New Delhi: Having launched schemes to improve incomes, speed up governance, foster cleanliness and improve social security, the Narendra Modi government is now seeking to enhance the footprint of its initiatives to reap electoral dividends
Actress Kajol met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Wednesday regarding Help A Child Reach 5 campaign, which spreads the importance of good hand washing habits around the world.
Mumbai: Bollywood star Sanjay Dut has been invited by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to become its brand ambassador for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan and Smart City initiatives.The 56-year-old 'Munnabhai MBBS' star was released
New Delhi: The government today announced allocation of Rs 11,300 crore for both rural and urban areas for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Centre's biggest drive to improve sanitation and cleanliness across the country.The Budget 2016-17 has earmarked
Kurrubhat(C'garh): A 104-year-old woman from a village in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari district who sold her goats for constructing toilets at her home, came in for special praise on Sunday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who said
New Delhi: The stage is set to recognise cities that have taken "Swachh Bharat" campaign seriously, with a Top 75 ranking based on feedback from 20 million citizens, among others parameters, says the chair of
New Delhi: Superstar Salman Khan is known for his stand on social issues, philanthropist deeds and love for children. This year on his 50th birthday, he will be doing all these at once.The Bajrangi Bhaijaan
New Delhi: The World Bank has approved a loan of US$1.5 billion to help the government in its efforts to provide toilets in villages as part of the Swachh Bharat (Clean India) programme.The loan, which will
New Delhi: Government expects to mobilise about Rs 10,000 crore revenue in a full fiscal by levying Swachh Bharat Cess (SBC), Parliament was informed today."The government has not fixed any target for SBC during the
New Delhi: Sanitation programmes launched by the government over the last few years have failed to achieve the desired targets, the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) of India said on Tuesday.A CAG report which was submitted
New Delhi: World Toilet College, being touted as the first such effort being made internationally, will be operational from March next year, its developers announced today on the occasion of United Nations World Toilet Day
New 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
New 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
Salt 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
Puducherry: 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
New 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
New 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
The 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
New 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
Kollam: 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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