Rural Sanitation

The main objectives of the TSC are: Bring about an improvement in the general quality of life in the rural areas; Accelerate sanitation coverage in rural areas to access to toilets to all by 2012; Motivate communities and Panchayati Raj Institutions promoting sustainable sanitation facilities through awareness creation and health education; In rural areas, cover schools and Anganwadis by March 20

Publication Date:

01/06/2010

Source: Ministry of Rural Development

Tags:

Sanitation, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Rural Sanitation, Health Education, Government Of India (GOI), India, Ministry of Rural Development, New Delhi

Sanitation

Step by step: achieving sustainable sanitation

This document is the culmination of research and discussions on the experiences of civil society organisations implementing sustainable sanitation campaigns in six Indian states. The initiatives featured in the book indicate that a typical campaign spread over three to five years comprises four distinct phases and involves a series of activities described in this book.

Publication Date:

31/05/2010

Author(s): Suresh Babu S.V.

Source: Arghyam

Tags:

Sanitation, Rural Sanitation, India, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Panchayats, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Orissa (Odisha), Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Gujarat, NGO, Waste Management, Water Supply

Sanitation

Position paper regarding developing a strategic plan for the rural sanitation sector, 2010 2022

Government of India

Publication Date:

28/05/2010

Source: Ministry of Rural Development

Tags:

Eco Sanitation, Sanitation, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Rural Sanitation, India, Ministry of Rural Development, New Delhi

Sanitation

Latrines for all rural families by March 2012

BHUBANESWAR: All below poverty line (BPL) and above poverty line (APL) families in the rural areas will be provided latrines by March, 2012.

The state government has decided to set up a sanitation mission for the implementation of the scheme.

Publication Date:

21/05/2010

Source: New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)

Tags:

Toilets, Sanitation, Rural Sanitation, Poverty, NGO, Orissa (Odisha), Kandhamal, New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)

Health

Efficiency variation at the sub-state level: The healthcare system in Karnataka

This paper attempts an analysis of efficiency variation in health system performance in Karnataka. By using the stochastic frontier technique, it provides an idealised yardstick to evaluate the performance of the health sector.

Publication Date:

08/05/2010

Author(s): Brijesh C Purohit

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

45

Issue:

19

pp:

70

Tags:

Rural Water Supply, Health, Rural Sanitation, Health Care, Rural Health, Rural Electrification, Karnataka, Economic and Political Weekly, Statistics, Infrastructure Development, Brijesh C Purohit

Water Supply

Access of the poor to water supply and sanitation in India: salient concepts, issues and cases

Access to safe water is necessary for lives and livelihoods. In India, a mid-term assessment reveals that the country has already met its MDG (Millennium Development Goal) in terms of

Publication Date:

01/05/2010

Author(s): Nitish Jha

Source: International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth

Tags:

Water Harvesting, Rural Water Supply, Urban Water Supply, Eco Sanitation, Water Supply, Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, Rural Sanitation, Private Sector, India, Brazil, Nitish Jha, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth

Sanitation

Workshop on rural sanitation and water arrangements concludes

Bhopal: The novel technical methods for ensuring availability of drinking water in the rural areas and increasing groundwater table should be publicised at the national level so that people of the entire country can take advantage of these methods. This decision was taken at a two-day state level workshop after discussions between the filed officers and administrative officers.

Publication Date:

01/05/2010

Source: Central Chronicle (Bhopal)

Tags:

Water Management, Water Quality, Water Supply, Sanitation, Rural Sanitation, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)