Swachh Survekshan 2025 has been launched by the Central Government and Minister Hardeep Singh Puri under the Swachh Bharat Mission. This year’s survey will pay more attention to wastewater management and other important cleanliness standards. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs will also share rankings of different states based on how well they do. Every year, the survey gets better to strengthen the process and encourage lasting habits about cleanliness. This article will give you full and updated information about Swachh Survekshan 2025, so keep reading!
About Swachh Survekshan 2025
This year is the 6th edition of Swachh Survekshan. The government has started a new award category called “Prerak Daur Samman” with five sub-categories: Divya (Platinum), Anupam (Gold), Ujjwal (Silver), Udit (Bronze), and Aarohi (Aspiring). Each year, new parts are added to the survey. Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that ongoing efforts will give more attention to indicators linked to wastewater treatment and making it reusable, building on last year’s work.
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Purpose of Swachh Survekshan 2025
Many towns and cities still don’t have proper cleanliness, which causes more health problems across the country. To tackle this, the government started Swachh Survekshan under the Swachh Bharat Mission. This survey looks at how waste is separated (wet, dry, hazardous), how waste is disposed of, recycling, disposal of construction waste, the amount of waste dumped in landfills, and the overall cleanliness of cities. In 2020, 18.7 million citizens took part in the survey. This year, you can also help by supporting your city’s efforts to stay clean.
Benefits and Main Details of Swachh Survekshan
- The survey covers all cities and towns across India.
- Focus is on cities free from open defecation and waste.
- Wastewater treatment and related indicators are closely checked.
- Civic participation is a big focus, with extra points for citizen-led waste management innovations.
- For the last three years, this survey has been completely digital, using 15 in-house and 10 third-party apps supporting the Swachh Bharat Mission.
- In 2018, it was the world’s largest cleanliness survey, ranking 4203 cities.
- The 2019 survey covered 4237 cities and was fully digitalized in a record 28 days.
Details of Prerak Daur Samman Award
This award has five levels to recognize top-performing cities:
- Divya (Platinum)
- Anupam (Gold)
- Ujjwal (Silver)
- Udit (Bronze)
- Aarohi (Aspiring)
The top three cities in each level will receive this special award.
City Ranking Based on Main Indicators
Swachh Survekshan 2025 will rank cities based on six important performance areas described below. These indicators help improve the nation’s cleanliness, and your participation matters!
- Separating waste into wet, dry, and hazardous categories.
- Processing capacity for the wet waste produced.
- Processing and recycling of both wet and dry waste.
- Handling of construction and demolition (C&D) waste.
- Percentage of waste sent to landfill sites.
- Overall cleanliness status of the cities.