Swachh Survekshan 2022

President of India announced the results of Swachh Survekshan 2022 on the occasion of 8th anniversary of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) and first anniversary of SBM – Urban 2.0

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About the Swachh Survekshan

Swachh Survekshan is an annual survey of cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation in villages, cities and towns across India.
Swachh Survekshan was launched in 2016 by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) as a part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
Swachh Survekshanis a competitive framework to encourage cities to improve the status of urban sanitation while encouraging large scale citizen participation.
Over the years, Swachh Survekshan emerged as the largest urban sanitation and cleanliness survey in the world.

Important Highlights from the Swachh Survekshan 2022

Cleanest city awards for Swachh Survekshan

Category	Top Performers
More than one lakh population	1) Indore, Madhya Pradesh (sixth time in a row) 2) Surat, Gujarat 3) Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
Less than one lakh population	1) Panchgani, Maharashtra 2) Patan, Chhattisgarh 3) Karad, Maharashtra
Safai Mitra Suraksha	Tirupati
Best Ganga town with more than one lakh population	Haridwar, Uttarakhand
Fast mover city	Shivamogga, Karnataka
India’s first 7-star Garbage Free city certification	Indore
5-star Garbage Free certification	Surat, Bhopal, Mysuru, Navi Mumbai, Vishakhapatnam, and Tirupati

Cleanest state awards for Swachh Survekshan

Category

Top Performers

More than 100 Urban Local Bodies

1) Madhya Pradesh

2) Chhattisgarh

3) Maharashtra

Less than 100 Urban Local Bodies

1) Tripura

2) Jharkhand

3) Uttarakhand

Other Important Highlights of Swachh Survekshan

Swachh Survekshan 2022 saw an unprecedented number of citizens’ feedback – over 9 crores, compared to 5 cores last year.
Smaller cities with population of less than 25,000 have performed admirably towards transforming the urban landscape.
The number of Star rated cities has gone up to 412 (with 11 five-star cities, 182 three-star cities, and 218 one-star cities), thus signifying how cities’ aspirations towards becoming Garbage Free is getting enhanced.

About the Star Rating Protocol of Garbage Free Cities

Objective: It was launched by the MoHUA in 2018 to institutionalize a mechanism for cities to achieve Garbage Free status, and to motivate cities to achieve higher degrees of sustainable cleanliness.
Parameters:
- It assesses cities across 23 different components of Solid Waste Management (SWM) and is graded based on overall marks received.
- It is based on 12 parameters which follow a SMART framework – Single metric, Measurable, Achievable, Rigorous verification mechanism and Targeted towards outcomes.
Significance: The performance of cities under the Star Rating Protocol is crucial as it carries significant weightage for their final assessment in Swachh Survekshan.
Goal: The star rating conditions have been designed in a way as to enable cities to gradually evolve into a model (7-star) city, with progressive improvements in their overall cleanliness.

About Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban 2.0 (SBM-U 2.0)

Launch:
- It was announced in the Union Budget 2021-22, is the continuation of SBM-U first phase.
- SBM-U first phase was launched on 2nd October 2014 aiming at making urban India Open Defecation Free (ODF) and achieving 100% scientific management of municipal solid waste.
Time period & outlay: It will be implemented over five years from 2021 to 2026 with an outlay of Rs.1.41 lakh crore.
Objectives:
- It focuses on complete faecal sludge management, source segregation of garbage, reduction in single-use plastic and air pollution, by effectively managing waste from construction and demolition activities and bioremediation of all legacy dump sites.
- Under this mission, all wastewater will be treated properly before it is discharged into water bodies, and the government is trying to make maximum reuse a priority.