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Tag: Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Haldia Port tops list in ranking on sanitation parameters
The Shipping Ministry has taken initiatives for sustainable, environment friendly, long-term development of ports during the ‘Swachhta Pakhwada’ scheme.
Cleaning Up a Nation
With only 45 per cent of the rural Indian population having access to a toilet, more than half of the 800 million people residing in the rural hinterlands of the country defecate in public places.
Uttarakhand to get Central funds
Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah said projects which are either completed or half done under schemes like JNNURM, Rajiv Awas Yojana and Swachh Bharat
Call of the Nation
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a precursor to the transformation that India has poised at presently. On its journey from a developing to a developed nation, initiatives like this are aimed to set the pace for the futuristic smart cities.
Is Swachh Bharat Abhiyan losing stream?
The much touted ¨Abhiyan¨ of the Centre, Swachh Bharat has hit its first roadblock-a funding block. The scheme, which depends on the massive financial assistance from the Centre, is likely to miss its deadline of 2019 on account of slashing of Rs 635 crore





