Swacch Survekshan 2021 Winner List || Current Affairs

 What is Swacch Survekshan?

Swachh Survekshan is an annual survey of cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation in cities and towns across India. It was launched as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, which aimed to make India clean and free of open defecation by 2nd October 2019. The first survey was undertaken in 2016 and covered 73 cities; by 2020 the survey had grown to cover 4242 cities and was said to be the largest cleanliness survey in the world. In a bid to scale up the coverage of the ranking exercise and encourage towns and cities to actively implement mission initiatives in a timely and innovative manner, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is now in the process of conducting the sixth edition of the survey to rank all cities under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) with Quality Council of India (QCI) as its implementation partner.

The objective of the survey is to encourage large scale citizen participation, ensure sustainability of initiatives taken towards garbage free and open defecation free cities, provide credible outcomes which would be validated by third party certification, institutionalize existing systems through online processes and create awareness amongst all sections of society about the importance of working together towards making towns and cities more habitable and sustainable. Additionally, the survey also intends to foster a spirit of healthy competition amongst towns and cities to improve their service delivery to citizens and move towards creating cleaner cities.

    This year is the sixth edition of Swachh Survekshan. A new category of award named Prerak Daur Samman has also been announced by the central government this year. Under this award, there are five additional sub categories – Divya (Platinum), Anupam (Gold), Ujjwal (Silver), Udit (Bronze), Aarohi (Aspiring). Every year new dimensions are included under this Swachh Survekshan. New dimensions have been included in Swachh Survekshan 2021 this year as well. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puriji says that Swachh Survekshan 2021 will focus on disposal of waste water and making it re-usable , as part of the ministry's efforts to 'ensure continuity of the sanitation chain like last year.

The Swachh Sarvekshan (Cleanliness Survey) is conducted every year by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, In which the status of sanitation in cities is assessed. In the 2021 edition of Swachh Survekshan, 4320 cities of the country participated. People who are waiting for their Swachh Survekhan Cities Results 2021 now waiting time is over because President Ram Nath Kovind has announced the Swachh Cities names and provided the Swachh Survekhsan Awards 2021 to the Cleanest Cities and State. In this survey, 342 cities have got star ratings for cleanliness (Swachh). Indore has been awarded as the cleanest city in India in Swachh Survekshan 2021.

Name of the Organisation	Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Govt. of India
Name of the Scheme	Swacch Survekshan 2021
Initiated Taken	By Prime Minister Narendre Modi
Name of the Survey	SS2021- Wolds largest Cleanliness Survey
Year	2021
Number of Cities Participated	4,320 Cities
Number of cities rated 2021	342 Cities
Category	Central Government Schemes
Official website	swacchsurvekshan.org.in

Cities Ranking List 2021

 A total number of 4320 Cities Participated in Swachh Survekshan (6^th Edition of Survey).  It is the world’s largest urban cleanliness survey. Under this survey, 342 Cities have been selected and provided the Ratting Star for the cleanest cities. The Union Ministry of Housing and urban affairs (MOHUA) has organized the Swacch Amrit Mahotsav on 20 November 2021 at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. President Ram Nath Kovind will present the Swachh Survekshan Puraskar 2021 to clean cities.  These are the Top 20 Cities Ranking list 2021.

S .No.	Name of the cities	Ranking
1.	Indore	1 (First)
2.	Surat	2 (Second)
3.	Vijayawada	3 (Third)
4.	Mumbai	4
5.	Pune	5
6.	Raipur	6
7.	Bhopal	7
8.	Vadodara	8
9.	Vishakhapatnam	9
10.	Ahmedabad	10
11.	Rajkot	11
12.	Lucknow	12
13.	Hyderabad	13
14.	Thane	14
15.	Gwalior	15
16.	Chandigarh	16
17.	Nasik	17
18.	Ghaziabad	18
19	Pimpri Chinchwad	19
20.	Jabalpur	20