Day: April 15, 2021

The announcement of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan by the Indian government, back in 2014, created tremendous momentum to leapfrog the country towards reaching open defecation free status. By the end of 2020, the mission achieved significant success with a multi-fold increase in access to toilets. Yet, urban poor populations living in informal settlements are disproportionately disadvantaged, …

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Sanitation, purpose and the power of partnerships Read More »

Even as a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is sweeping across India with surges in rates of infections and number of mortalities, a recently released report by Assocham and the Thought Arbitrage Research Institute, on the risks posed by non-communicable diseases in the country, draws our attention to this under-reported but important healthcare issue. …

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