Swachh Mission Survekshan 2020 – Economics – Free PDF Download

CURRENT AFFAIR

• The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA) has released the results of  the Swachh Survekshan League 2020.
• Swachh Survekshan 2020 is the 5th edition of the annual urban cleanliness survey  conducted by the Ministry.
• Around 4,372 cities participated in the league.
• It is a cleanliness survey that helps in competitive federalism.

WHAT TO STUDY?

• Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services  relating to Health, Education, Human  Resources, issues relating to poverty and  hunger
• For Prelims: Key findings, performance of various states.
• For Mains: Concerns and challenges highlighted, ways to address them.

WHAT IS SWACHH SURVEKSHAN?

• The Swachh Survekshan is the world’s largest cleanliness survey which covers  more than 4370 Indian cities.
• It was rolled out 4 years ago as the answer to a problem that municipal law  failed to solve.
• It is a completely digitized and paperless

OBJECTIVE

• The annual cleanliness survey aims to encourage large scale participation of  citizens in cleanliness drives.
• It aims to ensure sustainability of initiatives taken towards garbage free and open defecation free cities.
• It aims to create awareness among all sections of the society regarding the  importance of working together towards  making towns and cities a better place to  live in.

WHAT DID THE MOHUA DO?

• Ahead of the launch of Swachh Survekshan 2020, the Union MOHUA is  trying to stir up competition among
• It stirs up by pre-ranking them for their performance during 2019 and assigning  points to be added this year.

INDICATORS

• The focus of the survey was on waste water treatment, faecal sludge   The survey also focused on  implementation of ODF+, water plus and  ODF+

TARGETS

• 100% processing and safe disposal of
• Complete faecal sludge and septage management and
• Wastewater treatment and reuse.
• The Ministry has also sanctioned funds under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation  and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) to  help States set up facilities necessary to  manage waste.

PROBLEMS NOT ADDRESSED

• INFRASTRUCTURE
• WASTE MANAGEMENT
• DRINKING WATER
• SANITATION

FINDINGS

• Indore (Madhya Pradesh) and Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) have topped the cleanliness charts for  two consecutive quarters among cities with over 10  lakh population and with 1 lakh to 10 lakh population
• Kolkata ranked at the bottom of the ranking of 49 major cities across both quarters as West Bengal did not participate in the nationwide exercise.
• Among cantonment boards, Tamil Nadu’s St.Thomas Mount Cantt was ranked 1st in quarter 1 whereas  Delhi Cantt ranked first in the 2nd quarter.
• Secunderabad Cantonment Board in Hyderabad is the worst performer among other cantonment

WAY AHEAD

• States should ask for extended funding under such schemes to create the  infrastructure for a future-focused clean-
• Simultaneously, they should institute measures to reduce waste.
• Policy formulation can make the Centre’s goal of eliminating single-use plastic by  2022 seem more realistic.

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