-Tehelka Last year’s Red Fort rhetoric has not been matched by action on the ground, with separate Toilets for students remaining elusive as ever One part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech on Independence Day this year can safely be predicted: the reeling out of statistics to prove that the Swachh Bharat campaign is sweeping the nation. The cleanliness drive launched on 2 October, 2014, was announced from the ramparts of the...
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Want to contest panchayat polls in Bihar? First, install a toilet at your home -Madan Kumar
-The Times of India PATNA: If you want to become Mukhiya, Pramukh, district board chairperson or even a ward member of your gram-panchayat by contesting panchayat polls in Bihar, you must have to construct a toilet at your individual home. Bihar Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed a legislation- the Bihar Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2015, bringing some new provisions including making it mandatory for candidates contesting all level of panchayat raj elections...
More »How India Inc is meeting target of Swachh Toilets
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: India Inc is slowly moving towards meeting the Swachh Bharat targets for building Toilets across the country and is adopting innovative tools to meet the goals and stay within reasonable cost. While public sector companies such as Coal India and NTPC are way ahead of the private sector, Bharti, Infosys, Mahindra, TCS and Toyota are leading the pack, together building 8,000 Toilets so far. M&M is...
More »Socio Economic Caste Census: Has It Ignored Too Many Poor Households? -NC Saxena
-Economic and Political Weekly A survey to identify who the poor are and how many are actually poor is necessary if programmes and benefits targeted at the needy are to reach them. The Socio Economic Caste Census, of which partial results have been published, was intended to do this. Yet, even a cursory look at the figures indicates that they call for a willing suspension of disbelief. N C Saxena (naresh.saxena@gmail.com) was...
More »Government racing against time for PM Narendra Modi’s promise of school Toilets
-PTI With barely three weeks left for Independence Day celebrations, Parliament was informed last week that 2.86 lakh Toilets have been constructed so far Government seems to be racing against time to fulfill Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise of ensuring Toilets in all schools across the country in a year as about 1.94 lakh Toilets are yet to be made operational as against the target of 4.19 lakh Toilets. Modi had in his...
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