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All 6,650 Villages Of Jammu And Kashmir Declared Open Defecation Free Plus
In a significant milestone for Jammu and Kashmir under the Swachh Bharat Mission, all of its 6,650 villages have been declared open defecation-free plus model, officials said here on Saturday.
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75% Villages Declared Open Defecation Free Plus: Union Minister
About 4.4 lakh or 75 per cent of India's villages have achieved the open defecation free-plus status, Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Saturday.
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PM Says "Every Village In India Open Defecation Free, Has Electricity
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address to the Indian community in Munich on Sunday, underscored the country's achievements in a short span of time and said India is impatient to fulfil its dreams.
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19% Households Do Not Use Any Toilet Facility: National Survey
Even though India was declared Open Defecation Free by the government in 2019, the latest NFHS survey conducted in 2019-21 showed that 19 percent of households do not use any toilet facility.
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Watch: 60-Year-Old Women Race Holding Lota. They Were Sending A Message
Twenty women in the 55-60 years age group raced with a lota (a pot of water) today to send a message that they would ensure their daughters-in-law don't have to defecate in the open -- something they did all their lives.
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Rs 12,300 Crore Allocated For Swachh Bharat Mission In Budget 2020
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced that the government has allocated Rs 12,300 crores for Swachh Bharat Mission while presenting the Union Budget for the year 2020-21, according to an official press release.
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Village In Maharashtra To Cancel Ration Cards For Open Defecation
In a bid to discourage open defecation, the Gram Panchayat of Jarandi village near Maharashtra's Aurangabad has decided to cancel ration cards of families even if one of the members is caught defecating in the open.
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3 Of Family, Including Pregnant Woman, Mowed Down By Train In Jharkhand
Three members of a family, including a five-month pregnant woman, were killed by a running train in Jharkhand's Palamau district on Monday morning.
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18-Month-Old Boy Dies In Madhya Pradesh In Scuffle Over Public Urination
A one-year-old boy was killed and a policeman was injured in separate incidents of violence over public urination in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday
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"Rural India Has Declared Itself Open Defecation Free": PM Modi In Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said rural India has declared itself open defecation free, as the country celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, an icon of not just Indian independence but also cleanliness.
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All 6,650 Villages Of Jammu And Kashmir Declared Open Defecation Free Plus
In a significant milestone for Jammu and Kashmir under the Swachh Bharat Mission, all of its 6,650 villages have been declared open defecation-free plus model, officials said here on Saturday.
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75% Villages Declared Open Defecation Free Plus: Union Minister
About 4.4 lakh or 75 per cent of India's villages have achieved the open defecation free-plus status, Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Saturday.
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PM Says "Every Village In India Open Defecation Free, Has Electricity
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address to the Indian community in Munich on Sunday, underscored the country's achievements in a short span of time and said India is impatient to fulfil its dreams.
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19% Households Do Not Use Any Toilet Facility: National Survey
Even though India was declared Open Defecation Free by the government in 2019, the latest NFHS survey conducted in 2019-21 showed that 19 percent of households do not use any toilet facility.
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Watch: 60-Year-Old Women Race Holding Lota. They Were Sending A Message
Twenty women in the 55-60 years age group raced with a lota (a pot of water) today to send a message that they would ensure their daughters-in-law don't have to defecate in the open -- something they did all their lives.
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Rs 12,300 Crore Allocated For Swachh Bharat Mission In Budget 2020
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced that the government has allocated Rs 12,300 crores for Swachh Bharat Mission while presenting the Union Budget for the year 2020-21, according to an official press release.
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Village In Maharashtra To Cancel Ration Cards For Open Defecation
In a bid to discourage open defecation, the Gram Panchayat of Jarandi village near Maharashtra's Aurangabad has decided to cancel ration cards of families even if one of the members is caught defecating in the open.
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3 Of Family, Including Pregnant Woman, Mowed Down By Train In Jharkhand
Three members of a family, including a five-month pregnant woman, were killed by a running train in Jharkhand's Palamau district on Monday morning.
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18-Month-Old Boy Dies In Madhya Pradesh In Scuffle Over Public Urination
A one-year-old boy was killed and a policeman was injured in separate incidents of violence over public urination in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday
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"Rural India Has Declared Itself Open Defecation Free": PM Modi In Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said rural India has declared itself open defecation free, as the country celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, an icon of not just Indian independence but also cleanliness.
