Prerak Dauur Samman: Swachh Survekshan 2021

• 04 Jul 2020

Why in News

Recently, a new category of awards titled ‘Prerak Dauur Samman’ has been announced as part of Swachh Survekshan 2021.

Key Points

• Prerak Dauur Samman:
  
  • The Prerak Dauur Samman has a total of five additional subcategories namely, Divya (Platinum), Anupam (Gold), Ujjwal (Silver), Udit (Bronze) and Aarohi (Aspiring).
  • In Swachh Survekshan 2020, cities are evaluated on the criteria of ‘population category’ but for 2021, they will be categorised on the basis of six select indicator wise performance criteria.
    
    • Segregation of waste into Wet, Dry and Hazard categories.
    • Processing capacity against wet waste generated.
    • Processing and recycling of wet and dry waste.
    • Construction and Demolition waste processing.
    • Percentage of waste going to landfills.
    • Sanitation status of cities.
• Integrated SBM-Urban MIS Portal:
  
  • The integrated Management Information System (MIS) portal was also launched.
  • It aims to bring the numerous digital initiatives on a single platform and ensure a unified and hassle-free experience for states and cities.

Swachh Survekshan

• Launched as a part of the Swachh Bharat Mission, it is an annual survey of cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation in cities and towns across India.
• The ranking exercise is taken up by the Government of India to assess rural and urban areas for their levels of cleanliness and active implementation of Swachhata mission initiatives in a timely and innovative manner.
  
  • Swachh Survekshan-Urban is conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
  • Swachh Survekshan-Rural is conducted by the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
    
    • Earlier, it was conducted by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation which was merged with the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation to make a new Ministry of Jal Shakti in 2019.
• Earlier Editions:
  
  • 2016: Ranked 73 cities.
  • 2017: Ranked 434 cities.
  • 2018: Ranked 4203 cities and became the world’s largest cleanliness survey of that time.
  • 2019: Ranked 4237 cities and was first of its kind completely digital survey completed in a record time of 28 days.
  • 2020: It continues the momentum and has seen a huge participation of 1.87 crore citizens. To ensure sustainability of on-ground performance of cities, the Swachh Survekshan League was also introduced in 2019.
    
    • Swachh Survekshan League is a quarterly cleanliness assessment of cities and towns, to be done in three quarters and these quarterly assessments will hold 25% weightage in the annual survey.
    • Swachh Survekshan 2020 was evaluated for each quarter on the basis of monthly updation of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) online Management Information System (MIS) by cities along with citizen’s validation on the 12 service level progress indicators.
    • The results for Swachh Survekshan 2020 will be announced shortly by the Ministry.
• Notable Rankings:
  
  • Mysuru won the award for the Cleanest City of India in the Swachh Survekshan 2016.
  • Indore has retained the top position in Swachh Survekshan for three consecutive years (2017, 2018 and 2019).

Source: PIB