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Ram Kripal Yadav affirms the stinking reality even as Modi regime strives for a Swachh Bharat by October 2, 2019.
“Over fifty per cent of the population defecates in the open in India which has highest number of people in the world indulging in the practice,” the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday.
Replying to a question about whether India has the highest number of people in the world defecating in the open, Union Minister Ram Kripal Yadav replied in the affirmative.
“Yes. As per Joint Monitoring Programme Report, 2015, 59.43 per cent of people defecating in open in the world are from India,” said Mr. Yadav, Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation.