A Decade of WASH
- What is an example of advanced urban planning seen in the Indus Valley Civilization (circa 2500 BCE)? – Covered drains and toilets in homes
- In which year was the first Five-Year Plan launched after independence? – 1951
- What was the first nationwide, centrally sponsored programme launched in 1986, fully focused on sanitation? – Central Rural Sanitation Programme (CRSP)
- When was the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) launched? – 1999
- In which year was the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) launched? – 2009
- In which year was the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) approved for restructuring and integration into the Jal Jeevan Mission? – 2019
- On what date ....
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- 1 From Signals to Balance: The Journey of Hypothalamus and Pituitary
- 2 IEC and Behaviour Change
- 3 Every Drop Counts
- 4 From Toilets to Taps
- 5 Water: The Mirror of Life
- 6 Har Ghar Jal
- 7 Empowering Women and Nurturing Children through WASH
- 8 WASH in Schools and Anganwadis
- 9 Making Water Sources Sustainable
- 10 Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin and Jal Jeevan Mission: Efforts Towards the Goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047

