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Open Defecation Free coverage is a textbook logistic curve

Verified ODF coverage went from <0.2% (2004) to 98.5% (2024). The growth is the cleanest S-curve in the entire dataset — slow climb 2004-2011, steep adoption 2011-2018, saturation thereafter. It is a case study in a state programme that delivered.

Where there is sustained political will and clear measurement, India's state can move very fast.

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This is one of 36 standing analyses drawn from the Some Perspective dataset. It is not dated commentary: it describes a relationship in the data that holds across the series, and it is regenerated whenever the underlying dataset is refreshed. The figures quoted here reflect the 2026-08-15 data vintage.

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Raman, V.S. Some Perspective: India's Economic Transformation. someperspective.info · CC BY 4.0 · data vintage 2026-08-15. Cite & download · All analyses