Clean Up Your Act: The State of Sanitation in India

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Clean Up Your Act: The State of Sanitation in India [1]

Of the 1 billion people globally who have no toilet, India accounts for nearly 600 million. Fifty per cent of India’s population defecates in the open. Community-centric programmes under strong leadership can usher in a clean India says this e-book by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the environment think tank based in New Delhi, India.

Well-designed communication and awareness campaigns connecting sanitation to health and women’s dignity and outcome-based monitoring are vital. Community-centric programmes under strong leadership can usher in a clean India.

Report | Swachhta Status Report 2016 [2]

Report | Handbook on technological options for on-site sanitation in rural areas [3]

Report | Financing sanitation for the poor: household level financing to address the sanitation gap in India [4]

Report | Pathway to success: compendium of best practices in rural sanitation in India [5]

Report | Report of the Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan [6]

Related Stories from

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[7]Opinion | How to reinvent the sanitation wheel [8]

Feature | Urban Shit: Where does it all go [9]

Opinion | Race for toilets [8]

Feature | World Toilet Day: India needs one toilet every two seconds to achieve target by 2019 [10]

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Publication Date:

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Source: Centre for Science and Environment [12]

Tags:

Sanitation [13], India [14], Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) [15], Rural Sanitation [16]

Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/books/clean-your-act-state-sanitation-india

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/books/clean-your-act-state-sanitation-india
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/swachhta-status-report-2016
[3] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/handbook-technological-options-site-sanitation-rural-areas
[4] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/financing-sanitation-poor-household-level-financing-address-sanitation-gap-india
[5] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/pathway-success-compendium-best-practices-rural-sanitation-india
[6] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/report-sub-group-chief-ministers-swachh-bharat-abhiyaan
[7] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/
[8] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/how-to-reinvent-the-sanitation-wheel-53507
[9] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/coverage/urban-shit-53422
[10] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/world-toilet-day-india-needs-one-toilet-every-two-seconds-to-achieve-target-by-2019-51829
[11] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/2155/thesaurus/sanitation/
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/centre-science-and-environment
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sanitation
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/centre-science-and-environment-cse
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-sanitation