis. At a high-level meeting at the
Because of lack of proper sanitation, communicable diseases spread causing considerable loss and disabilities to human resources. Considering this, the international community has set the provision of sanitation as part of the Millennium Development Goals, aiming to reduce the number of those without
At the request of the Planning Commission, Arghyam and WaterAid agreed to co-ordinate and support a process of civil society consultation for inputs on rural and urban drinking water and sanitation for generating recommendations for the Approach Paper to the 12th Five Year Plan of the Government of India.
This 69th round of NSSO survey (July 2012 – December 2012) on drinking water, sanitation, hygiene and housing condition presents a bleak picture of sanitation and hygiene conditions in the rural areas.The last survey on these subjects was undertaken in the 65th round of NSS (July 2008- June 2009).
