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December 13, 2022 WaterAid India’s partnership with USAID and Gap Inc. benefits 2400 villages across 7 districts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

WaterAid has focused on establishing community-led water quality monitoring & surveillance (Image: Anil Gulati/India Water Portal Flickr)
September 26, 2022 This study found that the sanitary quality of neighbourhood drains, in addition to toilets, affected sanitation and hygiene and incidences of ill-health in rural households.
Dirty drainages, harbingers of illhealth. Image for representation only (Image Source: SuSanA Secretariat via Wikimedia Commons)
February 10, 2022 Budget for sanitation sees a decline
Jal Jeevan Mission has picked up pace after two years (Image: Anita Martinz, Wikimedia Commons,  CC-A-2.0 Generic)
October 4, 2021 Lessons from the Swachh Bharat Mission experience
Pop culture icons like Gabbar Singh are painted on the walls of a toilet complex in New Delhi (Image: Project Raahat, Enactus)
July 6, 2021 If trends persist, billions will be left without critical, life-saving WASH services, says a SDG monitoring report

Between 2016 and 2020, the global population with safely managed drinking water at home increased from 70% to 74% (Image: Pxhere)
Minutes of the first meeting of sectoral innovation council held on 5th July 2012 at Krishi Bhawan New Delhi A document by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This document by Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation is on the minutes of the first meeting of sectoral innovation council. It sheds light on the need for innovation in rural water sector.

Sanitation Status of 19 cities in Maharashtra
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

It is a presentation by Principal Secretary of water supply and sanitation department of Maharashtra on process adopted by the state to encourage cities to prepare City Sanitation Plan. This document includes data on status of 19 cities of Maharashtra on Sanitation, sewage treated and open defecation status.

Report of the Working Group on Rural Domestic Water and Sanitation 12th Five Year Plan
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This document includes the performance of each state in rural water supply and sanitation during eleventh five year plan. It includes data on coverage, uses, status in the villages. It also provides data on proposed investment in the sector in twelfth five year plan. It also discusses the various programmes implemented and their outcomes in the 11th plan.

Norms and Standards of Municipal Basic Services in India
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This report includes recommended norms for the five basic services and their components as suggested by various organisations. The basic service includes water supply, sewerage, solid waste management, primary education and preventive health care. The investment needs required for provision, operation and maintenance of basic services in various states are also discussed.

Houselisting and Housing Census Data Highlights 2011
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Census data on sources of drinking water by tap, hand pump, well or other. The data is percentage wise accesses to drinking water in urban and rural India given separately. Also data on Availability and Type of Latrine Facility: 2001-2011. Data for urban and rural given separately.

The economic impacts of inadequate sanitation in India
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This study report suggests that inadequate sanitation causes India considerable economic losses, equivalent to 6.4 per cent of India's GDP in 2006 at Rs. 2.4 Trillion. It quantifies the economic loss in health, tourism, access time and water due to inadequate sanitation. It also represents the effect of the same on rise of death due to water bone diseases.

Twenty Point Programme 2006 Annual progress report 2009 10
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This is an annual progress report of Twenty Point Programme for the year 2009 - 10. It gives detail of coverage of habitations in the scheme of Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme and latrine construction in rural houses in the year 2009-10.

Twenty Point Programme 2006 Annual progress report 2008 09
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

This is an annual progress report of Twenty Point Programme for the year 2008 - 09. It gives detail of coverage of habitations in the scheme of Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme and latrine construction in rural houses in the year 2008-09.

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