Swachh Bharat Mission

Top 10 dirtiest city in India 2025: Bengaluru, Chennai among the worst as smaller towns outshine metros

October 31, 2025 5:19 pm

Top 10 dirtiest city in India 2025 list: Bengaluru, Ranchi, Chennai, Ludhiana, and Madurai feature among India’s dirtiest cities in the Swachh Survekshan 2025 rankings, while smaller towns outperform major metros in cleanliness and civic upkeep.

Knowledge Nugget | Swachh Bharat Mission and its UPSC relevance

October 03, 2025 2:30 pm

On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, let’s revisit one of India’s flagship initiatives — the Swachh Bharat Mission, launched to realise Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of a clean India.

Govt to launch annual sanitation drive from Sep 17, with focus on legacy landfills

September 16, 2025 4:21 am

As in previous years, the drive will be held in both rural and urban areas and go on until October 2

Madhya Pradesh official embezzled Rs 13 crore meant for Swachh Bharat scheme: Probe

May 24, 2025 7:47 am

Betul Superintendent of Police says accused official is absconding and an FIR has been registered

Swachh Bharat standstill: Mohali’s waste collection vehicles turning into scrap

April 03, 2025 10:36 pm

Approximately 25 waste-collecting cycle-rickshaws and 13 Tata Ace mini-vans sit unused, rusting after years of neglect, despite garbage piling up across Mohali.

IE THINC sixth edition: Our Cities | ‘Skilled jobs can power urban development’

December 25, 2024 6:16 am

Panellists discussed how cities can boost skills and create more jobs at the Lucknow edition of IE Thinc: CITIES series, presented by The Indian Express with Omidyar Network India. The session was moderated by Udit Misra, Associate Editor

Swachh Bharat must focus on the invisible sanitation worker

November 02, 2024 9:13 am

These challenges can be an opportunity to reimagine off-grid urban areas for decentralised innovations that are people-centred, sustainable, equitable and contribute to economic growth

Swachh Bharat Mission will be sustainable only when citizens take ownership

October 02, 2024 11:29 am

Peer influence and the need for social acceptance can drive individuals to engage in positive behaviours such as reduce, reuse and recycle, segregate, and zero tolerance for littering.

Explained: What are cities doing with land reclaimed from garbage dumps under Swachh Bharat Mission

September 30, 2024 8:15 am

As a goal of the SBM Urban 2.0, which was launched in 2021, all legacy landfills in the country are to be cleared by 2025-2026.

Learning from the success of the Swachh Bharat Mission

September 09, 2024 7:00 am

It shows what is possible by sustained intervention and schemes going beyond meeting their initial numerical targets

Pretty dirty picture: A tale of two Delhi neighbourhoods

October 12, 2014 7:18 pm

Dipankar Ghose and Aniruddha Ghosal spend a night in Defence Colony and Kotla Mubarakpur, two colonies in Delhi that are separated by more than the road that divides them, to watch the daily clean-up operation.

Back To Waste Basics

June 22, 2020 6:57 pm