Swachh Survekshan 2020 report
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23rd Aug, 2020
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- Swachh Survekshan 2020 report was recently released by the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry.
- This year the Ministry has released rankings based on the categorisation of cities on population, instead of releasing overall rankings.
- Indore was ranked the cleanest city in the overall category this year followed by Surat and Navi Mumbai.
- Chhattisgarh is the cleanest state in the category of states with more than 100 urban local bodies (ULBs).
- Ahmedabad is India’s the cleanest Mega city.
- New Delhi is the cleanest capital city.
- Chhattisgarh’s Ambikapur is the cleanest smallest city.
- Bengaluru wins the Best Self Sustainability award in the Mega city category.
- It is meant to monitor the performance of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, which was launched on October 2, 2014, the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
- The Quality Council of India (QCI) is in charge of evaluating the performance of the participating cities. This is an autonomous accreditation body which was set up by the Government of India in 1997 for quality assurance in all fields, including governance.
