Swachh Survekshan 2025-26

About Swachh Survekshan 2025-26:

• The 10th edition of the annual Swachh Survekshan Awards, organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U)
• It is the world’s largest urban cleanliness survey and a key pillar of the SBM-U.
• Launched in 2016, the survey assesses cleanliness and sanitation standards in urban areas across the country, encouraging competition among cities to improve waste management and sanitation.
• Over 4,751 cities participated in the latest edition. It expanded its coverage to include the Hills and Himalayan cities as well as River front and coastal towns.
• This year 60 national awards have been announced, under the following categories:
  • Clean Cities of Super Swachh League
  • Swachh Shehar in 5 population categories
  • Swachh River Front Town
  • Swachh Coastal Town
  • Clean Himalayan City
  • Swachh Shehar Jodi (SSJ)
  • State First Swachh City
• Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 Rankings:
  • Super Swachh League (Recognises sustained excellence in cleanliness):
    • Navi Mumbai
    • Surat
    • Vijayawad
  • Million Plus Population Category:
    • Greater Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
    • Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)
    • Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
  • Big Cities (Population 3–10 Lakh Category):
    • Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh)
    • Union Territory of Chandigarh
    • Guntur (Andhra Pradesh)
  • Medium Cities (Population 50000–3 Lakh Category):
    • Dewas (Madhya Pradesh)
    • New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC)
    • Sagar (Madhya Pradesh)
  • Small Cities (Population 20000–50000 Category):
    • Vita (Maharashtra)
    • Aska (Odisha)
    • Panaji (Goa)
  • Very Small Cities (Population < 20000 Category):
    • Bilha (Chhattisgarh)
    • Panchgani (Maharashtra)
    • Budhni (Madhya Pradesh)
  • Indore, which had been ranked the cleanest city in the country for the past eight years, did not figure among the toppers this year.
  • New Award Categories:
    • Swachh River Front Town:
      1. Rewa (Madhya Pradesh)
      2. Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh)
      3. Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh).
    • Swachh Coastal Town:
      1. Puri (Odisha)
      2. Alappuzha (Keralam)
      3. Ratnagiri (Maharashtra).
    • Clean Himalayan City:
      1. Rudrapur (Uttarakhand)
      2. Jammu
      3. Shopian
    • Swachh Shehar Jodi Initiative:
      • It is a city-to-city mentorship and peer-learning programme launched under the SBM-U.
      • 70 mentor cities have been paired with 191 mentee cities to facilitate knowledge-sharing and improve sanitation outcomes.
      • Ahmedabad and its partner town Sanand secured the top position in this category.
      • Indore, with its partner town, Depalpur, secured the second position, while Tirupati and its partner town, Kuppam, ranked third.