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swachh bharat
It’s safer being a soldier fighting in Kashmir than a sewer worker. What does that say about India?
Ajaz Ashraf
· Sep 11, 2017 · 08:00 am
Why the Indian government must rescind GST levied on scraps of plastic, paper, cardboard and glass
Bharati Chaturvedi
· Jul 23, 2017 · 06:30 pm
‘There were no urinals’: Minister defends himself after photos of him urinating in public go viral
Scroll Staff
· Jun 29, 2017 · 09:48 pm
India’s cleanest cities: Citizen engagement drives the rankings
Alison Saldanha, IndiaSpend.com Ojaswi Rao, IndiaSpend.com
· May 19, 2017 · 07:30 pm
Aadhaar is now mandatory to get latrine subsidies under the Swachh Bharat scheme
Scroll Staff
· Mar 27, 2017 · 08:54 pm
Women in rural India get little time and space to bathe – and it's taking a toll on their health
Meghna Mukherjee
· Feb 11, 2017 · 02:30 pm
Ending open defecation: The drive must go beyond mascots, jingles – even toilets
Rishi Aggarwal
· Jan 03, 2017 · 06:30 pm
Mann Ki Baat: We have faith in our armed forces, says Narendra Modi on Uri attack
Scroll Staff
· Sep 25, 2016 · 12:32 pm
Sikkim is the cleanest state in India, according to latest government rankings
Scroll Staff
· Sep 13, 2016 · 07:08 pm
Why open defecation in India will end only with the annihilation of caste
Nikhil Srivastav
· Sep 11, 2016 · 05:30 pm
Kerala will be declared an open defecation-free state on November 1
Scroll Staff
· Aug 25, 2016 · 09:00 pm
The Swachh Bharat Mission may just trip up Bihar’s fledgling ecological sanitation movement
Nidhi Jamwal, IndiaSpend.com
· Aug 09, 2016 · 06:30 pm
The literal cleansing of Urdu in India: Can a language be anti-national?
Indian Cultural Forum
· May 29, 2016 · 07:30 pm
Swachh Bharat mission: Only 54% of the target to build household toilets in urban areas achieved
Scroll Staff
· May 02, 2016 · 10:03 am
Swachh Bharat’s urban-toilet plan is running 76% behind schedule
Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com
· Apr 29, 2016 · 08:30 pm
Mysuru is India’s cleanest city, Dhanbad the dirtiest
Scroll Staff
· Feb 15, 2016 · 04:32 pm
Swachh Bharat: Centre asks banks to help rural India build toilets at home
Scroll Staff
· Feb 09, 2016 · 05:06 pm
Bihar withdraws mandatory toilet norm for contesting polls
Scroll Staff
· Feb 03, 2016 · 10:44 am
Civic workers dump garbage outside Manish Sisodia's house, protest against pending salaries
Scroll Staff
· Jan 28, 2016 · 11:37 am
Bangalore lakes are so polluted, they look like it they have a layer of white snow on the surface
The Caravan
· Sep 28, 2015 · 07:29 pm
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