Ideally, we should have stronger monitoring and verifications on a regular basis. We wouldn’t need to keep having costly one-time mapping exercises as the mapping can be done by GPS regularly and then verified by the block sanitation coordinators.
Tag: Implementation
Why we still need to measure open defecation in rural India
In this post, Srivastav and Hathi contend that while the recently released National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey data seem to show that open defecation is being eliminated from rural India, this conclusion is unfortunately premature.
Decentralised Approach to Tackling Nutrition
What is required is a holistic and comprehensive plan to nutrition.
Why Poor Funding of Swachh Bharat Mission Since 2014 Has Put its Goals at Risk
While budgetary allocation has been hiked in the last two years, it’s still not nearly enough for the government to meet its 2019 goal.
Political Messaging Masks Budget 2018’s Actual Delivery in the Social Sector
Even as schemes have received minimal allocations, this budget signals an important shift in the political narrative. Gone is the focus on jobs, skills, aspirations and empowerment.
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हर साल बजट पेश होने के बाद सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य पर होने वाली बहस सिर्फ एक आंकड़े के इर्द-गिर्द सिमट जाती है।
Budget 2018: Swachh Bharat Mission- A reality check
Swachh Bharat Mission is racing towards its target of achieving an Open Defecation Free India by 2019, constructing more than 2,000 toilets every hour; but will the gains from such increased coverage be sustainable?
The state is writing cheques it can’t cash
India’s poor state capacity is often blamed on inadequate government spending—but government inability to use allocated funds is also to blame
19 States Freeze MGNREGA Payments, Centre Not Releasing Funds
Wage payments under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) have been frozen in 19 states as of October 31, 2017, official data show.
[Video] Truth vs Hype Of Swachh Bharat
This week, one of the government’s signature schemes – the Swachh Bharat Mission – turns three years old. We examine the data and travel to the ground to investigate the claims of a scheme on which an estimated Rs. 50,000 crore have already been spent.