The Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India, annually publish National City Rating under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan scheme. The rating includes around 500 cities, covering 72 percent of the urban population in India.
Until 2017, India was divided into five zones for the purpose of this survey and each city was scored on 19 indicators. The cities were classified into four colours: green, blue, black, and red, green being the cleanest city, and red the most polluted. None of the cities was rated as green—the best category in the exercise. However, during the 2017-18 senses survey, the parameters of assessment were modified, and cities were categorised, based on population, into metropolis, large, medium, and small cities, and assessment took place according to this categorisation.
The latest ranking of 2023 by the cleanliness survey Swachh Survekshan marks Indore as the cleanest city of India. Indore has held the title of being India's cleanest city for seven consecutive years.
Summary The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs ranks cities based on cleanliness index. This list summarises the cities topping those lists annually. YearFirstRunner upCityStateCityState2021IndoreMadhya PradeshSuratGujarat2020MetropolisIndoreMadhya PradeshSuratGujaratBig cityAhmedabadGujaratMedium cityMysoreKarnatakaSmall cityAmbikapurChhattisgarh2019MetropolisIndoreMadhya PradeshAmbikapurChhattisgarhBig cityAhmedabadGujaratMedium cityUjjainMadhya PradeshMysoreKarnatakaSmall cityNew Delhi (Municipal Council)Delhi2018MetropolisIndoreMadhya PradeshBhopalMadhya PradeshBig cityVijayawadaAndhra PradeshMedium cityMysoreKarnatakaSmall cityNew Delhi (Municipal Council)Delhi2017IndoreMadhya PradeshBhopalMadhya Pradesh2016MysoreKarnatakaChandigarhChandigarh Territory2015TiruchirapalliTamil Nadu2010ChandigarhUnion Territory of ChandigarhMysoreKarnataka
2023 Swachh Sarvekshan 2023
Top 20 cleanest cities in India Swachh Sarvekshan RankCityState/Union Territory1IndoreMadhya Pradesh2SuratGujarat3Navi MumbaiMaharashtra4VisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh5BhopalMadhya Pradesh6VijayawadaAndhra Pradesh7New DelhiDelhi8TirupatiAndhra Pradesh9HyderabadTelangana10PuneMaharashtra11ChandigarhChandigarh12RaipurChhattisgarh13Pimpri-ChinchwadMaharashtra14NoidaUttar Pradesh15AhmedabadGujarat16GwaliorMadhya Pradesh17GunturAndhra Pradesh18BaramatiMaharashtra19UjjainMadhya Pradesh20Mira-BhayandarMaharashtraSource: Ministry of Urban Development
2022 Swachh Sarvekshan 2022
Top 20 cleanest cities in India over 1 million population Swachh Sarvekshan RankCityState/Union Territory1IndoreMadhya Pradesh2SuratGujarat3Navi MumbaiMaharashtra4VisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh5VijayawadaAndhra Pradesh6BhopalMadhya Pradesh7RajkotGujarat8AhmedabadGujarat9PuneMaharashtra10HyderabadTelangana11RaipurChhattisgarh12GhaziabadUttar Pradesh13ThaneMaharashtra14VadodaraGujarat15MeerutUttar Pradesh16PrayagrajUttar Pradesh17LucknowUttar Pradesh18GwaliorMadhya Pradesh19Pimpri-ChinchwadMaharashtra20NashikMaharashtraSource: Ministry of Urban Development
2021
Top 10 cleanest cities in the Swachh Survekshan 2021 for over 1 million Population
Swachh SarvekshanRank City State/Union Territory 1 Indore Madhya Pradesh 2 Surat Gujarat 3 Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh 4 Navi Mumbai Maharashtra 5 Pune Maharashtra 6 Raipur Chhattisgarh 7 Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 8 Vadodara Gujarat 9 Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh 10 Ahmedabad GujaratSource: Ministry of Urban Development
2019-2020 The results of the fifth edition of the nationwide annual cleanliness survey, 'Swachh Survekshan 2020,' are out and Madhya Pradesh's Indore has yet again made it as India's cleanest city. Gujarat's Surat emerged as India's second cleanest city, followed by Navi Mumbai which bagged the third spot in Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs' swachhta city survey report.
