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World Toilet Day: November 19
Every year, the United Nations and several other international organizations celebrate World Toilet Day on November 19. The official convener of the World Toilet Day is the UN-Water. What is the theme of World Toilet Day? In 2020, the World Toilet Day is celebrated under the following theme Theme: Sustainable Sanitation and Climate Change What ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Climate change • Open defecation • Open Defecation Free • Sustainable Development Goal • Swachh Bharat • Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan • swachhta puraskar • UN Water • United Nations • World Toilet Day
Swachh Bharat Diwas 2019 inaugurated from Ahmedabad
In Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Swachh Bharat Diwas 2019 in Ahmedabad & declared India as Open Defecation Free (ODF) country. He also released postage stamp and silver coin to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. PM Modi also underlined that the government would achieve its target of single-use plastic-free India by ..
Topics: Ahmedabad • Cleaning • Government of India • Gujarat • India • Kunwar Bai Yadav • Narendra Modi • Open defecation • sanitation • Swachh Bharat Mission • Water supply and sanitation in India
Eliminating Open Defecation in India
The Government of India with the assistance of international partners like UNICEF is looking forward to mitigating the issue of Open Defecation with all urgency. What is Open Defecation? Open defecation refers to the age-old practice in which people go out in fields, bushes, forests, open bodies of water, or other open spaces to defecate. ..
Topics: Health • Open defecation • Wellness
3rd edition of Swachh Shakti-2019 held at Kurukshetra
The third edition of Swachh Shakti-2019 was held at Kurukshetra, Haryana on February 12, which was attended by woman sarpanches and women associated with the ‘Swachhta’ campaign from across the country. It is a national event to recognize the leadership role played by rural women in Swachh Bharat Mission towards achieving a Clean and Open ..
Topics: Cleaning • Government of India • India • Kunwar Bai Yadav • Narendra Modi • Open defecation • sanitation • Swachh Bharat Mission • Water supply and sanitation in India
Karnataka government launchs a rural cleanliness and sanitation campaign “Swachhameva Jayate”
The Karnataka government has launched a rural cleanliness and sanitation campaign “Swachhameva Jayate” to make every citizen in rural Karnataka take a pledge of cleanliness. The aim of the campaign is to boost the Swachh Survkekshan Grameen 2018 (SSG 2018) survey in all the districts with the help of school children. Since the inception of ..
Topics: Cleaning • India • Open defecation • sanitation • Swachh Bharat Mission • Water supply and sanitation in India
Godikan village panchayat of Haryana passes a resolution “No Toilet, No Bride”
Dharampal, the Sarpanch of Godikan village panchayat in Haryana, has passed a ‘No Toilet No Bride’ resolution to ensure the safety and well-being of its womenfolk. The move is aimed at ensuring the security of their daughters in addition to hygiene. With this move, the Godikan panchayat has become the first panchayat in the country ..
Topics: Academic disciplines • Contents • Dharampal • Euthenics • Gram panchayat • Open defecation • Panchayati Raj • sanitation • Sarpanch • Toilet