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19% Households Do Not Use Any Toilet Facility: National Survey
Even though India was declared Open Defecation Free by the government in 2019, the latest NFHS survey conducted in 2019-21 showed that 19 percent of households do not use any toilet facility.
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"Rural India Has Declared Itself Open Defecation Free": PM Modi In Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said rural India has declared itself open defecation free, as the country celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, an icon of not just Indian independence but also cleanliness.
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9.16 Crore Toilets Built Since 2014, Says Government
5.5 lakh villages declared open defecation free since 2014.
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''Around 9 Crore Toilets Built In Rural Areas Since 2014," Lok Sabha Told
Around nine crore toilets have been built across the country since October 2014 under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) and a total of 546 districts were declared Open Defecation Free (ODF), the Lok Sabha was informed today.
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India Will Not Get Open Defecation Free Status By 2019: Think Tank
With India preparing for year-long celebrations from today to mark Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary, a new analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment on Monday called for a drastic reality check about the nation's impending Open Defecation Free (ODF) status.
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Open Defecation Free Gujarat Still Needs Lakhs Of Toilets, Says RTI Reply
Despite being declared Open Defecation Free months ago, Gujarat still needs lakhs of toilets in rural households, according to an RTI reply.
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Over 1.36 Crore Toilets Constructed In 17 Months In UP: Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today said that the state would become open defecation free by October 2, 2019, as his government has constructed over 1.36 crore toilets in the last 17 months across the state.
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PM Launches 'Swachhata Hi Seva' Drive To Fulfil Mahatma Gandhi's Dream
Launching the "Swachhata Hi Seva" campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that all sections of society and every part of the country have joined the cleanliness drive as he noted few would have thought that nine crore toilets would be built and 4.5 lakh villages declared open defecation free in four years.
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India's Record Toilet-Building Spree A Windfall For Companies: Report
India is on the greatest toilet-building spree in human history, and it's a windfall for companies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's $20 billion "Clean India" mission aims to construct 111 million bathrooms in five years.
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Goa Government To Install 60,000 Bio Toilets To Stop Open Defecation
The Goa government will install 60,000 bio-toilets at a cost of Rs 280 crore to make the state open defecation free (ODF), Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Legislative Assembly today.
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Swachh Survekshan 2018: Here Are India's Top 3 Cleanest Cities
The results for Swachh Survekshan 2018 have been announced and Indore in Madhya Pradesh has retained its title of being India's cleanest city. The results were announced by Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs. Swachh Survekshan 2018, which was the first pan Indian exercise to assess cleanliness in urban India, surveyed ...
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Live Updates: Amitabh Bachchan Launches Season 5 Of NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India
In its fifth season NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India will focus on children as agents of change, who can inspire and motivate others to do the needful for a cleaner and healthier India. Children as agents of change will help drive the Swachh Agenda of Sanitation, Wash, Air Pollution, Cleanliness, Health And Hygiene.
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Kiran Bedi Suspends Puducherry "No Toilets, No Rice" Order After Anger
Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi on Saturday suspended an order that said the union territory's poorest families entitled to free rice will not get the grains from next month-end unless they can produce a certificate that their village is open defecation free and cleaned up after the move triggered sharp attacks from the Congress that call...
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Rural Maharashtra Is Now Open Defecation-Free: Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today declared rural areas of the state open defecation-free and claimed the state has constructed the highest number of toilets in the country.
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Goa To Build 70,000 Toilets Under Open Defecation Free Plan
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, while asserting that the state government would provide toilets to all its villages as part of the Open Defecation Free (ODF)scheme, said that villages within wildlife sanctuaries needed to be tackled differently.
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19% Households Do Not Use Any Toilet Facility: National Survey
Even though India was declared Open Defecation Free by the government in 2019, the latest NFHS survey conducted in 2019-21 showed that 19 percent of households do not use any toilet facility.
-
"Rural India Has Declared Itself Open Defecation Free": PM Modi In Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said rural India has declared itself open defecation free, as the country celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, an icon of not just Indian independence but also cleanliness.
-
9.16 Crore Toilets Built Since 2014, Says Government
5.5 lakh villages declared open defecation free since 2014.
-
''Around 9 Crore Toilets Built In Rural Areas Since 2014," Lok Sabha Told
Around nine crore toilets have been built across the country since October 2014 under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) and a total of 546 districts were declared Open Defecation Free (ODF), the Lok Sabha was informed today.
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India Will Not Get Open Defecation Free Status By 2019: Think Tank
With India preparing for year-long celebrations from today to mark Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary, a new analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment on Monday called for a drastic reality check about the nation's impending Open Defecation Free (ODF) status.
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Open Defecation Free Gujarat Still Needs Lakhs Of Toilets, Says RTI Reply
Despite being declared Open Defecation Free months ago, Gujarat still needs lakhs of toilets in rural households, according to an RTI reply.
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Over 1.36 Crore Toilets Constructed In 17 Months In UP: Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today said that the state would become open defecation free by October 2, 2019, as his government has constructed over 1.36 crore toilets in the last 17 months across the state.
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PM Launches 'Swachhata Hi Seva' Drive To Fulfil Mahatma Gandhi's Dream
Launching the "Swachhata Hi Seva" campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that all sections of society and every part of the country have joined the cleanliness drive as he noted few would have thought that nine crore toilets would be built and 4.5 lakh villages declared open defecation free in four years.
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India's Record Toilet-Building Spree A Windfall For Companies: Report
India is on the greatest toilet-building spree in human history, and it's a windfall for companies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's $20 billion "Clean India" mission aims to construct 111 million bathrooms in five years.
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Goa Government To Install 60,000 Bio Toilets To Stop Open Defecation
The Goa government will install 60,000 bio-toilets at a cost of Rs 280 crore to make the state open defecation free (ODF), Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Legislative Assembly today.
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Swachh Survekshan 2018: Here Are India's Top 3 Cleanest Cities
The results for Swachh Survekshan 2018 have been announced and Indore in Madhya Pradesh has retained its title of being India's cleanest city. The results were announced by Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs. Swachh Survekshan 2018, which was the first pan Indian exercise to assess cleanliness in urban India, surveyed ...
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Live Updates: Amitabh Bachchan Launches Season 5 Of NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India
In its fifth season NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India will focus on children as agents of change, who can inspire and motivate others to do the needful for a cleaner and healthier India. Children as agents of change will help drive the Swachh Agenda of Sanitation, Wash, Air Pollution, Cleanliness, Health And Hygiene.
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Kiran Bedi Suspends Puducherry "No Toilets, No Rice" Order After Anger
Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi on Saturday suspended an order that said the union territory's poorest families entitled to free rice will not get the grains from next month-end unless they can produce a certificate that their village is open defecation free and cleaned up after the move triggered sharp attacks from the Congress that call...
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Rural Maharashtra Is Now Open Defecation-Free: Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today declared rural areas of the state open defecation-free and claimed the state has constructed the highest number of toilets in the country.
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Goa To Build 70,000 Toilets Under Open Defecation Free Plan
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, while asserting that the state government would provide toilets to all its villages as part of the Open Defecation Free (ODF)scheme, said that villages within wildlife sanctuaries needed to be tackled differently.
