2018 – The Highway Construction Year

Year end Review: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways HIGHLIGHTS OF ACTIVITIES Index Introduction Construction of national highways Road safety Initiatives in transport sector Green initiatives E- initiatives International cooperation Others INTRODUCTION The year 2018-19 was declared by the Ministry...

Year End Review-2018: Ministry of Tourism

Year End Review-2018: Ministry of Tourism The Ministry of Tourism is the nodal agency to formulate national policies and programmes for the development and promotion of tourism. In the process, the Ministry consults and collaborates with other stakeholders in the...

Achievements of Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs during 2018

Year End Review 2018: Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs Swachh Survekshan 2018 ranked 4,203 Cities Swachh Survekshan -2019, Paperless & Digital, to commence from 4th Jan covering all cities. SBM (Urban)-4,124 Cities & 21 States / UTs declared ODF 62...

Achievements of Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation during the Year 2017

Year End Review-2017: Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation Swachh Bharat Mission To accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage and to put focus on access to safe sanitation, the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Bharat...

Abburu is an inspiration to other GPs

Abburu, the gram panchayat (GP) in Sattenapalle Mandal of Guntur District in Andhra Pradesh that was declared open defecation free (ODF) on 5th February, 2016 is now an inspiration to other GPs owing to the host of ODF plus activities it...

Agar Malwa becomes ODF

About 2 years ago, when someone entered a village in Agar Malwa district of Madhya Pradesh, they were likely to step on feces that were on the roadsides and vacant spaces in the village.  That’s how rampant open defecation was...

Swachch Bharat: Gandhi’s obsession, Modi’s passion

 *Smera Chawla During a recent visit to the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad where a photo gallery vividly depicts the ideology and life style of Mahatma Gandhi, my thoughts went around to connect the Father of Nation with an independent and...

Swachhta Pakhwada in MeitY: Striving towards building a ‘Swachh Digital India’

 *P. P. Chaudhary On 2nd October 2014, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi gave the clarion call of Swachh Bharat to the nation. Swachh Bharat Mission was never merely meant be a Government programme. It was the inception of a revolution;...