Health

In the tribal Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh, state government employees won't get their salaries if they don't construct toilets at home and get it verified from officials. This is another step to make the district Open Defecation Free (ODF). District collector Mukesh Shukla said that the

This is the story of one Suman Gangwar, a 31-year old woman working as a maid, who mortgages her jewellery to construct a toilet in her house. She says that she took this decision as her two sons, aged 12 and 4, faced inconvenience. Her husband is a daily-wage labourer. Suman is from village

Union Minister for Urban Development Shri Naidu, also present on the occasion, informed that all the 170 towns of Gujarat and 110 cities of Andhra Pradesh have become ODF on 2nd October. इस महीने की 25 तारीख को शुरू हुआ स्वच्छ भारत सप्ताह आज संपन्न हो गया। इस मौके पर गुजरात और आंध्र प्रदेश अपने-अपने

Two commemorative stamps on Swachh Bharat Mission and a miniature sheet were released in the Presence of Union Minister for Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu. As a part of Swachh Bharat Mission, Department of Posts organised a nation-wide competition inviting entries for designing the

The Union Minister for Rural Development, Drinking Water & Sanitation and Panchayati Raj Shri Narendra Singh Tomar said that by 2nd October, this year, one lakh villages will become Open Defecation Free, ODF and 40 Districts will achieve the status of ODF Districts in this financial Year. Addressing

Every citizen has a right to clean air and clean source of energy, and the day may not be far when there may be a public demand to bring in a legislation for right to clean air on the same lines as we have a law for Right to Education, Food Security, etc. This was stated here today by Union Minister

This is the story of Dr Asif Iqbal, who left a government job to serve the poor. More than 100 eye operations have been performed by Dr Iqbal, free of cost. An excellent story by Ravi Verma in Amar Ujala. Our media should come out with such positive stories to let the people at large know of the

Many districts, including Mahatma Gandhi's birthplace Porbandar, will be declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) on Mahatma's birthday, 2nd Oct. Govt data says that so far, 2.37 crore toilets have been built in rural areas and 24.05 lakh in urban areas. Read more on this in the TOI report by Dipak Dash

रांची :- प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी ने आगामी 2 अक्तूबर को अपने मंत्रिमंडल के तमाम सदस्यों को दिल्ली में रहने को कहा है। प्रधानमंत्री ने दो साल पूर्व दो अक्तूबर को राष्ट्रीय स्वच्छता मिशन की शुरुआत की थी। प्रधानमंत्री इस अभियान में तेजी लाना चाहते हैं। प्रधानमंत्री के इस दो साल पूर्व शुरू किये गये इस

Swachh Bharat Week is being celebrated from today i.e birth anniversary of ‘Antyodaya’ advocate late Shri Deendayal Upadhyaya and will continue till Ocotber 2,2016 i.e the birth anniversary of Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi, who voiced serious concerns about poor sanitation and its consequences

We have always been hearing of healing properties of Ganga. Many believed this and many thought that this is a myth. But now, scientists of the Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh have come out with scientific evidence to confirm the healing properties of Ganga. Read more on this in the

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will soon launch “Mission Parivar Vikas” in 145 high focus districts having the highest total fertility rates in the country. These 145 districts are in the seven high focus, high TFR states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh