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NSO report: Rural India yet to become Open Defecation Free
The NSO under Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation conducted survey on drinking water, hygiene, sanitation and housing condition between the period July 2018 and December 2018. According to the survey one fourth of the households had no access to toilets. The main objective of this survey was to gather information about sanitation along with ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Drinking water • drinking water safety • Garbage dumps • Garbage-Free Cities • National Statistical Office (NSO) • Open Defecation Free • rural sanitation • Rural Sanitation Survey • Survey on sanitation • Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan
November 19: World Toilet Day
World Toilet Day is marked by the United Nations and its sister organizations every year on November 19 since 2013. In July 2013, the United Nations passed a resolution to mark the event by its member nations. The objective is to bring behavioural changes and implementation of policies that will end open defecation and increase ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Diarrhoea • Drinking water • Open Defecation Free • sanitation • SDG • Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan • World Toilet Day
India declared open defecation free by PM Modi
On the eve of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, PM Modi declared India Open Defecation Free. The PM said in 60 months 600 million people have been given access to toilets and more than 110 million toilets have been built. On October 2, 2014, Clean India campaign was launched by PM Modi with the aim ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Clean India Campaign • Mahatma Gandhi birth anniiversary • Open Defecation Free • PM Modi • Swachh Bharat
Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2019
India has launched the nation’s largest rural sanitation survey to ensure and ascertain if India’s goal to meet the Open defecation Free target is being achieved by October 2, 2019. October 2 is the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation.? What is the survey? The survey, aptly named Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2019, ..
Topics: Mahatma Gandhi • Open Defecation Free • rural sanitation • Survey • Swachh Bharat Mission • Swachh Survekshan Grameen
Environmental Impact of the Swachh Bharat Mission
A study was carried out by UNICEF for looking at the environmental impact of the Swachh Bharat Mission in 12 ODF and 12 non-ODF villages in three states of West Bengal, Odisha and Bihar which was based on 725 samples of water, soil, and food. Findings of the Study The non-ODF villages are more likely ..
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Bihar • environmental impact • non-ODF Villages • ODF Villages • Odisha • Open Defecation Free • Swachh Bharat Mission • UNICEF • Waste management • West Bengal