Lok Sabha Question No. 1272 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-09
Subject: Cleanliness Survey
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Krupal Balaji Tumane

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1272

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 09, 2023

## CLEANLINESS SURVEY

## NO. 1272.  SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

Will the Minister for HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has recently conducted any cleanliness survey;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  along with its objectives and salient features thereof;
- (c) the  criteria  adopted  for  the  selection  of  the  cities  for  this purpose and the details of the indicators/parameters taken into account during the selection process;
- (d)  whether the Government proposes to make it a better technological intervention through QR  code based citizen feedback in order to widen the access to people and if so, the details thereof along with steps taken in this regard; and
- (e) the  other  steps  being  taken  to  make  the  cleanliness  survey successful  and  to  usher  in  awareness  amongst  all  classes  of the society for clean cities?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a)  &  (b)  :  The  latest  cleanliness  survey  conducted  in  cities  was Swachh Survekshan (SS) -2022 whose results have been announced on 1 st  October, 2022.

Some of the key features of Swachh Survekshan-2022 includes, increased citizen participation by way of expanding field validation  from  the  current  40%  of  wards  to  100%  of  wards  of  all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs); safety, wellbeing and dignity of Safaimitras; district ranking introduced for the first time, circulatory in  waste  management;  use  of  digitisation  and  technology  for efficiency of data management and transparency; focus on monuments/ parks associated with freedom movement.

- (c) : The criteria for selection of the cities and details of indicators/ parameters  taken  into  consideration  for  selection  of  ULBs  for ranking  is  annexed.  Details  of  the  indicators  is  provided  in  the Swachh Survekshan-2022 toolkit available at the following link :

https://sbmurban.org/storage/app/media/pdf/ss\_2022\_toolkit.pdf

- (d)  :  Under  Swachh  Survekshan-2022  interventions  like  digital documentation,  geo-tagging  of  facilities  and  Quick  Response  (QR) Code based citizen  feedback  has  been  initiated  by  way  of  end-toend  use  of  SBM-U  MIS  portal  'Swachhatam',  use  of  apps  like 'Swachhata Apps', etc.
- (e)  :  Steps  taken  to  create  awareness amongst all sections of the society for cleaner cities in Swachh Survekshan-2022, include,
- (i). District ranking introduced to engage district administration in supporting smaller cities.
- (ii).  New categories like Ganga Towns, Cantonment Board, and fastest moving cities.

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## Annexure referred in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1272 for answer on 09.02.2023 regarding 'Cleanliness Survey'.

## Swachh Survekshan-2022 (SS-2022): Criteria

## Overall Weightage:

| S.No.   | Topic                         |   Marks |
|---------|-------------------------------|---------|
| A.      | Service Level Progress: (40%) |    3000 |
| B.      | Citizens Voice (30%)          |    2250 |
| C.      | Certification (30%)           |    2250 |
| TOTAL   | TOTAL                         |    7500 |

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