Lok Sabha Question No. 1019 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-05
Subject: Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2025-26
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Balya Mama Suresh Gopinath Mhatre

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1019

ANSWERED ON 05.02.2026

## SWACHH SURVEKSHAN GRAMEEN 2025-26

†1019. SHRI BALYA MAMA SURESH GOPINATH MHATRE:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  the  number  of  villages,  districts  and  States/Union  Territories  (UTs) expected to be covered under Swachh Survekshan Grameen during 2025-26, State/UT-wise, particularly with special reference to Maharashtra;

(b) the criteria on the basis of which villages, districts and States/UTs are likely to be ranked;

(c) whether any steps have been taken to ensure transparency and accountability during the survey; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI V. SOMANNA)

(a) The proposed coverage of Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2025 (SSG 2025) is 34 States/UTs (including Maharashtra), 761 districts and 21,000 villages. Number of districts and villages proposed to be covered, States/UTs wise, including from Maharashtra, is given at Annexure .

(b)  The  criteria  for  ranking  the  State/UTs  and  districts  under  SSG  2025  is  based  on  the following parameters:

- Service Level Progress
- Direct Observation of Sanitation in Villages
- Direct observation of functionality of Solid Waste Management (SWM) plants
- Citizen Feedback

(c) & (d) The SSG 2025 has been conducted through an independent third-party survey agency to  provide  the  ranking  of  States/UTs  and  districts  on  the  basis  of  various  quantitative  and qualitative  sanitation  indicators.  The  SSG  2025  has  been  propagated  through  National, State/UT  level  workshops  and  social  media  posts.  An  Application  has  been  developed  to capture the feedback of citizens from various States/UTs on different parameters. Geo-tagging of assets has been done during field level data collection to ensure data quality. SSG 2025 Portal is also used for monitoring of daily progress of field-level data collection and citizen feedback.

Annexure referred to in part (a) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.1019 answered on 05-02-2026

|    | S.N.States/UTs            |   No. of districts proposed to be covered |   No. of villages proposed to be covered |
|----|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1  | A &NISLANDS               |                                         3 |                                       50 |
| 2  | ANDHRA PRADESH            |                                        26 |                                      759 |
| 3  | ARUNACHAL PRADESH         |                                        25 |                                      500 |
| 4  | ASSAM                     |                                        35 |                                      709 |
| 5  | BIHAR                     |                                        38 |                                     1646 |
| 6  | CHHATTISGARH              |                                        33 |                                      660 |
| 7  | D &NHAVELI AND DAMAN &DIU |                                         3 |                                       44 |
| 8  | GOA                       |                                         2 |                                       40 |
| 9  | GUJARAT                   |                                        33 |                                      733 |
| 10 | HARYANA                   |                                        22 |                                      440 |
| 11 | HIMACHAL PRADESH          |                                        12 |                                      240 |
| 12 | JAMMU &KASHMIR            |                                        20 |                                      396 |
| 13 | JHARKHAND                 |                                        24 |                                      533 |
| 14 | KARNATAKA                 |                                        31 |                                      874 |
| 15 | KERALA                    |                                        14 |                                      462 |
| 16 | LADAKH                    |                                         2 |                                       40 |
| 17 | LAKSHADWEEP               |                                         1 |                                       10 |
| 18 | MADHYA PRADESH            |                                        52 |                                     1152 |
| 19 | MAHARASHTRA               |                                        34 |                                     1260 |
| 20 | MANIPUR                   |                                        16 |                                      320 |
| 21 | MEGHALAYA                 |                                        12 |                                      240 |
| 22 | MIZORAM                   |                                        11 |                                      220 |
| 23 | NAGALAND                  |                                        16 |                                      320 |
| 24 | ODISHA                    |                                        30 |                                      863 |
| 25 | PUDUCHERRY                |                                         2 |                                       40 |
| 26 | PUNJAB                    |                                        23 |                                      460 |
| 27 | RAJASTHAN                 |                                        48 |                                     1187 |
| 28 | SIKKIM                    |                                         6 |                                      120 |
| 29 | TAMILNADU                 |                                        37 |                                     1159 |
| 30 | TELANGANA                 |                                        32 |                                      640 |
| 31 | TRIPURA                   |                                         8 |                                      160 |
| 32 | UTTAR PRADESH             |                                        75 |                                     3069 |
| 33 | UTTARAKHAND               |                                        13 |                                      260 |
| 34 | WEST BENGAL               |                                        22 |                                     1394 |
|    | TOTAL                     |                                       761 |                                    21000 |