Saturday 19 May 2018

Swachh Survekshan 2018 - A Note For Upsc

Context: The Swachh Survekshan 2018 results have been announced. It was organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) , under the aegis of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban), assessed 4203 Urban Local Bodies.

Compared to the previous surveys, this year’s exercise allocated substantial weightage to the feedback from citizens based on their daily experience.
The on-field survey for Swachh Survekshan was conducted by an independent agency and the data for ranking of the cities collected from 3 sources:

Service Level Progress: To verify whether systems and processes are in place in Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to implement Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) in the most efficient way.

Direct Observation: To verify and assess general cleanliness in the cities by making random field visits in different parts of the city and public conveniences (Community/Public Toilets).
Citizens Feedback: To collect feedback directly from citizens and monitor the performance of Swachhata App, a citizens grievance Mobile App.

Performance of various cities:

Indore has emerged as the cleanest city, followed by Bhopal and Chandigarh. Indore was the cleanest city last year as well.
Jharkhand has been adjudged as the best performing state, followed by Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.
Cleanest State Capital/UT: Greater Mumbai.
India’s ‘Cleanest big City’: Vijaywada (Andhra Pradesh).
India’s ‘Fastest Mover’ big City: Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh).
India’s Best City in ‘Citizens Feedback’: Kota (Rajasthan).
India’s Best City in ‘Innovation & Best Practices’: Nagpur (Maharashtra).
India’s Best City in ‘Solid Waste Management: Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra).
India’s Cleanest Medium City: Mysuru (Karnataka).
India’s ‘Fastest Mover’ Medium City: Bhiwandi (Maharashtra).
India’s Best City in ‘Citizens Feedback’: Parbhani (Maharashtra).

India’s Best City in ‘Innovation & Best Practices’: Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh).
India’s Best City in ‘Solid Waste

Management: Mangalore (Karnataka).
India’s Cleanest Small City: New Delhi Municipal Council.

India’s ‘Fastest Mover’ Small City: Bhusawal (Maharashtra).

India’s Best City in ‘Citizens Feedback’: Giridih (Jharkhand).

India’s Best City in ‘Innovation & Best Practices’: Ambikapur (Jharkhand).
India’s Best City in ‘Solid Waste Management: Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh).

Previous surveys:

In 2016, Swachh Survekshan was conducted in 73 cities having a population of one million or more and capital city of States/ UTs and Mysore had bagged the award of being the cleanest city of India.

In 2017, the scope of Swachh Survekshan was enlarged to cover 434 cities having a population of one lakh or more and Capital city of states/ UTs and Indore was awarded as cleanest city of India.
What’s important?

Sources: the hindu.

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