About Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2025 (SSG 2025):
- It is a nationwide rural sanitation survey by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti.
- It will measure the impact of India’s flagship cleanliness program, Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM).
- The survey will rigorously assess the current state of rural sanitation, focusing on sustaining the outcomes achieved under the Open Defecation Free (ODF) Plus Model, as established by the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin (SBM-G).
- The assessment will include sampling village evaluations, surveying households and public places to gauge their status based on various cleanliness parameters.
- This includes the functionality of Plastic Waste Management Units (PWMU), Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) plants, GOBARdhan plants, citizen feedback, and Swachhata Green Leaf Rating (SGLR) sites.
- The main objective of the survey is to provide a national ranking for all States, Union Territories, and Districts of India based on the quantitative and qualitative sanitation parameters outlined under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM-II).
- The survey will verify the status of ODF Plus Model villages, schools, public buildings, Common Service Centers (CSCs), and institutions.
- The Department of Drinking Water Supply has engaged an independent agency to conduct the survey.
- A structured approach shall be followed to evaluate the status of States/UTs and Districts on key performance outcomes of SBM Phase-II and they will be ranked across four key components:
- Service-Level Progress (SLP), based on data from district self-assessment reports and desktop verification of ODF Plus Model Verified villages.
- Direct Observation of Sanitation Status of Villages, through field-based observation in sampled villages, households, and public places, including schools, CSCs, etc.
- Direct Observation of Functionality of Sanitation Infrastructure, such as Plastic Waste Management Units, GOBARdhan plants, and Faecal Sludge Management systems.
- SSG 2025 Citizen Feedback, gathered via a mobile application and one-on-one interactions during the field survey.
- These elements shall be grouped into sub-components to derive a composite score, ensuring a transparent, technology-driven, and community-led assessment process.
- To uphold the data integrity, a geo-fencing feature has been introduced in the Survey and further, to promote public engagement, a dedicated mobile app has been created to gather citizen feedback.
