Prerak Dauur Samman
- Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA), has launched the toolkit for sixth edition of the annual cleanliness survey of urban India ‘Swachh Survekshan (SS) 2021’conducted by MoHUA.
- It is a new category of awards announced as part of Swachh Survekshan 2021.
- It has a total of five additional subcategories – Divya (Platinum), Anupam (Gold), Ujjwal (Silver), Udit (Bronze), Aarohi (Aspiring) – with top three cities being recognized in each.
- The new category will categorize cities on the basis of six select indicator-wise performance criteria which are as follows:
- Segregation of waste into Wet, Dry and Hazard categories.
- Processing capacity against wet waste generated.
- Processing and recycling of wet and dry waste.
- Construction & Demolition (C&D) waste processing.
- Percentage of waste going to landfills.
- Sanitation status of cities.
