Key Insights from the SS-2024 toolkit for improving the SS-2024 score and performance

Social Lab
3 min readSep 18, 2023

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The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA) launched the ‘Swachh Survekshan 2024’ toolkit on 10th July 2023 with the theme of “Reduce Reuse Recycle” for garbage-free cities. Notably, the field assessment under SS-24 shall commence from January 2024 and citizens feedback shall commence from October 2023. Therefore, it is very crucial to understand the changes in SS-2024 (as compared to SS-2023) and the focus areas of SS-2024.

OVERVIEW OF COMPONENTS

The SS total score comprises of 3 components namely Service Level Progress, Certification and Citizens voice which is reframed as Jan Andolan (under SS-24).

CHANGES UNDER SLP IN SS-24

Notably, SS 24 adopts a more holistic approach towards SLP than SS-23 by covering 6 components as compared to 3 last year.

Key Insights

  • Continuous focus on Segregated collection & transportation, Sanitation, Used water management & Safaimitra suraksha and Legacy waste remediation
  • Visible cleanliness given higher importance with a weightage of 17%
  • 3 New indicators under the component “Visible Cleanliness”
    — Cleanliness in areas of tourist with a share of 2.45%
    — Sanitation & Waste management in schools with a share of 1.31%
    — No Yellow spots with a weightage of 1.05%
  • 2 New indicators under the component “Nudge indicators”
    — 1 Year operation of RRR (reduce-reuse — recycling) centers with a share of 1.40%
    — Convergence of NULM with SBM convergence with a share of 2.19%

CHANGES UNDER CITIZEN VOICE / JAN ANDOLAN IN SS-24

PROCESS CHANGES IN SS-2024

To understand the complete requirements under SS-2024, please go through our detailed checklist at the link — SS (24) checklist.xlsx

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Contributed By: Aniruddha Pandav (Lead Consultant, Social Lab)

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