60 percent Villages will have access to sanitation, says Finance Minister

New Delhi, Feb 1, 2017: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday that the coverage under the sanitation mission for rural areas had seen 18 percent improvement since 2014.

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"The coverage was 42 percent in October 2014 and is 60 percent now. It is 18 percent improvement," Jaitley said in his budget speech for 2017-18. (IANS)