Swachh Survekshan 2022 Ranking List - Summary
The President formally released the Swachh Survekshan 2022 dashboard and gave away the top 12 awards. In an impressive display of sustainability and good governance, Indore, the city of lakes and palaces, walked away with the Cleanest City title for the sixth consecutive year, in the ‘more than 1 lakh population’ category, while Surat was adjudged the second cleanest city, for the second time in a row. Navi Mumbai bagged the third spot. In the population category of ‘less than 1 lakh’, Panchgani and Karad from Maharashtra bagged the first and third positions respectively, while Patan from Chhattisgarh bagged the second position. Tirupati received the best city award in Safai Mitra Suraksha while Haridwar in Uttarakhand received the award for the best Ganga town in more than one lakh population cities. Shivamogga in Karnataka received the fast mover city award.
Indore further cemented its position by emerging as India’s first 7-star Garbage Free city, while Surat, Bhopal, Mysuru, Navi Mumbai, Vishakhapatnam, and Tirupati earned 5-star Garbage Free certifications. The State awards saw a few surprises. Madhya Pradesh emerged as the ‘Cleanest State’ in the category of “more than 100 Urban Local Bodies”, relegating Chhattisgarh, the Cleanest State of the previous 3 years, to second place. Maharashtra emerged as third cleanest State. Similarly, Tripura emerged as the Cleanest State award in the “less than 100 ULBs category”, dislodging Jharkhand, which had won in the last 2 consecutive years. Jharkhand and Uttarakhand received the second and third spots respectively.
Swachh Survekshan 2022 Ranking List UPSC – Swachh Survekshan 2022 Ranking List
| Rank | Name of the City | State/UT | Garbage Free City Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | 7-star |
| 2nd | Surat | Gujarat | 5-star |
| 3rd | Navi Mumbai | Maharashtra | 5-star |
| 4th | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh | 5-star |
| 5th | Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh | 5-star |
| 6th | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh | 5-star |
| 7th | Tirupati | Andhra Pradesh | 5-star |
| 8th | Mysuru | Karnataka | 5-star |
| 9th | NDMC | Delhi | 3-star |
| 10th | Ambikapur | Chhattisgarh | 3-star |
| 11th | Noida | Uttar Pradesh | 3-star |
| 12th | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | 3-star |
Swach Survekshan 2022 Overview
Over the years, Swachh Survekshan (SS) has emerged as an effective tool for transforming the urban landscape. This year’s Survekshan participated by 4,355 cities, also saw an unprecedented number of citizens’ feedback – over 9 crores, compared to 5 cores last year. In all, 22 States and 5 UTs received awards, of whom 8 States received more than 10 awards each. 8 States and 5 UTs have shown improvements ranging between 5 – 25% in their overall ground level performance over last year. Of them, 4 out the 8 North Eastern states have shown significant improvement in the overall performance over the last year. Moreover, 10 Cantonment Boards (against 7 CBs last year) and 2 Ganga towns received awards.
| Survey Name | Swachh Survekshan 2022 (7th edition) |
| Authority | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs |
| Theme or Guiding Principle | People First |
| Total Participants | 4,355 cities |
| Certification | 5 star, 3 star and 1 star ratings |
| Official website | https://mohua.gov.in |
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