{"id":375475,"date":"2026-11-12T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=375475"},"modified":"2026-11-12T14:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T09:07:39","slug":"swachh-survekshan-awards-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/swachh-survekshan-awards-2025-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: President Droupadi Murmu felicitated the winners of the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26\u00a0 recognising cities for their performance in urban sanitation and cleanliness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/2026\/nov\/image004_20261111203437_774c60.png?w=750&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26<\/strong> recognises <strong>cities for their performance in urban sanitation and cleanliness.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Organised by: The awards were organised by the<strong> Department of Urban Development (DoUD) <\/strong>under the<strong> Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This is the <strong>10th edition of Swachh Survekshan award.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>first award <\/strong>was launched and started in<strong> 2016.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It assessed<strong> urban local bodies against 43 indicators covering 10 critical domains,<\/strong> including waste segregation, collection and transportation, solid waste management, visible cleanliness, access to sanitation, mechanisation of desludging services, ecosystem strengthening and institutional parameters, used water management, advocacy for Swachhata, welfare of sanitation workers, and citizen feedback and grievance redressal.<\/li>\n<li>It results highlighted <strong>improvements across urban India, with more than 350 urban local bodies<\/strong> improving their<strong> rankings by over 500 positions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>More than 1,700 ULBs with populations below 50,000<\/strong> also improved their rankings compared with 2024-25.<\/li>\n<li><strong>This year 60 national awards have been announced, under 5 categories.<\/strong><br \/>\n<table style=\"height: 450px; width: 95.8431%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 30px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 58.8672%; height: 30px; text-align: center;\"><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 45.1044%; height: 30px; text-align: center;\"><strong>Winners<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 180px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 58.8672%; height: 180px;\"><strong>Swachh Shehar Jodi (SSJ): <\/strong>These cities got<strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"> recognition for accelerating urban waste management excellence.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 45.1044%; height: 180px;\"><strong>Top 3 Cities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Ahmedabad (Mentor) \u2013 Sansad(Mentee),<\/li>\n<li>Indore (Mentor) &#8211; Depalpur(Mentee)<\/li>\n<li>Tirupati (Mentor) &#8211; Kuppam (Mentee)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 30px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 58.8672%; height: 30px;\"><strong>Clean Cities of Super Swachh League<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 45.1044%; height: 30px;\"><strong>Top 3 in Clean Cities of Super Swachh League<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Navi Mumbai<\/li>\n<li>Surat<\/li>\n<li>Vijayawada<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Top 3 Swachh Shehar in the Million Plus population category<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>GVMC Vishakhapatnam<\/li>\n<li>Jabalpur<\/li>\n<li>Lucknow<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 30px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 58.8672%; height: 30px;\"><strong>Swachh River Front Town<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 45.1044%; height: 30px;\"><strong>Top 3 Cities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Rewa<\/li>\n<li>Bilaspur<\/li>\n<li>Varanasi<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 30px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 58.8672%; height: 30px;\"><strong>Swachh Coastal Town<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 45.1044%; height: 30px;\"><strong>Top 3 Cities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Puri<\/li>\n<li>Alappuzha<\/li>\n<li>Ratnagiri<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 30px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 58.8672%; height: 30px;\"><strong>Clean Himalayan City<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 45.1044%;\"><strong>Top 3 Cities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Rudrapur<\/li>\n<li>Jammu<\/li>\n<li>Shopian<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 30px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 58.8672%; height: 30px;\"><strong>State First<\/strong> <strong>Swachh City<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was conferred<strong> on 30 top-performing cities to recognise excellence across states and Union Territories<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Union Territories were divided into<strong> two categories for the awards:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>those with up to five ULBs<\/li>\n<li>those with more than five ULBs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 45.1044%; height: 30px;\"><strong>Patna<\/strong> has received the \u2018State First Clean City\u2019 award.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: President Droupadi Murmu felicitated the winners of the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26\u00a0 recognising cities for their performance in urban sanitation and cleanliness. About Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26 The Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26 recognises cities for their performance in urban sanitation and cleanliness. 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