“Already, China's world-leading solar industry provides water heating for 35 million buildings, and India's pioneering use of rainwater harvesting brings clean water to tens of thousands of homes.” WorldUseHomeWaterMillionsBuildingIndustryIndiaCleanChinaHarvestClean WaterPioneeringHeatingRainwater Author:Christopher Flavin
“The spectacle of what is called religion, or at any rate organised religion, in India and elsewhere, has filled me with horror and I have frequently condemned it and wished to make a clean sweep of it. Almost always it seemed to stand for blind belief and reaction, dogma and bigotry, superstition, exploitation and the preservation of vested interests.” BeliefInterestAtheismHorrorIndiaBlindFilledCleanRateReactionsBigotryElsewhereSuperstitionsDogmaExploitationPreservationOrganisedVested InterestsOrganised ReligionBlind Belief Book:Jawaharlal Nehru: An Autobiography : with Musings on Recent Events in India Source: Jawaharlal Nehru: An Autobiography : with Musings on Recent Events in India
“Understanding strengths and weaknesses is very essential in setting forth a clean administration and for sustainable and lasting solutions.” UnderstandingEssentialsSolutionsWeaknessIndiaCleanSettingSettingsAdministrationLastingGovernanceStrength And Weakness Author:Narendra Modi
“Pro-active good governance aims beyond short-term requirement keeping in mind the long-term needs such as the use of clean technology and in preparedness and mitigating climate change fallout etc.” NeedsMindLongUseTermTechnologyIndiaAimCleanClimateClimate ChangeActiveLong TermEtcRequirementsGovernanceShort TermPreparednessGood GovernanceFallouts Author:Narendra Modi
“Falling prices are driving renewable energy investment in India, which rose 13 per cent last year and is expected to surpass 10 billion dollars in 2015. Adoption of increasingly cost-effective renewables holds the genuine promise of a new age of socio-economic development, powered by clean, increasingly decentralised, and sustainable energy. The opportunity for India is tremendous.” YearsAgeLastsFallOpportunityEnergyEconomicDevelopmentPromiseCostIndiaDollarsRoseCleanInvestmentExpectedBillionsDrivingGenuineCentsLast YearAdoptionNew AgeRenewable EnergyEconomic DevelopmentSustainable Energy Author:Adnan
“Mahatma Gandhi never compromised on cleanliness. He gave us freedom. We should give him a clean India.” GivingShouldPowerfulIndiaCleanCleanlinessNever Compromise Author:Narendra Modi
“Energy security based on clean & reliable sources is essential for India's future. Nuclear energy has a key role in India's energy strategy.” MotivationEnergyRolesSecuritySourceKeysEssentialsIndiaStrategyCleanNuclearNuclear EnergyEnergy SecurityReliable Sources Author:Narendra Modi
“People must understand the Clean Ganga program, as an economic activity also. The Gangetic plains account for 40% of our population. They have over one hundred towns, and thousands of villages.” PeopleEconomicActivityHundredEmpowermentProgramAccountsIndiaTownsCleanPopulationVillage Author:Narendra Modi
“Cleanliness and sanitation were closest to Gandhiji's heart. We will launch a 'Clean India' campaign and by Gandhiji's 150th birth anniversary, all schools in the country should have toilets with separate toilets for girls.” ShouldHeartCountrySchoolGirlBirthShould HaveIndiaInnovationCleanCampaignsClosestToiletsCleanlinessSanitationGandhiji Author:Narendra Modi
“Last year I spoke about Clean India and open defecation, it was criticised then but that has been the main point with which the government has touched the lives of the people.” PeopleYearsHas BeensGovernmentLastsIndiaCleanTouchedSpokesLast Year Author:Narendra Modi
“It is our social responsibility as citizens of India to help fulfil Gandhiji's vision of Clean India, by his 150th birth anniversary in 2019.” HelpingSocialResponsibilityVisionBirthCitizensIndiaCleanSocial ResponsibilityGandhiji Author:Narendra Modi
“I am seeing that Gandhi is looking through these specs that whether we have made India clean or not, what we have done and what we have done.” MadeDoneSeeingIndiaCleanSpecs Author:Narendra Modi
“When I went to a school in Japan, they told me that both the teachers and students perform cleaning tasks here to keep the schools clean. I wondered why can't we do it in India.” SchoolTeacherStudentsTasksIndiaCleanJapanCleaningTeacher And Student Author:Narendra Modi
“I have requested the corporates to evolve plans under corporate social responsibility to build clean toilets specially for girl students in schools. India should learn from foreign countries, where people are disciplined and do not litter in public places.” PeopleShouldCountrySchoolGirlSocialResponsibilityPlansStudentsIndiaCleanEvolveCorporateSocial ResponsibilityToiletsForeign CountriesCorporate Social Responsibility Author:Narendra Modi
“If people of India can reach Mars with minimal expenditure, why can they not keep their streets and colonies clean.” PeopleIfsStreetsIndiaCleanMarsColonyExpenditures Author:Narendra Modi
“Indian films have this obsession with hygienic clean spaces, even though the country's not so clean. They're either shot in the studios or shot in London, in America, in Switzerland - clean places. Everywhere except India.” CountryAmericaFilmSpaceShotsIndiaCleanStudiosLondonObsessionIndianSwitzerland Author:Anurag Kashyap
“I'd worked on leprosy and malaria in India [at the World Bank] and asked myself the question: Why do we let 2 million children die every year around the world for not having clean water? Because they're faceless and nameless. So, for me, Facebook looked like it was going to solve the problem of the invisible victim.” WorldYearsChildrenProblemDiesWomenWaterWorkCareersMillionsIndiaVictimCleanSolveInvisibleAround The WorldNamelessClean WaterMalariaFacelessWorld BankLeprosy Author:Sheryl Sandberg