{"id":371458,"date":"2026-09-10T14:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=371458"},"modified":"2026-09-10T14:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:00:11","slug":"swachh-vayu-survekshan-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/swachh-vayu-survekshan-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Swachh Vayu Survekshan-2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Lucknow secured the top position in the Swachh Vayu Survekshan-2026 among cities with a population of more than 10 lakh.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Swachh Vayu Survekshan-2026<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 341px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/2026\/sep\/image005_20260907203050_b2e27a.jpg?resize=341%2C268&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Swachh Vayu Survekshan-2026 \" width=\"341\" height=\"268\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Swachh Vayu Survekshan is an <strong>annual assessment of 130 cities under the \u00a0National Clean Air Programme (<em>NCAP<\/em>). <\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Initiative by:<\/strong> It is an initiative of the<strong> MoEFCC.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Launch year:<\/strong> It was<strong> launched in 2022-23.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Assessment components:<\/strong> The assessment covers measures <strong>addressing major pollution sources and implementation of City-specific Clean Air Action Plans.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It promotes<strong> healthy competition, innovation and accelerated action among cities <\/strong>to improve air quality.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Results of Swachh Vayu Survekshan-2026:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Categories: <\/strong>The city wards are divided into<strong>\u00a0three categories <\/strong>at National level:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Category 1<\/strong> Population &gt; 30,000<\/li>\n<li><strong> Category 2<\/strong> with population between 10,000-30,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>Category 3<\/strong> with population &lt; 10,000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ward-level Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan<\/strong> carried out in more than <strong>7,400 wards across the country.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>2026<\/strong> Survekshan recognized <strong>10 best-performing cities <\/strong>across these three categories.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Category 1:<\/strong> <strong>Lucknow<\/strong> ranked first in this category.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Category 2:<\/strong> <strong>Rourkela<\/strong> topped in this category.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Category 3: Kalinganagar<\/strong> led in this category.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Winners (Ward-wise):<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ward 70 Lucknow<\/strong> ranked first in<strong> Category 1<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ward 30 &amp; 36 Bhubneshwar<\/strong> topped<strong> Category 2<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Ward 13 Rourkela<\/strong> led <strong>Category 3. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Lucknow secured the top position in the Swachh Vayu Survekshan-2026 among cities with a population of more than 10 lakh. About Swachh Vayu Survekshan-2026 Swachh Vayu Survekshan is an annual assessment of 130 cities under the \u00a0National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). Initiative by: It is an initiative of the MoEFCC. Launch year: It was&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/swachh-vayu-survekshan-2026\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Swachh Vayu Survekshan-2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,1305,12039],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-371458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-index-reports-bodies","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}