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People relieve themselves at Baiganwadi, Govandi.

Despite ODF status from Centre, locals continue to answer nature's...

Supriya Sonar, an activist with the Right to Pee movement, said she strongly opposed the government's claim.

2 Oct 2017 8:01 PM

The President said that Smart Cities, also require Smart Sanitation and Smart Waste Management.

Cities open defecation free'?

President Kovind declares urban Maharashtra ODF, mum about Mumbai.

1 Oct 2017 8:01 PM

Tushar, an eight-year-old Divyang boy of Madhya Pradeshs Kumhari village, made headlines for his single-handed efforts in making his village open defecation-free (ODF).(Photo: ANI)

Mann Ki Baat: PM praises 8-yr-old disabled boy who made village...

Modi in the 38th edition of his 'Mann ki Baat' address, shared the boy's story with the country.

27 Nov 2017 9:11 AM

Bihar districts have asked people not to defecate in the open. (photo: File)

Bihar teachers asked to dissuade people from defecating in open, click...

Check on open defecation will help to achieve Swachch Bharat Abhiyan launched by Modi and Nitish Kumar.

22 Nov 2017 7:33 AM

To dissuade people from relieving in the open, the BMC has formed 36 Good Morning squads of 180 employees, each having five members.

576 fined for defecating in open

In December 2016, Mumbai was announced ODF by the Centre.

27 Sept 2017 8:34 PM

The official announcement is likely to be made on October 2, the deadline issued by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Urban Maharashtra free of open defecation?

The state gives open defecation free status to areas which have access to toilets.

27 Sept 2017 8:32 PM

The employees were apparently on a drive against open defecation in the town under Swachh Bharat Mission. (Photo: AP/Representational image))

104 NDMC wards declared open defection-free

According to Ms Agarwal, there are 314 community toilet complexes (CTCs), with 3,508 seats for men and 3,232 seats for...

1 Jan 2018 7:53 PM

I know the problem of pollution of the Yamuna river. We have made all villages on the banks of Ganga open defecation free. I want to take the same project for the Yamuna too.Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharti said. (Photo: PTI)

Govt plans Yamuna gram scheme to make villages open defecation free

The Centre now plans to take up the project to make the villages on the banks of the Yamuna river open defecation free.

18 Feb 2018 9:37 AM

Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi (Photo: File)

No free rice if villages not open defecation free: Kiran Bedi issues...

Under the scheme, free rice reaches out to more than half of the population primarily in rural areas in the Union...

28 April 2018 10:58 AM

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Despite push, only 24 per cent UP villages achieve ODF status

Bihar, Odisha and J&K other poor performers, PM chairs meeting.

21 July 2018 8:03 PM

Earlier in the day, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh had told ANI that an open defecation free India is a big achievement on the landmark occasion. (Photo: ANI)

PM Modi declares India to be 'open defecation free' on Gandhi's 150th...

'This is a very big achievement, especially on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi,' Modi...

2 Oct 2019 3:43 PM

The National Health Policy 2017 has proposed to increase the public spending on healthcare from a dismal 1 per cent to a meagre 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2020, which is itself well below the world average of 5.99 per cent.

Ayushman Bharat on way to become world's largest free healthcare...

The central government aims to give health insurance cover to around 50 crore poor people with Ayushman Bharat.

6 March 2019 12:44 PM