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News:Prime Minister will present the Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2019 to top ranked states and districts.

Facts:

About About Swachh Survekshan Grameen:

Swachh Survekshan Grameen provide national ranking of all districts and States of India on the basis of quantitative and qualitative sanitation (Swachhata) parameters.
The rankings are based on taking into account a set of comprehensive cleanliness parameters.

Weightage:The weights to different criteria of the SSG are as follows:

Direct Observation of sanitation in public places (30%).
Citizen’s Feedback including feedback from common citizens,key influencers at the village level and from citizens online using the App (35%).
Service Level Progress on sanitation related parameters (35%).

Key takeaways from the survey:

Among larger states,Tamil Nadu has topped the list in 2019 from 11th position in 2018.
Haryana and Gujarat slipped to second and third positions respectively, each a rank lower than their 2018 performance.
Among the districts,Peddapalli from Telangana has topped the list followed by Faridabad and Rewari from Haryana.