Swachh Bharat Urban-Toilet Plan 76% Behind Schedule
A public toilet which was recently built under the Swachh Bharat Mission in Delhi. * Of a target of 2.5 million...
Swachh Bharat Mission Fails March 2016 Urban-Trash Targets
Cleanliness drive in Pune as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission. No more than 17.6% of urban solid-waste (garbage) was...
13 African Countries Top India’s Infant Mortality Rate
Much criticism has been directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim—wrong, as FactChecker reported—that the...
157 Million Indians Without Toilets = 8 Olympic-Sized Pools of Poo Daily
A woman crossing the railway track towards an open defecation spot, near the Jhakarkatti Rakhi Mandi slum in Kanpur,...
More Children Die Of Pneumonia, Diarrhoea In India Than Elsewhere, But There Is Hope
Diarrhoea--associated with contaminated drinking water--is responsible for 10% of all deaths among children under five....
Over 17 years, Same 5 States Hobble Sanitation Mission
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand are the worst performing states under the Swachh Bharat...
World Bank Head’s Warning On Stunted Children Should Worry India
“The reason I am pushing so hard on stunting is because we have spent a lot of time looking at possible paths of...
To Curb India's Population Growth, More Babies Should Live
From 1.2 billion people in 2011, India is on course to become the world's most populous country with 1.6 billion by...
