Swachh Survekshan 2020 GK | Current Affairs 2020 in English

 Swachh Survekshan GK-Current Affairs - 2020  

World's largest cleanliness survey 

The Government of India on August 20, Thursday announced the results of the annual survey of cleanliness, Swachh Survekshan 2020. This is the fifth edition of the survey which was mainly introduced by PM Narendra Modi in January 2016. The survey was introduced by the Government of India with the objective of large-scale participation in Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The Swachh Survekshan is meant to monitor the performance of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in a large way. 

The Indore city has bagged the top spot fourth time in a row as the cleanest city of India. The Union Housing Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Congratulated the people of Indore. 

‪Key highlights of Swachh Survekshan Survey 2020--

* 1,87 crore citizen feedback received. 1.7 crore citizens registered on Swachhata app

* More then 5.5 lakh sanitary workers already they are linked to the social welfare schemes

* More then 84,000 informal waste pickers integrated into the mainstream

* Over 4 lakh contactual employees employed by Urban Local Bodies

* More then 21000 garbage vulnerable points identified and transformed in this proces of swachhata

Innovations and Best practices and the report on Evaluation of Ganga Towns --

i) 4324 Urban Local Bodies declared Open Defecation Free (ODD) so far

ii) 1319 cities certified ODF and 489 cities ceetidies ODF++

iii) Over 66 lakh individual household toilets & over 6 lakh ms community toilets constructed

iv) Over 59,900 toilets across 2900+ cities mad e live on Ganga Maps

Swachh Survekshan 2020 GK --

1. Who started Swachh Survekshan in India? 

Ans- Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) 

2. Who is India's Urban Development Minister 2020?

Ans- Hardeep Singh Puri 

3. How many cities the survey covered for Swachh Survekshan? 

Ans- 4,242 Cities

4. How many Cantonment Boards the survey covered for Swachh Survekshan? 

Ans- 62

5. How many Ganga Towns the survey covered for Swachh Survekshan? 

Ans- 92

6. Which city won the title of cleanest city of India in the year 2020?

Ans- Indore

7. Which is the second most cleanest city in India 2020 according to the survey? 

Ans- Surat

8. Which is the 3rd most cleanest city in India 2020 according to the survey? 

Ans- Navi Mumbai

9. Which is the most cleanest state in India 2020 according to the survey? 

Ans- Chattisgarh

10. For how many times Indore city got the title of cleanest city of India? 

Ans- 4th time

11. Which city is in the lowest position according to the swachh survekshan survey 2020? 

Ans- Patna

12. Which city is India’s the cleanest Mega city in the year 2020?

Ans- Ahmedabad

13. Which city is the cleanest smallest city in the year 2020?

Ans- Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh) 

14. Which is the cleanest state in the category of state with less than 100 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)? 

Ans- Jharkhand 

15. Which city is the Best Mega City in Innovation and Best Practices? 

Ans- Greater Chennai

16. Which city is the Best Small City in Innovation and Best Practices? 

Ans- Alappuzha 

17. Which city is the cleanest Ganga Town? 

Ans- Varanasi

18. Which city wins the Best Self Sustainability award in the Mega city category? 

Ans- Bengaluru

19. Which city wins the Best self-sustainable capital city? 

Ans- Bhopal 

20. Which city is the cleanest capital city in India according to the survey? 

Ans- New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) 

21. Which city wins the Cleanest Medium City in 2020? 

Ans- Mysore

22. Which city wins the Cleanest Small City in 2020?

Ans- Ambikapur

23. Which city wins the Best Mega City in Citizens Feedback? 

Ans- Greater Hyderabad

24. Which city wins the Best Small City in Citizens Feedback? 

Ans- Vijayawada

25. Which city wins the Fastest Mover Big city? 

Ans- Jodhpur

26. Which city wins the Fastest Mover Medium city? 

Ans- Firozabad

27. Which city wins the Fastest Mover Small city? 

Ans- Burhanpur

28. Which state wins the Fastest Mover State in India 2020?

Ans- Lucknow

29. How many awards were given this year to the top performing cities and  states? 

Ans- 129

30. Who announces the winners and gave the award to the winners? 

Ans- Hardeep Singh Puri 

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