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Not so swachh: On sanitation goals
Sanitation cannot be a separate ideal without reference to other forms of deprivation
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Swachh Survekshan 2020 USEFUL FOR NABARD GR A 2020 EXAM
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has announced the results of the first (April-June) and second (July- September) quarters of Swachh Survekshan 2020.
Swachh Survekshan 2020 is the 5th edition of the annual urban cleanliness survey conducted by the Ministry.
Format/ Method of Assessment
Swachh Survekshan 2020 is evaluated for each quarter on the basis of monthly updation of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) online Management Information System (MIS) by cities along with citizen’s validation on the 12 service level progress indicators.
Swachh Survekshan 2020 has been conducted in 3 quarters:
April – June
July – September
October – December 2019
These quarterly assessments will hold 25% weightage in the annual survey which is scheduled to commence from 4th January 2020 across India.
Ranks for Swachh Survekshan 2020 have been assigned based on the population in two categories of the cities :
1 lakh and above with sub-categories of
1-10 lakh
10 lakhs and above.
Less than 1 lakh (under this category, the rankings are given zone and population-wise).
It includes five zones namely, North, East, Northeast, South and West.
Key Points
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) and Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) have topped the cleanliness charts for two consecutive quarters among cities with over 10 lakh population and with 1 lakh to 10 lakh population respectively.
Kolkata ranked at the bottom of the ranking of 49 major cities across both quarters as West Bengal did not participate in the nationwide exercise.
Among cantonment boards, Tamil Nadu's St.Thomas Mount Cantt was ranked 1st in quarter 1 whereas Delhi Cantt ranked first in the 2nd quarter.
Secunderabad Cantonment Board in Hyderabad is the worst performer among other cantonment boards.
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India's foreign policy needs rework in the next five years
In the coming five years, a host of geopolitical and economic issues need to be reconciled
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has maintained a frenetic pace, renewing contacts with world leaders ever since the results of general election 2019. He was the cynosure of all eyes at the G-20 meeting in June, in Osaka. At the BRICs informal meeting, also in Osaka, he called for the strengthening of the......http://www.bankwhizz.com/capsules-sub.php?c=NABARD-Grade-A-and-B-2020
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A closure of the Indian mind
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Is social media polarising society?
To blame social media for unrest is as senseless as blaming pamphlets for the French Revolution
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The seniors are here
Increasingly they are finding their feet, growing wings very late in life
They are up in arms. “We want freedom. We want our privacy. We want to live our lives.”
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Cleanliness and godliness
Ganesh Chaturthi is an opportunity to see the failure of Swachh Bharat
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Taking the road less dusty
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What a $5 trillion economy would look like
The economy must be evaluated in terms of how much it contributes to the ease of our living
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Removing the roots of farmers’ distress
Steps like limited procurement, boosting productivity and consolidating land holdings can help reduce agrarian distress
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A city gone dry: on Chennai water crisis
The water crisis in Chennai needs holistic and widely resonant solutions
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Democracy and its discontents
India needs to strengthen institutions that lie between the public sphere and formal government institutions
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Safety and Security of Women, How?
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Clearing the air: On Delhi's air pollution
Tackling Delhi’s pollution needs tough, unpopular measures well ahead of winter
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Why the apathy towards cleanliness?
A culture of cleanliness and tidiness must be inculcated from an early age
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Life in plastic: on waste management framework
It’s far from fantastic India’s framework on discouraging its use is in disarray
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Making ‘Make in India’ happen
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