Swachh Survekshan 2020 | 01 Jan 2020
Why in News
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has announced the results of the first (April-June) and second (July- September) quarters of Swachh Survekshan 2020.
- Swachh Survekshan 2020 is the 5th edition of the annual urban cleanliness survey conducted by the Ministry.
Format/ Method of Assessment
- Swachh Survekshan 2020 is 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.
- Swachh Survekshan 2020 has been conducted in 3 quarters:
- April – June
- July – September
- October – December 2019
- These quarterly assessments will hold 25% weightage in the annual survey which is scheduled to commence from 4th January 2020 across India.
- Ranks for Swachh Survekshan 2020 have been assigned based on the population in two categories of the cities :
- 1 lakh and above with sub-categories of
- 1-10 lakh
- 10 lakhs and above.
- Less than 1 lakh (under this category, the rankings are given zone and population-wise).
- It includes five zones namely, North, East, Northeast, South and West.
- 1 lakh and above with sub-categories of
Key Points
- Indore (Madhya Pradesh) and Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) have topped the cleanliness charts for two consecutive quarters among cities with over 10 lakh population and with 1 lakh to 10 lakh population respectively.
- Kolkata ranked at the bottom of the ranking of 49 major cities across both quarters as West Bengal did not participate in the nationwide exercise.
- Among cantonment boards, Tamil Nadu's St.Thomas Mount Cantt was ranked 1st in quarter 1 whereas Delhi Cantt ranked first in the 2nd quarter.
- Secunderabad Cantonment Board in Hyderabad is the worst performer among other cantonment boards.
