Clean India Mission
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Narendra Modi to wield broom; launches 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' tomorrow
India | Oct 01, 2014, 07:35 AM ISTNew Delhi: It's been a clean-up week in central government offices with cobwebs being cleaned up, corridor clutter removed, old furniture discarded or overhauled, and office environs spruced up, tidied and polished like never before.Prime
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MNREGA workers to participate in cleanliness drive
India | Sep 30, 2014, 10:29 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Central government has issued a directive seeking ‘active participation' of millions of MNREGA workers for the ambitious ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' (Clean India Mission), slated to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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Delhi Division of Railways armed with 10k brooms for October 2 clean-up
India | Sep 29, 2014, 01:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi Division of Railways has put together an arsenal of 10,000 brooms for use by a battery of volunteers, including schoolchildren and top officials and lawmakers, when they attack garbage at its
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India gears up to make 'Clean India' mission a success
India | Sep 26, 2014, 12:18 PM ISTNew Delhi: From photo competitions to cleanliness drives at schools and historic monuments, the government is exerting in every way to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for Swachh Bharat, or Clean India, mission a
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Government to spend Rs 2 lakh crore for 'Swachh Bharat Mission'
India | Sep 26, 2014, 10:10 AM ISTNew Delhi: Union Minister for Rural Development Nitin Gadkari said that ‘Swachh Bharat Mission', the pet mission of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will be converted into a mass movement to make India an open
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No holiday on October 2 for government employees; asked to take cleanliness pledge
India | Sep 26, 2014, 07:25 AM ISTNew Delhi: All Central government employees have been asked to be present in their offices on October 2 to take cleanliness pledge as part of the Narendra Modi government's 'Clean India' campaign.October 2, the birth
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Smriti Irani makes surprise visit to govt school, sweeps ground as part of 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'
India | Sep 25, 2014, 11:38 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a bid to promote the ambitious 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' (Clean India Mission), Union Human Resource Development Minister (HRD) Smriti Irani on Wednesday morning made a surprise visit to a government school in
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Government announces hike in funds for construction of toilets
India | Aug 27, 2014, 08:15 AM ISTNew Delhi: Rural households without sanitation facilities will get Rs 15,000 each for constructing toilets while schools will get Rs 54,000 for same purpose.Stepping up efforts to push Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious ‘Clean India'