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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
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
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