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Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Why India’s toilet data is too good to be true

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has increased access to toilets and reduced open defecation in India but not to the extent that the government claims, shows a study.

3 min read9 Jan 2019
Politics

Swachh Bharat Mission: A reality check

Swachh Bharat Mission is racing towards its target of achieving an Open Defecation Free India by 2019, constructing more than 2,000 toilets every hour; but will the gains from such increased coverage be sustainable?

1 min read24 Jan 2018
Opinion

Stumbling towards sustainable sanitation

The challenge will be in ensuring that open defecation-free villages and cities are truly ODF, but more crucially that they remain so

3 min read24 Jan 2018
Industry

NREGA, building toilets to be delinked

UPA govt's decision to converge NREGA, toilet construction didn't work well, says Nitin Gadkari

2 min read26 Aug 2014
Politics

Microfinance institutions encourage toilet construction with loans at low interest rates

Microfinance institutions encourage toilet construction with loans at low interest rates

5 min read18 Apr 2010

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