An opinion piece titled The truth about Swachh Bharat was published in The Telegraph recently. The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has sent out its response to the claims made in the piece about the progress made under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) and the veracity of the findings of the National Annual Rural […]
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Independent verification of Swachh Bharat Gramin confirms 93% usage of toilets
The National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS) 2017-18, conducted by an Independent Verification Agency (IVA) under the World Bank support project to the Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G), has found that 93.4% of the households in rural India who have access to a toilet use it. The NARSS also re-confirmed the Open Defecation Free (ODF) […]
Kerala declared Open Defecation Free
The State of Kerala today became the third State overall and the largest State so far to be declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) (Gramin). The declaration was formally made by the Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, in a magnificent ceremony at the Central Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram on November 1, […]