Nagpur, Jan 31, 2014: While almost 10% schools don't have toilets for girls, there are almost 4% schools without toilets for boys. With the Right To Education (RTE) Act coming into force, schools now have no wriggle room and need to construct a boys....
Mumbai, Jan 28, 2014: To empower women under the National Rural Livelihood Mission, there is a need to link women's self help groups (WSHGs) to banks, Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh said.
Ramesh, who was in Mumbai to attend an event ....
Nagpur, Jan 24, 2014: Hygiene and sanitation in schools is a major issue, especially when it comes to institutions run either directly by the government or aided by it. Lack of funds and improper implementation of plans have caused schools....
New Delhi, Jan, 21, 2014: Water, Sanitation and hygiene are important components for child survival and development. According to UNICEF girls are nearly twice as likely as boys to drop-out from school due to lack of basic sanitation facilities in schools....
Pune, Jan 17, 2014: The emphasis on school infrastructure as per the Right to Education Act notwithstanding, the dropout rate among girls in the 7-16 age group shot up last year, when over 14% girls went missing from schools in rural parts of Maharashtra....
Indore, Jan 12, 2014: Absence of a toilet and utter humiliation of defecating in open, brought the eight-year-old wedlock of a dalit couple Dev Karan and Savita on the brink of total collapse in Mundlana village of Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district.....
Bhopal, Jan. 12, 2014: Sulabh International, known for its work in the field of sanitation, today announced an award of Rs two lakh for a Dalit woman from Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district who walked out of her matrimonial home....
Puducherry, Jan. 9, 2014: Puducherry Government will soon launch sanitation facilities in the Union Territory in association with the Sulabh Sanitation Movement, a non-governmental organisation constructing toilets and maintaining them in various parts....
Pune, Jan 6, 2014: Violators may face stringent fines in Pune. The next time you are disposing off garbage in an inappropriate place, think twice. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) might soon impose fine or take stringent action against those who fail.....
Mumbai, June 1, 2014: If travelling almost a kilometre through a poorly-lit trail in the night to relieve yourself is not punishment enough, more than 300 million women and girls in India live under the constant fear of being sexually assaulted while on....
