Best Practices under Sanitation from Maharashtra
Some successes and best practices from the Water Supply and Sanitation Department of the Government of Maharashta....
Rural Sanitary Marts and Production Centres – An Evaluation
To draw lessons from the experience of RSMs and PCs operating in various states, and to formulate sustainable and replicable designs for the future, UNICEF commissioned “TARU Leading Rural Sanitary Marts and Production Centres – An Evaluation.....
Jalanidhi project: A meagre 3% World Bank funds used in Thiruvanthapuram
Thiruvanthapuram, Aug. 21, 2013: The displeasure of the World Bank over the constant changing of heads for the Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project, better known as the Jalanidhi, seems well-grounded.
Frequent replacement of the heads....
71.05% Anganwadis Have Drinking Water; 50.28% Have Toilets
New Delhi, May 3, 2013: As per information available for 12.52 lakhs Anganwadi Centres (AWCs)/ mini-AWCs, 6,29,688 (50.28%) AWCs are reported to have toilet facilities, 8,89,834 (71.05%) AWCs have drinking water facilities within the premises and 3,54,936....
Women's SHGs need to be linked to banks, says Jairam Ramesh
Mumbai, Jan 28, 2014: To empower women under the National Rural Livelihood Mission, there is a need to link women's self help groups (WSHGs) to banks, Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh said.
Ramesh, who was in Mumbai to attend an event ....
Best Performing States and Panchayats Awarded on National Panchayati Raj Day
New Delhi, Apr 24, 2013: The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh inaugurated the National conference to celebrate the National Panchayati Raj Day here today. On the occasion, annual awards under “Panchayat Empowerment and Accountability Incentive Schemeâ....
State Level Sensitization on Community Led Total Sanitation in Patna
On the 27th January 2011, a one-day orientation workshop on CLTS was held in Patna, Bihar. Organized by the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), DFID supported Sector Wide Approach to Strengthen Health SWASHT Programme and CLTS Foundation....