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  'Toilet - Ek Prem Katha' a huge boost to the 'Swachh Bharat' journey

  Bollywood | June 28, 2018 18:33 IST

  It lacks the usual commercial trappings of a Bollywood film, but with its message of cleanliness and an admonition against open defecation, "Toilet - Ek Prem Katha", inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, has ably demonstrated how a film can transcend demographics and language barriers

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  MP family fined Rs 75,000 for open defecation

  India | September 19, 2017 17:19 IST

  The panchayat of Rambhakhedi village also served notices to 43 other families there to stop defecating in the open.

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  Insanitation costing India over Rs 3.45 lakh crore a year: Unicef official

  India | September 18, 2017 21:31 IST

  A study from the World Bank shows that the total economic impacts of inadequate sanitation in India was amounting to $53.8 billion per year, equivalent of 6.4 % of India's Gross Development Production in the same period.

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  Amitabh Bachchan wants school curriculum to have waste management

  Bollywood | April 20, 2017 19:06 IST

  Amitabh Bachchan, who has been associated with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, says that waste management should be part of the school curriculum.

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  105-yr-old, who sold off her goats to build toilet, made Swachh Bharat Abhiyan mascot

  India | September 14, 2016 14:12 IST

  A 105-year-old Kunwar Bai, who was felicitated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for building toilet by selling off her goats, has been chosen as the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ mascot. Determined to stop the ritual of

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  Meet retired employee who donates Rs 2,60,000 for Swachh Bharat mission; gets appreciation by PM Modi

  India | June 26, 2016 22:56 IST

  Pune: In a country of 125 crore people, there is an retired employee Chandrakant Kulkarni from Pune who has shown his devotion by donating almost a one-third of his pension from June 2015 to Sept

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  Rahul Gandhi visits Deonar dumping ground in Mumbai, slams PM Modi over Swachch Bharat

  Politics | April 12, 2016 23:19 IST

  Mumbai:Rahul Gandhi today trained his guns on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his pet "Swachh Bharat" campaign, alleging "lack of strategy and vision" in carrying out cleanliness drives as he visited Deonar garbage dumping ground

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  Government allocates Rs.9,000 crore for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

  February 29, 2016 12:02 IST

  New Delhi: The central government on Monday announced allocation of Rs.9,000 crore for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Campaign) in the country."The concept of Swachh Bharat was very close to the heart of Father

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  R-Day parade: Government's flagship schemes showcased at Rajpath

  Politics | January 26, 2016 16:20 IST

  New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance government's flagship programmes like Swachh Bharat Mission, Digital India and Green Energy were today showcased at the Rajpath during the 67th Republic Day celebrations.Though the duration of the parade

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  Swachh Bharat partnership with India one of the best: Bill Gates

  India | December 04, 2015 19:03 IST

  New Delhi: Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates on Friday promised to extend all support to Centre's efforts to expand the reach and effectiveness of sustainable sanitation services under the Swachh Bharat Mission.Urban Development Minister

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  PM Modi's reforms, world looks differently at India: Jim Young Kim

  September 26, 2015 8:08 IST

  United Nation: World Bank President Jim Young Kim has said reforms initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi have had a huge impact on the way world looks at India and praised the progress made in

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  Toilet construction is reflection of self-confidence, says PM Modi

  Politics | August 15, 2015 13:51 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the government has "almost" achieved the target of ensuring separate toilets for boys and girls in schools across the country, even as he asserted the achievement has

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  Beggars to help Modi govt in popularising 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan'

  India | August 04, 2015 14:37 IST

  New Delhi: Don't get surprised if you find the beggars singing jingles for Swach Bharat Abhiyaan and Beti Bachao Andolan while travelling in a train.  Narendra Modi government  is going to rope in beggars to

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  90% of toilet target ahead, 4 years to go

  July 15, 2015 15:05 IST

  Of more than 110 million rural households without toilets across India in 2012, the government has been able to assist 11 million households in building toilets. That means, nearly 99 million households need toilets over

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  Toilets constructed for 33 lakh rural families: Punjab govt

  Politics | June 16, 2015 17:05 IST

  Chandigarh : Punjab government today claimed that it has constructed 33 lakh toilets for rural families under the ‘Swacch Bharat Abhiyan,which enlists elimination of open-defecation as one of its objectives.    A government spokesperson said the total

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  West Bengal: 'Wall of shame' to stop open defecation

  India | March 10, 2015 16:14 IST

  Krishnagar: Abhijit Mandal, a farmer in West Bengal's Nadia district has been attending nature's call in the open fields for the last five decades but now he is afraid to do so due to the

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  Govt to set up 'Science Cities' across India

  India | February 24, 2015 9:21 IST

  Hyderabad: In order to have science and technology footprint in every State, Y.S. Chaudhary, Union Minister of State for Science and Technology has said  that government has plans to set up ‘Science Cities' in five