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What is Swachhotsav?

Swachhotsav, a 3-week women-led cleanliness campaign under the Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0, has been launched by Union...

📅 March 10, 2023

Sanitary Napkin Disposal Bags to be made mandatory from 2021

On March 8, 2020, the Union Environment Minister Prakash Javedekar announced that sanitary napkin disposal bags are to...

📅 March 9, 2020

Indian Railway’s first Waste to Energy Plant uses “PolyCrack” Technology

The East Coast Railways commissioned the first waste-to-energy plant of Railways sector of India. It is the fourth...

📅 January 26, 2020

Swachh Bharat Mission achieves its urban target

On December 23, 2019, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs announced that urban areas of 35 states have...

📅 December 24, 2019

Report on states’ performance in garbage collection from household

The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Development tabled a report on the state-wise performance in the collection...

📅 December 9, 2019

mHariyali app launched

The mHariyali mobile application was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to encourage public engagement...

📅 October 12, 2019

SAIL launches Smart steel Garbage Bins

The Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has launched smart garbage bins made of stainless steel. These smart...

📅 March 20, 2019

Indian documentaries Finding Beauty in Garbage bags Best Short documentary film award in Asia South East International Short Film Festival

“Finding Beauty in Garbage”, a documentary film based on the garbage of Dibrugarh town in Assam has bagged...

📅 December 31, 2018

India’s first garbage fest ’Kachra Mahotsav 2018’ organized in Chhattisgarh

The garbage festival ’Kachra Mahotsav’ was organized by the Raipur Municipal Corporation in Chhattisgarh from January 19 to...

📅 January 22, 2018

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