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  India to be open-defecation free in ten years says Jairam Ramesh

  National | Jun 30, 2012, 08:03 PM IST

  Agartala, Jun 30:  Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said India has embarked on a ten-year mission to make India an open-defecation free country.The minister, who held a review meeting with representatives of Northeastern

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  DRDO licensing eco-toilets to private companies

  India | Jun 24, 2012, 08:30 PM IST

  Dhamra (Odisha), Jun 24 : Commercializing the use of indigenously-built Bio-Digester technology which turns human waste into biogas and odourless compost, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is now licensing private companies to build