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 5^th 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 4^th 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.

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 1^st in quarter 1 whereas Delhi Cantt ranked first in the 2^nd quarter.
  
  • Secunderabad Cantonment Board in Hyderabad is the worst performer among other cantonment boards.

Source: TH