{"id":375495,"date":"2026-11-12T16:15:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T10:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=375495"},"modified":"2026-11-12T16:15:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T10:45:54","slug":"swachh-shehar-jodi-ssj-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/swachh-shehar-jodi-ssj-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Swachh Shehar Jodi (SSJ) Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched the Swachh Shehar Jodi initiative to improve urban sanitation through city-to-city mentorship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Swachh Shehar Jodi (SSJ) Initiative<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_375510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-375510\" style=\"width: 345px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-375510\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Source-IE-1.jpg?resize=345%2C198&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Swachh Shehar Jodi (SSJ) Initiative\" width=\"345\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Source-IE-1.jpg?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Source-IE-1.jpg?resize=768%2C440&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Source-IE-1.jpg?w=951&amp;ssl=1 951w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-375510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; IE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Swachh Shehar Jodi<\/strong> is an initiative\u00a0to <strong>improve waste management and sanitation in cities<\/strong> through a <strong>mentorship program<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Organised by: <\/strong>The initiative is organised by the <strong>Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Implemented under:<\/strong> It is implemented <strong>under the Swachh Bharat Mission\u2013Urban (SBM-U).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> The initiative was <strong>developed to replicate successful sanitation practices identified through successive editions of Swachh Survekshan.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> It aims to <strong>improve sanitation performance <\/strong>by sharing tested practices, strengthening waste management systems and encouraging responsible citizen behaviour.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eight Focus Areas:<\/strong> The initiative focuses on <strong>eight areas:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>visible cleanliness; waste segregation and transportation; scientific processing of waste; access to sanitation; used water management; mechanised desludging and worker welfare; Swachhata advocacy and citizen engagement; and citizen feedback and grievance redressal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Features<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>100-Day Programme:<\/strong> Mentor and mentee cities prepare <strong>joint action plans<\/strong> with clearly defined milestones to improve sanitation outcomes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mentorship Principle:<\/strong> The initiative follows the<strong> principle of \u201cEach One, Teach One\u201d, based on India&#8217;s traditional Guru\u2013Shishya model<\/strong>, to promote the sharing of knowledge and best practices between cities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Funding:<\/strong> Mentor and mentee cities can use the<strong> Capacity Building (CB) funds provided to States\/UTs under SBM-U 2.0<\/strong>, with additional support from<strong> State\/UT Governments <\/strong>if required.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Selection of City Pairs:<\/strong> <strong>Mentor and mentee cities<\/strong> are selected based on their <strong>sanitation performance, with geographical proximity<\/strong> also considered while pairing them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Participation:<\/strong> According to the <strong>Swachh Survekshan 2025\u201326<\/strong> results, <strong>70 mentor cities and 191 mentee cities across 33 States\/UTs participated in the initiative.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Top Three Swachh Shehar Jodis: <\/strong>The following city pairs received recognition based on their combined performance:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ahmedabad\u2013Sanand<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Indore\u2013Depalpur<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tirupati\u2013Kuppam<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched the Swachh Shehar Jodi initiative to improve urban sanitation through city-to-city mentorship. About Swachh Shehar Jodi (SSJ) Initiative The Swachh Shehar Jodi is an initiative\u00a0to improve waste management and sanitation in cities through a mentorship program. Organised by: The initiative is organised by the Ministry&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/swachh-shehar-jodi-ssj-initiative\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Swachh Shehar Jodi (SSJ) Initiative<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-375495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375495","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\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}