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Union Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot Launches Swachhata Abhiyan
- Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot launched a Mobile Application Swachhata Abhiyan in the presence of Ministers of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Ram Das Athawale and Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar in New Delhi.
- It Provides the authorities concerned details of any insanitary latrine or manual scavenger.
- This would help in rehabilitating all manual scavengers and replace insanitary with sanitary ones.
- As per the 2011 census, insanitary latrines is the main reason for manual scavenging.
FASTag to be mandatory for all vehicles in country from new year
- Road Transport & Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has announced that FASTag is being made mandatory for all vehicles in the country from new year.
- FASTag will be enforced from 1st of January, 2021. Enumerating its benefits,it is useful for the commuters as they will not need to stop at toll plazas for cash payments.
- It will also save time and fuel.
- FASTag was launched in
- The Ministry had issued a notification last month making FASTag mandatory by 1st of January 2021 in old vehicles also sold before 1st December, 2017.
