Total Sanitation Campaign was renamed as Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA)

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Nearly 300 eunuch have been carrying out a campaign against open defecation under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in Madhya Pradesh, with a state minister today saying that his government's idea to rope-

Question raised in Lok Sabha on solid and liquid waste management, 13/08/2015. Swachh Bharat Mission has been launched from 2.10.2014. Under Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) SBM-G, there is a provision of assistance of up to Rs. 7/12/15/20 lakh for Gram Panchayats with 150/300/500/more than 500 households. Under SBM-G, component-wise funds are not released. However, State/UT-wise funds released under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan (NBA-sanitation programme prior to SBM-G)/SBM (G) during the last 3 years and the current year is at Annexure-1.

The cotton city has fared poorly in the cleanliness test done by the Union ministry of urban development.

The holy city of Amritsar, Palwal and Bhiwani have emerged as the dirtiest cities in the northern region in an assessment on cleanliness carried out by Union Urban Development Ministry.

178 villages in the district have achieved 100% open defecation free status; Sindhudurg tops the list.

The Swachh Bharat Mission is being implemented in all the 4,041 statutory cities and towns in the country while the rankings released on Saturday pertained only to 476 cities

Uttarakhand capital Dehradun is placed poorly at 26th position among the 28 capital cities surveyed for Swachh Bharat rankings.

Under Swachh Bharat Mission, 480 public toilets will be installed at 80 different locations in Delhi in the next three months.

Itanagar: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has slammed the Arunachal Pradesh government for poor implementation of central schemes under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA).

In a letter dated July 17, 2015, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked universities across India to furnish information on the status of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan on their campuses.

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