Swachh Survekshan 2020 covered 4,242 cities, 62 cantonment boards and 92 Ganga towns. This survey was carried out in 28 days.
List of Cleanest Cities in India 2020, are as follows: Swachh Survekshan RankCityState/Union Territory1IndoreMadhya Pradesh2SuratGujarat3Navi MumbaiMaharashtra4AmbikapurChhattisgarh5MysoreKarnataka6VijayawadaAndhra Pradesh7AhmedabadGujarat8New Delhi (NDMC)Delhi9ChandrapurMaharashtra10KhargoneMadhya PradeshSource: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
2017-2018 The dimensions of assessment increased during the 2017–18 survey, identifying cities and states to excel in different aspects of environment, energy, and cleanliness.
2016–2017 Swachh Survekshan 2017 was an extensive sanitation survey across 500 cities in India. The Ministry of Urban Development commissioned Quality Council of India to conduct this survey; to check the progress and impact of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched in 2014. It aims to foster a spirit of competition among the cities and offers a comprehensive assessment of their sanitation status.
The performance of each city was evaluated on five key thematic parameters-
Swachh Sarvekshan 2017 was conducted between 4 January 2017 and 7 February 2017. The results of top 30 cities are as follows:
Swachh SarvekshanRank City State/Union Territory 1 Indore Madhya Pradesh 2 Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 3 Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh 4 Surat Gujarat 5 Mysore Karnataka 6 Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu 7 New Delhi Municipal Council Delhi 8 Navi Mumbai Maharashtra 9 Tirupati Andhra Pradesh 10 Vadodara Gujarat 11 Chandigarh Chandigarh 12 Ujjain Madhya Pradesh 13 Pune Maharashtra 14 Ahmedabad Gujarat 15 Ambikapur Chhattisgarh 16 Coimbatore Tamil Nadu 17 Khargone Madhya Pradesh 18 Rajkot Gujarat 19 Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh 20 Gandhinagar Gujarat 21 Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh 22 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Telangana 23 Sagar Madhya Pradesh 24 Murwara Madhya Pradesh 25 Navsari Gujarat 26 Vapi Gujarat 27 Gwalior Madhya Pradesh 28 Warangal Telangana 29 Mumbai Maharashtra 30 Suryapet TelanganaSource: Ministry of Urban Development
2015–2016 The Union Ministry of Urban Development commissioned an extensive survey to study the progress of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Mission and to rank 73 cities on sanitation and cleanliness. The survey, the first for the Swachh Bharat Mission, was conducted by the Quality Council of India (QCI) and was named Swachh Sarvekshan. It covered all state capitals and another 53 cities with a population of above one million. It involved three streams of data collection - interaction with municipal body, direct observation and citizen feedback. Swachh Sarvekshan evaluated the work done in the following six measurable aspects of sanitation and hygiene:
Swachh Sarvekshan 2016 was conducted between 5 January 2016 and 20 January 2016. The Results, as per the latest available sources, are as follows:
