Sikkim

“Being a teacher, I am always concerned about issues related to the village where I work. This initiative inspires cleanliness, as well as revenue,” says 35-year-old Mathematics teacher Lomas Dhungel.

Check this out - you cannot enter this Sikkim village with a disposable plastic bottle. You may choose to drink the water and dump the bottle in a bin, or transfer water into one of the reusable water bottles available at almost every shop!

By some estimates, there are 11,000 dogs in the district, which is around 8% of the human population. The district's biggest hospital records an average of five dog bite cases per day.

Having attempted the ISRO examination twice before, Ashish has a fair understanding of what worked and here he shares tips on what aspirants could consider doing while preparing and when appearing for this competitive examination.

Ankita Kumar and Sharanya Iyer take us through their epic month-long journey through the towns and villages of Sikkim, a much under-explored travel destination in India.

Passionate about protecting natural history, Sandeep Tambe's proactive policy-making has also been instrumental in making Sikkim one of India's most successful states in implementing MGNREGA.

"'Aapno gaav, aap banao'—which means 'you build your village', was adopted as the mantra,” says Raj Yadav, the man behind the transformative project.

In a brilliant experiment, he upcycled 50000 plastic chips packets into 3000 book covers that were sold to schools of neighbouring villages. And that's just one of his many ideas! #Education #Innovation #CleanIndia

Built with earthquake-resistant material, the sprawling hospital can withstand tremors measuring upto 8 on the Richter scale! #Sikkim

With these moves, the state government of Sikkim is setting a rare precedent of a people’s government that indeed works for its people.