Swacch Bharat Abhiyan

New-age startups have the potential to address India’s solid waste management issues, but systemic challenges like rigid tendering and corruption persist.

The pan-India ban on certain single-use plastics will face many implementation challenges, especially in the Himalayan region.

Impact evaluations of low-cost interventions across four Indian states reveal interesting findings on how to accurately measure toilet use.

Despite significant progress in eradicating open defecation in India, male use of toilets continues to lag behind female.

A glimpse of the 'back-end' of Swachh Bharat Mission in Tier-I and Tier-II cities.

Important learnings from rural Odisha that can inform future sanitation policy and practice.

As we mark World Toilet Day this November, we need to think about how we manage human faecal waste. This is particularly important in India—a country with the fastest growing urban population in the world.

The findings of a research-to-action project to assess the Swachh Bharat Mission underline the importance of using an extremely contextual, localised approach in implementation.

This episode looks at the idea of change in development, particularly as it applies to human behaviour, action and culture.