Context

• President Smt. Draupadi Murmu presented the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023 at an event organised by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.

Key Points

• The theme of the year 2023 is 'Waste to Wealth',
• A total of 13 award winners were honoured under the categories of Cleanest City, Cleanest Cantonment, Safai Mitra Suraksha, Ganga Town and Best Performing State.

Cleanest city

• This year, two cities were jointly declared winners in the Cleanest City Award category.
• Surat also took the top honour this time along with Indore, before which Indore had held the top position alone for 6 consecutive years.
• Navi Mumbai of Maharashtra was at third place, Visakhapatnam of Andhra Pradesh was at fourth place and Bhopal of Madhya Pradesh was at fifth place.

Best Performing States

• This time, in the category of clean states of the country, Maharashtra got first place, Madhya Pradesh got second place and Chhattisgarh got third place.
• Last time Madhya Pradesh was in first position.

Cities with population less than 1 lakh 

• Saswad, Patan and Lonavala secured the top three positions in this category.

Cleanest Cantonment Board

• Mhow Cantonment Board of Madhya Pradesh was declared the cleanest Cantonment Board.

Cleanest Ganga Town

• Varanasi and Prayagraj won the top two awards among Cleanest Ganga Towns.

Safai Mitra Surakshit City

• Chandigarh received the Best Safai Mitra Surakshit City award.

Important Facts For Exam

• The theme of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle has been set for the Swachh Sarvekshan 2024.