{"id":132766,"date":"2026-11-12T15:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T09:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=132766"},"modified":"2026-11-12T15:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T09:40:10","slug":"swachh-survekshan-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/swachh-survekshan-2025-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Swachh Survekshan 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Droupadi Murmu recently felicitated the winners of the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26 at a ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Swachh Survekshan 2025-26<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>10th edition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the annual Swachh Survekshan Awards, organized by the <\/span><b>Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) under the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/swachh-bharat-mission-sbm-urban-20\/\" target=\"_blank\">S<\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/swachh-bharat-mission-sbm-urban-20\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>wachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U)<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>world\u2019s largest urban cleanliness survey<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a key pillar of the SBM-U.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Launched in 2016<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the survey assesses cleanliness and sanitation standards in urban areas across the country, encouraging competition among cities to improve waste management and sanitation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Over 4,751 cities participated<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the latest edition. It <\/span><b>expanded its coverage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to include the <\/span><b>Hills and Himalayan cities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as <\/span><b>River front and coastal towns.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year 60 national awards have been announced, under<\/span><b> the following categories:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clean Cities of <\/span><b>Super Swachh League<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Swachh Shehar in 5 population categories<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Swachh River Front Town<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Swachh Coastal Town<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Clean Himalayan City<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Swachh Shehar Jodi (SSJ)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>State First Swachh City<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 Rankings<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Super Swachh League<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Recognises sustained excellence in cleanliness):\u00a0<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Navi Mumbai<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Surat<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Vijayawad<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Million Plus Population Category:<\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Greater Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Big Cities (Population 3\u201310 Lakh Category):<\/b>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Union Territory of Chandigarh<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guntur (Andhra Pradesh)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Medium Cities (Population 50000\u20133 Lakh Category):<\/b>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Dewas\u00a0 (Madhya Pradesh)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sagar (Madhya Pradesh)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Small Cities (Population 20000\u201350000 Category):\u00a0<\/b>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Vita (Maharashtra)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aska (Odisha)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panaji (Goa)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Very Small Cities (Population &lt; 20000 Category):<\/b>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Bilha (Chhattisgarh)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panchgani (Maharashtra)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Budhni (Madhya Pradesh)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Indore<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which had been<\/span><b> ranked the cleanest city<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the country for the<\/span><b> past eight years, did not figure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> among the toppers this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>New Award Categories:<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Swachh River Front Town:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rewa (Madhya Pradesh)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Swachh Coastal Town:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Puri (Odisha)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alappuzha (Keralam)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Ratnagiri (Maharashtra).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Clean Himalayan City:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Rudrapur (Uttarakhand)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jammu<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shopian\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Swachh Shehar Jodi Initiative:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>city-to-city mentorship and peer-learning programme<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> launched under the SBM-U.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>70 mentor cities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have been <\/span><b>paired with 191 mentee cities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to facilitate knowledge-sharing and improve sanitation outcomes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Ahmedabad <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and its <\/span><b>partner town Sanand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> secured the <\/span><b>top position<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in this category.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Indore, with its partner town, Depalpur,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> secured the <\/span><b>second position, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while Tirupati and its partner town, Kuppam, ranked third. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/president-droupadi-murmu-honours-indias-cleanest-cities-at-swachh-survekshan-awards-2025-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>DDN<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 is the world\u2019s largest urban cleanliness survey and a key pillar of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 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