Swachh Bharat
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Govt to impose 0.5% Swachh Bharat cess on services, applicable from Nov 15
Nov 06, 2015, 09:18 PM ISTNew Delhi: All services, including air travel, telephony, eating out and banking will become expensive from November 15 as the government today decided to impose a 0.5 per cent cess on all taxable services to
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Swachh Bharat: 75 major cities to be rated for cleanliness
India | Oct 30, 2015, 04:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Centre will conduct a survey of 75 cities in the country, especially those with a population over 10 lakh, to ascertain the sanitation scenario and subsequently rate them.The survey, commissioned by the
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India's faith leaders converge to promote 'Swachh Bharat'
World | Oct 18, 2015, 12:38 PM ISTSalt Lake City(USA): Over a hundred years after Swami Vivekananda made history at the Parliament of the World Religions, the spiritual leaders of India travelled to Salt Lake City, USA for the world's sixth Parliament
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UP youth on bicycle tour for Swachh Bharat arrives in Puducherry
India | Oct 17, 2015, 07:10 AM ISTPuducherry: A youth from Uttar Pradesh, on an all-India bicycle tour since last year to spread awareness about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' (Clean India programme), arrived here yesterday. 29-year-old Abishek Kumar Sharma, who
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Swachh Bharat Abhiyan only 'showbaazi': Arvind Kejriwal
National | Oct 02, 2015, 11:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he has witnessed only "showbaazi" and not any real action in the Swachh Bharat campaign, even as he
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1 year of Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan: A lot remains to be done
India | Oct 03, 2015, 08:49 AM ISTNew Delhi: Exactly a year ago Prime Minister Narendra Modi wielded a broom and launched the country's biggest-ever cleanliness drive ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan' on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi,.The Prime Minister kicked off the
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Dengue outbreak: Time to take Swachh Bharat Abhiyan seriously
India | Sep 22, 2015, 02:49 PM ISTThe surveys and online polls that throw up dismal figures in terms of the success of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan may well give the opposition a handle to criticise the pet project of Prime Minister Narendra
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365 kg ladoo unveiled on PM Narendra Modi's birthday
National | Sep 17, 2015, 04:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: Tourism and Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma today unveiled a 365 kg 'ladoo' to celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 65th birthday here and said there can't be a better way of celebrating it than
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Contribute to clean ganga, clean India programmes: Arun Jaitley
National | Sep 11, 2015, 11:56 PM ISTKollam: Noting the Ganga influences the lives of 40 per cent of Indians who live in the river's proximity, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on today called for generous contributions to the Namami Ganga and Swachh
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Government committed to make Namami Gange a success: Arun Jaitley
National | Sep 11, 2015, 02:45 PM ISTKollam (Kerala): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said that the Centre was determined to make the Namami Gange project a big success like the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in three to four years.He said
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Vivek Oberoi joins PM Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan via sanitation project
Bollywood | Sep 03, 2015, 09:19 PM ISTGurgaon: Vivek Oberoi dedicates his birthday to a cause every year, and this year it was no different. The actor-philanthropist, who turned 39 on Thursday, announced a sanitation initiative under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh
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After LC Goyal, 'Swachh Bharat Mission' secretary seeks early retirement
India | Sep 03, 2015, 03:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: Just days after Union Home Secretary L C Goyal sought early retirement, Vijay Laxmi Joshi, Secretary in the union government in-charge of the ambitious 'Clean India Mission', has sought voluntary retirement from service.Her
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Bihar govt not "properly" implementing central schemes: Venkaiah Naidu
National | Aug 29, 2015, 04:05 AM ISTPatna: Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today criticised Bihar government for not "properly" implementing Central schemes and said it has not sent utilisation certificate for funds released to it nor requested for a
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Swachh Bharat campaign our biggest success: PM Modi
National | Aug 15, 2015, 11:03 AM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendera Modi on Saturday said the Swachh Bharat campaign was his government's "biggest achievement" and praised the children and the young for being the project's "biggest brand ambassador"."It was a unique
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Swachh Bharat rankings: Mysore tops the list, Delhi Cantt. at 15th slot
India | Aug 08, 2015, 07:47 PM ISTNew Delhi: Mysore has topped the Swachh Bharat rankings among 476 cities in the country with three more places from Karnataka figuring in the top 10.Among urban local bodies in the national capital, Delhi Cantonment
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PM Modi lauds Bengaluru girls for app to implement 'Swachh Bharat'
Aug 04, 2015, 11:04 PM ISTNew Delhi/Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lauded five girl students from Bengaluru for developing a mobile app which can be used to implement his pet project 'Swachh Bharat'."I am proud of you. You
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Not even half of anganwadi centres have toilets
India | Aug 02, 2015, 10:54 AM ISTNew Delhi: Less than fifty per cent of the Anganwadi Centers (AWCs) in the country have toilets, according to Women and Child Development Ministry.The Ministry said more than 20,000 were built it under Swachh Bharat
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Rashtrapati Bhawan, South Block lagging behind in Swachh drive
India | Jul 04, 2015, 10:18 PM ISTNew Delhi: Hyderabad House, Vigyan Bhawan and Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan have topped the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) rating, leaving behind Rashtrapati Bhawan and South Block among the 29 government buildings in the capital that were
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LocalCircles launches online citizen communities for 100 smart cities of India
Jun 26, 2015, 02:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: One of India's leading Community Social Media network today announced that availability of Online Citizen Communities or Groups across the 100 proposed Smart Cities of India.The citizen communities enabled over the last month
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96 percent of Swachh Bharat money in J&K unspent
India | Jun 24, 2015, 12:22 PM ISTNew Delhi : Sanitation in Jammu & Kashmir is among the worst in India, with more than 54 percent of more than 1.2 million households without toilets and the 2014-15 target for household latrines falling