Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Panwar Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 20/05/2025. The miscellaneous application was registered on the basis of the report of the joint committee dated July 20, 2024 filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) …
Wants To Stop States From Hijacking Credit New Delhi: The Union rural development ministry has decided to ape Planning Commission’s discussion with states for annual finances to send a stronger message about Centre’s authorship on welfare schemes, a move aimed at addressing the longstanding gripe of Congress that states were …
The Rural Development Department is going to undertake an Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaign on solid waste management in rural areas of Madurai under a Central Government scheme by end of November. Part of the Total Sanitation Campaign, which seeks to accelerate sanitation coverage in rural areas, the campaign …
SKDRDP, Jana Shikshana Trust are nodal agencies Though all the 203 GPs of the district won the Nirmal Gram Puraskar, the development model crashed like pack of cards within in no time of winning the award. Taking note of this, the Zilla Panchayat has taken steps to sustain the works …
JOWAI: State Water Sanitation Mission (SWSM), Government of Meghalaya organized a rally on Total Sanitation Campaign on the theme, ‘Total Sanitation, health and hygiene’ here in Jowai on Tuesday. Hundreds of students joined the rally with placards and banners along with slogans highlighting the importance of cleanliness.
It will be implemented by Sulabh International in 150 houses A total sanitation project is to be implemented at a cost of Rs. 75 lakh at Milavittan in the district through the initiatives of Sterlite Copper here. According to a press release, bhoomi puja was performed to this effect on …
Total sanitation is a basic building block in the process of fighting health hazards and poverty. It refers to hygienic practices of collection, removal, disposal or recycling of human excreta, garbage and waste water for protecting health and well being of the people and the environment .It also affects livelihood …
The Master Plan largely focuses to Open Defecation Free (ODF) with universal access to toilet in both the urban and rural context through the total sanitation approach. It has recognized the improved toilet facilities as defined by the Joint Program Monitoring (JMP) Report of UNICEF and WHO. Apart from ODF …
The Government of India (GoI) initiated its national flag ship programme on sanitation, the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) in 1999. The TSC is a restructured version of the Central Rural Sanitation Programme (CRSP). In Rajasthan, the TSC was initially launched in 4 districts in 1999 and scaled up in all …
Monitoring and Supervisory Committee appraises central schemes Works to the tune of Rs.92.98 crore is being implemented under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for the current fiscal here in the district. These include 2,314 works in all the 434 panchayats in the district. These were among the …
SHILLONG: The Opposition NCP has strongly criticized the State Government for violating the guidelines which has been laid down by the Centre while implementing the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) in the State. “I am really surprised with the Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma’s admission that the State has violated the …
Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh will arrive in Ranchi tomorrow on a three-day visit of the state to review execution of development schemes, including a blighted MGNREGS, in Jharkhand’s 14 left-wing extremism (LWE) affected districts. In his first tour of Jharkhand after taking over the rural development ministry with …
This report deals with environmental assessment and environmental management framework for the World Bank supported Jalanidhi-2 programme of the Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (KRWSA), an important player in rural water supply and sanitation sector of the state. The agency was constituted to implement “Jalanidhi” Project and has …
Chief Minister gives away Nirmal Gram Puraskar to 71 villages TURA: Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma on Monday handed over Nirmal Gram Puraskar Awards to seventy-one villages of West Garo Hills, the highest achievement for the state, in a glittering programmee at the district auditorium here. The awards are given …
This review of people's perspectives on sanitation from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka consists of reflections on why interventions and projects in their settlements had succeeded or failed. The first South Asia Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN) in Dhaka in 2003 gave a call for ‘people-centred, community-led, gender-sensitive and …
Haryana has set up a Water and Sanitation Mission to address various issues pertaining to rural water supply and sanitation and for effective implementation and monitoring of the related programmes. According to State Chief Secretary Urvashi Gulati, the Mission's endeavour would be to provide a broad State-specific policy and programme …
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has directed the Rural Development Department to give priority to sanitation measures in all schools and hostels. Naveen on Tuesday reviewed the implementation of total sanitation campaign (TSC) in the State. He directed that mainly schools and hostels meant for girls should have all sanitation …
Shillong, July 17: Villagers of Khliehriat, a civil subdivision under Jaintia Hills district, about 100km from here, did not know about the existence of the National Family Benefit Scheme, though the same had been introduced throughout the country by the Centre since August 15, 1995, till they were enligtened about …
This document presents the National Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Strategy 2012-2022 finalised by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation to achieve sanitation related goals in a time-bound manner. This document presents the Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Strategy of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation for the period 2012 …
The study presents the revised approach in the programme which emphasizes more on Information, Education and Communication (IEC), Human Resource Development, Capacity Building and Hygiene Education for effective behaviour change or activities to increase awareness among the rural people and generation of demand for sanitary facilities with involvement of PRIs, …
SRINAGAR: Asking the officers to incorporate the views and suggestions of the recently elected panches and sarpanches in various developmental programmes, the Minister for Rural Development, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Mohammad Sagar has said that the same is necessary for accelerating the pace of development and also effective …
