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Jal Shakti Ministry
The government has set up a new ministry Jal Shakti to cater for the multiple aspects relating to water. Jal Shakti Ministry Jal Shakti Ministry has been set up with a motto to provide safe drinking water to people. The new ministry has been created by reorganising the earlier Ministry of Water Resources, River Development ..
Topics: Clean Drinking Water • Irrigation • Jal Shakti Ministry • Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation • Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation • Namami Gange
National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey 2018-19
The National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey 2018-19 was conducted by an Independent Verification Agency under the World Bank support project to the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen). Findings of the Survey 93.1 per cent of households in rural India have access to toilets during the survey period and 96.5 per cent of those who had access ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation • National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey • National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey 2018-19 • Open Defecation Free • Rural India • sanitation • Swachh Bharat Mission-Grameen
Swachh Shakti 2019
The Swachh Shakti 2019, a convention of Women Sarpanches was held at Kurukshetra in Haryana. The convention was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Prime Minister also distributed the Swachh Shakti 2019 awards on the occasion. The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation in association with the Govt. of Haryana had organized the Swachh ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
Topics: Haryana • Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation • Swachh Bharat Mission • Swachh Shakti • Swachh Shakti 2019 • Swachh Sunder Shauchalay • Women Sarpanches
Health Ministry conducts 8th round of National Deworming Day campaign
The Health Ministry undertook the 8th round of National Deworming Day campaign across the country on 8th February to reduce the prevalence of parasitic intestinal worms among children. National Deworming Day National Deworming Day is aimed at deworming all preschool and school-age children (enrolled and non-enrolled) between the ages of 1-19 years through the platform ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
Topics: Deworming • Madhya Pradesh • Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation • Ministry of Health & family Welfare • Ministry of Human Resource and Development • Ministry of Panchayati Raj • Ministry of Rural Development • Ministry of Tribal Affairs • Ministry of Urban Development • Ministry of Women and Child Development • national deworming day • parasitic intestinal worms • Rajasthan
Part Two of the Darwaza Band Campaign Launched
The part two of Darwaza Band campaign which aims to promote the use of toilets and to sustain the open defecation free status of villages across India has been launched. The campaign has been launched under the aegis of Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen initiative of Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. Darwaja Band literally stands for ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: behaviour change • Darwaza Band • Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation • Open Defecation Free • Swachh Bharat Mission-Grameen • World Bank