Jal Jeevan Awards 2022

 Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) is envisioned to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections by 2024 to all households in rural India. The programme will also implement source sustainability measures as mandatory elements, such as recharge and reuse through grey water management, water conservation, rainwater harvesting. 

The Jal Jeevan Mission is based on a community approach to water and will include extensive information, education and communication as key components of the mission. JJM looks to create a jan andolan for water, thereby making it everyone’s priority.

 

In 2023, awards were given to districts and states by assessing functionality and service delivery under JJM (Tables 1 and 2). The districts certified under “Har Ghar Jal” were also announced (Table 3).

 

Table 1

Jal Jeevan Mission

Functionality Assessment Awards 2022

Category	Rank	Awardee State/District
More than 60% Coverage	First	Puducherry
	Second	Goa
Less than 60% Coverage	First	Tamil Nadu
	Second	Meghalaya
	Special Recognition for First Har Ghar Jal District	Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh

 

Table 2

Jal Jeevan Mission

Service Delivery Assessment Awards 2022

Category	Awardee State
Quantity of service delivery	Arunachal Pradesh
	West Bengal
Quality of service delivery	Himachal Pradesh
	Nagaland
Regularity of water supplied	Telangana
	Tripura

 

Table 3

Jal Jeevan Mission

‘HAR GHAR JAL’ Certified Districts 2022

State	Districts
Goa	North Goa
	Goa
	South Goa
Pondicherry	Karaikal
	Puducherry
A&N Islands	Nicobars
	Middle & North Andaman
	South Andaman
Gujarat	Anand
	Gandhinagar
	Morbi
Punjab	Barnala
	Faridkot
	Fatehgarh Sahib
	Gurdaspur
	Hoshiarpur
	Jalandhar
	Kapurthala
	Ludhiana
	Malerkotla
	Mansa
	Muktsar
	Pathankot
	Patiala
	SAS Nagar
	SBS Nagar
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	DNH
	Daman
	Diu
Haryana	Fatehabad
	Sirsa
	Panchkula

 

 

 

Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2022

The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) had commissioned “Swachh Survekshan Grameen-2019” (SSG 2019) through an independent survey agency to develop ranking of all districts of India based on quantitative and qualitative sanitation (Swachhata) parameters. This ranking was done based on a comprehensive set of parameters including surveys of public places like schools, Anganwadis, PHCs, Haat/ Bazaars, Panchayat, and citizen’s perception of Swachhata and their recommendations for improvement of the programme.

Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2022 aimed to undertake the ranking of States and Districts on the basis of their performance attained on key quantitative and qualitative parameters of SBM-G Phase II. The survey covered 17,559 villages in 709 Districts in 33 States/UTs (excluding the 3 UTs of Chandigarh, Delhi and Lakshadweep) across India. More than 1.75 lakh households were interviewed for their feedback. 

 

The collection of data from direct observation was based on physical observation of the sanitation status in public places by the survey agency. The survey agency used maps and simple handheld device/recording formats to record their observations and findings along with Photographs/videos, wherever necessary. Feedback from people were obtained using community wide open meetings, personal interviews, and Focused Group Discussions. 

 

The top ranked States and Districts which received awards are listed in Table 1.

 

Table 1

Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2022

Category	Rank	Awardee State /District
Large States	1	Telangana
	2	Haryana
	3	Tamil Nadu
Small States/UTs	1	A & N Island
	2	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
	3	Sikkim
Top Performing District	1	Bhiwani (Haryana)
	2	Jagtial (Telangana)
	3	Nizamabad (Telangana)

 

 

Swachh Survekshan 2023 Awards

 Launched as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Swachh Survekshan is an annual survey of cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation in cities and towns across India. 

The objective of survey is to encourage largescale citizen participation and create awareness amongst all sections of society about the importance of working together towards making towns and cities better places to live in. In addition, survey also seeks to promote a spirit of healthy competition among towns and cities, to improve the quality of their services to people, and create cleaner cities and towns.

 

The first survey was undertaken in 2016 and covered 73 cities; by 2023 the survey had grown to cover 4416 cities and was said to be the largest cleanliness survey in the world. Data was collected using indicators on service level progress, direct observation, and citizen feedback. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is now in the process of conducting the next edition of the survey  with Quality Council of India (QCI) as its implementation partner. 

 

Tables 1 and 2 give the lists of top 10 cities (with a population exceeding one lakh and less than one lakh) according to Swachh Survekshan 2023. 

 

Table 1

 Top 10 Clean Cities of India

(More than one lakh population)

Swachh Survekshan 2023 Awards

Rank	City
1	Indore
2	Surat
3	Navi Mumbai
4	GVMC Visakhapatnam
5	Bhopal
6	Vijayawada
7	New Delhi (NDMC)
8	Tirupati
9	Greater Hyderabad
10	Pune

 

Table 2

 Top 10 Clean Cities of India

(Less than one lakh population)

Swachh Survekshan 2023 Awards

Rank	City Name	State
1	Sasvad	Maharashtra
2	Patan (NP)	Chattisgarh
3	Lonavala	Maharashtra
4	Karhad	Maharashtra
5	Panchgani	Maharashtra
6	Gadhinglaj	Maharashtra
7	Vita	Maharashtra
8	Budni	Madhya Pradesh
9	Deolali Pravara	Maharashtra
10	Sillod	Maharashtra