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Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 (Theme - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) marks the 9th Annual edition of the world's largest urban cleanliness survey. 

Key highlights of Awards( 2024-25)

  • Five tier population based classification: Million Plus cities (>10lakh), Big cities (3-10 lakh), Medium Cities (50000-3 lakh),Small Cities (20000-50000),Very Small Cities(<20000).
  • Awards: A total of 78 Awards were presented  across following 4 categories: 
    • Super Swachh League Cities (New Category Introduced): Cities that demonstrate extraordinary performance, based on their previous Swachh Survekshan Ranking.
      • Indore, Surat, Navi Mumbai entered the premier Super Swachh League.
    • Top 3 Cities in five tier population categories: Ahmedabad, Bhopal and Lucknow emerged as top Swachh Shehar.
    • Special Categories: Ganga Towns, Cantonment Boards, SafaiMitra Suraksha, Mahakumbh.
    • State level awards: Promising Clean Cities Awards to 34 cities of States/UTs.
  • New Initiatives Launched at Awards Ceremony:
    • Swachh City Partnership: 78 top performing cities will adopt & mentor 1 poor performing city each from the respective States.
    • Accelerated Dumpsite Remediation Program: One year special program to remediate legacy waste and boost scientific waste processing capacity.

About Swachh Survekshan 

  • Launched: In 2016 under ambit of Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban). 
  • Institutions involved: Survey is conducted annually by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). 
    • Field Assessment of Data submitted by ULBs will be verified by third party agency. 
  • Objective: To encourage large-scale citizen participation and create awareness about the importance of making towns and cities a better place to live.
  • Components: Swachh Survekshan(Data provided by ULBs, Documents assessment & Field assessment) and Certification (Based on ODF+/ODF++/Water+ status) with 80% and 20% weightage.
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