Author: wilhelminaadair

Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) has conducted periodic surveys to ascertain the ground situation of sanitation in rural areas.  It has conducted three rounds of National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey (NARSS) from 2017-18 to 2019-20 through an independent verification agency. Each round of NARSS covered 92,040 households in 6136 villages across States and UTs of India.  DDWS has also conducted two rounds of Swachh Survekshan Grameen (SSG) in 2018 and 2019 to rank States and districts based on their performance on key quantitative and qualitative sanitation parameters.  As per the results of NARSS 2019-20, State/UT-wise ... Read more