Swachh SarvekshanRank City State/Union Territory 1 Mysore Karnataka 2 Chandigarh Chandigarh 3 Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu 4 New Delhi Delhi 5 Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh 6 Surat Gujarat 7 Rajkot Gujarat 8 Gangtok Sikkim 9 Pimpri-Chinchwad Maharashtra 10 Mumbai Maharashtra 11 Pune Maharashtra 12 Navi Mumbai Maharashtra 13 Vadodara Gujarat 14 Ahmedabad Gujarat 15 Imphal Manipur 16 Panaji Goa 17 Thane Maharashtra 18 Coimbatore Tamil Nadu 19 Hyderabad Telangana 20 Nagpur Maharashtra 21 Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 22 Allahabad Uttar Pradesh 23 Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh 24 Bhubaneshwar Odisha 25 Indore Madhya Pradesh 26 Madurai Tamil Nadu 27 Shimla Himachal Pradesh 28 Lucknow Uttar Pradesh 29 Jaipur Rajasthan 30 Gwalior Madhya Pradesh 31 Nashik Maharashtra 32 Warangal Telangana 33 Agartala Tripura 34 Ludhiana Punjab 35 Vasai-Virar Maharashtra 36 Chennai Tamil Nadu 37 Gurgaon Haryana 38 Bengaluru Karnataka 39 SDMC Delhi 40 Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 41 Aizawl Mizoram 42 Gandhinagar Gujarat 43 NMCD Delhi 44 Kozhikode Kerala 45 Kanpur Uttar Pradesh 46 Durg Chhattisgarh 47 Agra Uttar Pradesh 48 Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir 49 Amritsar Punjab 50 Guwahati Assam 51 Faridabad Haryana 52 EMCD Delhi 53 Shillong Meghalaya 54 Hubli-Dharwad Karnataka 55 Kochi Kerala 56 Aurangabad Maharashtra 57 Jodhpur Rajasthan 58 Kota Rajasthan 59 Cuttack Odisha 60 Kohima Nagaland 61 Dehradun Uttarakhand 62 Ranchi Jharkhand 63 Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh 64 Kalyan-Dombivali Maharashtra 65 Varanasi Uttar Pradesh 66 Jamshedpur Jharkhand 67 Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh 68 Raipur Chhattisgarh 69 Meerut Uttar Pradesh 70 Patna Bihar 71 Itanagar Arunachal Pradesh 72 Asansol West Bengal 73 Dhanbad JharkhandSource: Press Information Bureau and Ministry of Urban Development
2014–2015 Rank City State/Territory Rating points (out of 20) 1 Mysore Karnataka 18.50 2 Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu 14.25 3 Navi Mumbai Maharashtra 14.18 4 Kochi Kerala 14.07 5 Hassan Karnataka 13.58 6 Mandya Karnataka 13.52 7 Bengaluru Karnataka 13.27 8 Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 12.98 9 Halisahar West Bengal 12.75 10 Gangtok Sikkim 12.68Source: Ministry of Urban Development According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) India, in 2015 it conducted a survey of the least polluted cities in India as well, ranked based on air quality. Among the least-polluted cities are Pathanamthitta, Mangalore, Wayanad, Hassan, and Palakkad. The table below shows the ranking of these cities as per the PM10 content in the air. Rank City State/Territory PM10 1 Pathanamthitta Kerala 23 2 Mangalore Karnataka 31 3 Wayanad Kerala 33 4 Hassan Karnataka 36 5 Palakkad Kerala 36Source: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) India
2009–2010 Rank City State/Territory Rating points 1 Chandigarh Union Territory of Chandigarh 73.48 2 Mysore Karnataka 70.65 3 Surat Gujarat 69.08 4 New Delhi Delhi 68.265 5 Delhi Cantt. Delhi 61.367 6 Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu 59.02 7 Jamshedpur Jharkhand 57.960 8 Mangalore Karnataka 57.340 9 Rajkot Gujarat 56.118 10 Kanpur Uttar Pradesh 55.340 11 Navi Mumbai Maharashtra 53.920 12 Bangalore Karnataka 53.637 13 Chennai Tamil Nadu 53.630 14 Rourkela Odisha 53.400 15 Mandya Karnataka 53.330 16 Bidhannagar West Bengal 52.820 17 Noida Uttar Pradesh 51.910 18 Shillong Meghalaya 51.550 19 Ahmedabad Gujarat 50.286 20 Alandur Tamil Nadu 50.240 21 Haridwar Uttarakhand 49.850 22 Bidar Karnataka 49.820 23 Achalpur Maharashtra 49.666 24 Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh 49.060 25 Kolkata West Bengal 48.965Source: Ministry of Urban DevelopmentMinistry of Urban Development: RANK OF CITIES ON SANITATION 2009–2010 , Ministry of Urban Development, 10 May 2010.
See also Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Central Pollution Control Board List of least polluted cities by particulate matter concentration
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