NATIONAL ANNUAL RURAL SANITATION SURVEY (NARSS) 2018-19

About: 

• The National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS) 2018-19 was conducted by an Independent Verification Agency (IVA) under the World Bank support project to the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G) 
  
  
• The IVA submitted the report to the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation website. 
  
  
• The key findings of NARSS 2018-19 are as follows: 
  • 93.1% of households were found to have access to toilets during the survey period. 
    
    
  • 96.5% of the people who had access to toilets used them. 
    
    
  • 90.7% of villages which were previously declared and verified as ODF were confirmed to be ODF. The remaining villages also had sanitation coverage of about 93%. 
    
    
  • 95.4% of the villages surveyed found to have minimal litter and minimal stagnant water.