President Droupadi Murmu will confer the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26 at a ceremony in New Delhi on Wednesday. The awards recognise India’s cleanest cities and celebrate their outstanding contributions to the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban. Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal and Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Tokhan Sahu will also be present on the occasion.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs said the Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 awards celebrate the collective achievements of cities and states over the past decade and reaffirm the commitment to sustain progress on the ground.

The Ministry said the 10th edition of Swachh Survekshan, themed ‘Swachhata Ki Nayi Pehel – Badhayein Haath, Karein Safai Saath’, had been successfully completed.

Swachh Survekshan, the flagship cleanliness assessment under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban, has grown from 73 Urban Local Bodies in 2016 to more than 4,000 cities in its latest edition.

Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 has introduced several key enhancements, including greater emphasis on citizen feedback, expanded coverage of urban river fronts, and focused indicators on the prevention of open defecation and open urination, cleanliness at tourist and heritage hotspots, and behaviour-change initiatives in schools.