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Narendra Modi chosen by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for 2019 Global Goalkeeper Award’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be honoured with the prestigious ‘ 2019 Global Goalkeeper Award’ by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for his leadership and commitment to his ambitious pet project “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA)” on 24th September 2019. The Prime Minister will also address global leaders and corporate executives at the Bloomberg Global ..
Topics: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Bill Gates • Bloomberg Global Business Forum • Businesspeople • Cleaning • Narendra Modi • sanitation • SBA • Swachh Bharat Mission • Water supply and sanitation in India
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs launches 5th edition of Swachh Survekshan 2020
In New Delhi, the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched the 5th edition of the annual cleanliness survey – Swachh Survekshan 2020 (SS 2020) – with theme “Cleanliness is Our Right’’. The survey will be conducted in January 2020. On this occasion, the MoHUA also launched Swachh Nagar app for waste ..
Topics: Aquatic ecology • Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs • Public health • sanitation • Sewerage • Swachh Survekshan • Waste • Wastewater • Water • Water pollution • Water supply and sanitation in India
Ministry of Jal Shakti launches Swaccha Survakshan Grameen
In New Delhi, the Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launched the India’s largest sanitation survey – Swachh Survekshan Grameen-2019. The aim of this 45-day long survey is to engage rural communities in improvement of the sanitation status of their districts and states through intensive campaign. The survey will take place in 18 thousand ..
Topics: Awards • Financial services • Gajendra Singh Shekhawat • Geography of India • Grameen Bank • New Delhi • Swachh Survekshan • Water supply and sanitation in India
Sanchay Jal, Behtar Kal Campaign
The Ministry of Jal Shakti has launched the Sanchay Jal, Behtar Kal campaign for rainwater harvesting and water conservation. Features of the Campaign It is a time-bound, mission-mode campaign on 1,592 “water-stressed” blocks in 257 districts. The campaign would be rolled out in 1,592 blocks, identified as “water-stressed” as per the Central Ground Water Board’s ..
Topics: Appropriate technology • Aquifers • Natural environment • Nature • Rainwater harvesting • Swachh Bharat Mission • Water • Water conservation • Water supply • Water supply and sanitation in India
Indore adjudged as cleanest city in Swachh Survekshan 2019
Indore has been adjudged India’s cleanest city for the 3rd straight year in the central government’s cleanliness survey ‘Swachh Survekshan 2019’. The second and third positions in the category were grabbed by Ambikapur in Chhattisgarh and Mysore in Karnataka. The Swachh Survekshan awards 2019 were conferred by President Ram Nath Kovind at a function in ..
Topics: Bhopal • Cleaning • India • Indore • New Delhi • sanitation • States and union territories of India • Swachh Bharat Mission • Swachh Survekshan • Ujjain • Water supply and sanitation in India