Swachh Survekshan 2019 to be conducted in January

Additionally, the survey also intends to foster a spirit of healthy competition among towns and cities to improve their service delivery to citizens, towards creating cleaner cities.

Swachh Survekshan 2019 will be conducted across all cities and towns across the country between 4th – 31st January 2019. The distinctive features of the survey are geared towards encouraging large-scale citizen participation, ensuring sustainability of initiatives taken towards garbage free and open defecation free cities, providing credible outcomes which would be validated by third-party certification, institutionalizing existing systems through online processes and creating awareness amongst all sections of society about the importance of working together towards making towns and cities a better place to live in.

MoS H&UA @HardeepSPuri at launch of Swachh Survekshan 2019 & Ease of Living Index in Delhi. #SwachhSurvekshan2019 will be carried out across all urban areas this year. The Ease of Living Index will help cities assess their liveability vis-à-vis global & national benchmarks. pic.twitter.com/icFOXeXOL9

— Swachh Bharat Urban (@SwachhBharatGov) August 13, 2018

Further, this year's Swachh Survekshan will focus separately on sanitation and garbage-free certifications by independent third party, while parallelly accelerating citizens' engagement in the Mission. Additionally, the survey also intends to foster a spirit of healthy competition among towns and cities to improve their service delivery to citizens, towards creating cleaner cities.

The key highlights of Swachh Survekshan 2019 are as follows:

1. Fully digitized survey through online MIS
2. The survey indicators/questionnaire will carry a total of 5000 marks as compared to 4000 marks in Swachh Survekshan 2018.
3. Data will be collected from 4 broad sources – 'Service Level Progress', Direct Observation, Citizens Feedback, and Certification – as shown below.
4. Revised weightage for the components under 'Service Level Progress', adding a new component 'By-Laws'
5. Certification (Star Rating of Garbage Free Cities and Open Defecation Free Protocols)