Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 Results Announcement

President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu honoured India’s cleanest cities at the Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 Award Ceremony in New Delhi for the 10^th edition of the world’s largest urban sanitation survey - Swachh Survekshan held on 11^th November 2026. The theme for SS 2025-26 is Swachhata Ki Nayi Pehel- Badhayein Haath, Karein Safai Saath (स्वच्छता की नई पहल बढाएं हाथ, करें सफाई साथ). All SS 2025-26 award winners were felicitated in the presence of Sh. Manohar Lal, Union Minister for MoHUA & Power and Shri Tokhan Sahu, Minister of State for MoHUA.

As part of the 10^th edition of Swachh Survekshan, 4,751 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) were assessed across 176 sub-indicators in 10 sections. Over 3,000 trained field assessors from across the country conducted on-ground surveys covering all ULBs, supported by real-time, GPS-enabled monitoring. The entire process, from evidence submission to verification, is digital, transparent, and rigorously quality-checked at all stages.

This year 60 national awards were announced under 7 categories:

• • Top 3 Swachh Shehar Jodi (SSJ)

  • Top 3 Clean Cities (this category excludes award-winning cities in Swachh Shehar Jodi)

  • Swachh Shehar Rank 1, 2, 3 in 5 population categories

• • Swachh River Front Town Rank 1, 2, 3

  • Swachh Coastal Town Rank 1, 2, 3

  • Clean Himalayan City Rank 1, 2, 3

  • State/UT First Swachh City

On 11^th November 2026, MoHUA announced the top three performing city pairs under the 'Swachh Shehar Jodi' initiative, a flagship peer-learning programme under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) 2.0. Swachh Shehar Jodi was launched by the Hon’ble Union Minster, Shri Manohar Lal on 27^th September 2025 as the first-ever urban waste management mentorship initiative involving 70 high-performing mentor cities and around 191 mentee cities from 33 States/UTs, based on Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 rankings. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the mentor and mentee cities in a national event at Sonipat in September 2025.

Of the 191 Jodis announced by the Ministry, only the best-performing Jodi of each mentor city was considered.

The SSJ initiative promotes the principle of Each One - Teach One and is rooted in India’s timeless Guru–Shishya tradition, where knowledge, experience, and best practices are passed on from one city to another to collectively advance  the  journey  towards urban excellence and cleanliness.

The Top 3 ‘Swachh Shehar Jodi’ Initiative Award winners are:

• Swachh Shehar Jodi Rank 1: Ahmedabad (Million Plus Population Category) and

Sanand (20,000-50,000 Population Category)

• Swachh Shehar Jodi Rank 2: Indore (Million Plus Population Category) and

Depalpur (Less than 20,000 Population Category)

• Swachh Shehar Jodi Rank 3: Tirupati (50,000-3 Lakh Population Category) and

Kuppam (20,000-50,000 Population Category)