Showing posts with label Swachh Bharat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Swachh Bharat. Show all posts

Tuesday, 31 January 2017

Lack of sanitation facilities puts high burden on women: Economic Survey

sewage, sanitation, garbage, dirt
Latest News - Stating that lack of access to sanitation facilities puts a disproportionate burden on women and girls, including the threat to life besides nutritional risks, the Economic Survey on Tuesday pitched for ensuring toilets in each household.
The pre-Budget Economic Survey 2016-17, tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, also said to ensure safe and adequate sanitation, water security and hygiene — the objectives of Swachh Bharat — as part of a broader fundamental right to privacy for women is becoming a serious policy issue.
Stating that there is 'disproportionate burden' on women in households without (Read More)