-Down to Earth Union ministry issues orders to all states to meet target of constructing 5.2 million toilets by end of August The Ministry of Drinking water and Sanitation on Friday finalised its 100-day plan, under which it has decided to construct one toilet every second by the end of August this year. Sarswati Prasad, joint secretary for Sanitation, issued an order to each state, giving them their respective targets for the next...
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Focus on usage, not construction -Yamini Aiyar and Avani Kapur
-Live Mint Sanitation in India has come a long way from being no one's priority to a politically salient issue Our politicians are finally talking toilets. From former minister Jairam Ramesh's infamous statement that India needed more toilets than temples to becoming a campaign issue in the recent elections, Sanitation in India has come a long way from being no one's priority to a politically salient issue. On becoming Prime Minister, Narendra...
More »The Planning Commission, in practice -Mihir Shah
-The Indian Express Despite the bureaucratic mindset, there are also tremendous positive effects. As speculation mounts by the day that the Modi government is thinking of winding up the Planning Commission, this is an opportune moment to reflect on the relevance of the institution in the context of a rapidly changing Indian economy and society. One way of classifying institutions is in terms of the balance between their potential positive power (PPP) and...
More »Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of Sulabh Sanitation Movement, speaks to Fozia Yasin
-The Times of India One month after the horrific Badaun gang rape exposed how gravely at risk women and minors lacking domestic toilets are, India's Sanitation scenario remains dire. Social worker and Padma Bhushan awardee Bindeshwar Pathak is founder of Sulabh Sanitation Movement, an organisation that helps build low-cost toilets across the country. Speaking with Fozia Yasin, Pathak discussed the socio-economic costs of lacking proper Sanitation, practical ways to correct this...
More »People in about 40 % rural households in five states prefer to defecate in open-Kundan Pandey
-Down to Earth Programmes launched to promote use of latrines have failed to influence Sanitation behaviours of many people It would be wrong to assume that construction of a toilet in every house can curb the problem of open defecation in India. According to a new study, a significant number of people prefer to defecate in open despite having latrines in their houses. The study was conducted by the Research Institute for...
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