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Opinion

Is the Swachh Bharat Mission succeeding?

Nobody knows because there is no credible independent survey that can offer a useful nationally representative estimate of open defecation

4 min read10 Jul 2017
Politics

A misguided approach to ending open defecation

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan's misguided focus on the number of toilets built rather than latrine use is a problem

5 min read2 Oct 2015
Opinion

Needed: Quantitative evidence of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Over 20% of the way through the Clean India mission, there is no survey that monitors and tracks latrine use and open defecation throughout rural India

3 min read2 Oct 2015
Opinion

Left, right, and toilets

Instead of focusing on toilet construction, promoting toilet use should be the policy priority

9 min read19 Aug 2014
Opinion

Open defecation: busting a few myths

Instead of building latrines, policy should focus on behavioural change to raise the demand for sanitation

4 min read14 Aug 2014
Opinion

Can Modi’s next wave wash away open defecation?

Open defecation will be eliminated when households choose to use the pit latrines that they can already afford

4 min read11 Jun 2014

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Budget

The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared

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