SWACHH SURVEKSHAN AWARDS 2022 (Syllabus: GS Paper 2 – Govt Scheme)

Context: Recently, Indore and Surat were honored with the Cleanest Cities Award in the country during the Cleanliness Survey-2023, in the category of cities with a population exceeding one lakh.

Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023

• Cleanest City Title: Indore (7th Time) and Surat
• Best Performing States: Maharashtra bagged the top rank, followed by Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
• Safaimitra Surakshit Shehar: Chandigarh
• Cleanest Ganga Towns: Varanasi and Prayagraj

Swacch Survekshan

• Conducted by: The Union ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA) under the Swachh Bharat Urban Mission.
• Launch: 2016, is the world’s largest urban sanitation and cleanliness survey.
• Objective: The exercise acts as a competition among towns and cities to improve their cleanliness, and waste management service delivery to citizens.
• Theme 2023: Waste to Wealth.

Swachh Bharat Urban Mission

• About: It is the world’s largest sanitation initiative was launched by the Prime Minister of India in 2014.
• Aim: To achieve an Open Defecation Free India by October 2, 2019, as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.