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Jamshedpur is ranked Jharkhand's cleanest city in Swachh Survekshan 2025-26

11 November 2026

Jamshedpur has been named Jharkhand's cleanest city in Swachh Survekshan 2025-26, the national cleanliness survey run by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. President Droupadi Murmu gave away the awards at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Wednesday. Officials of the Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC) and Tata Steel's utility arm TSUISL received the honour. The civic body credited door-to-door collection, segregation at source, GPS-tracked vehicles and composting and biomethanation plants. Tata Steel Utility and Infrastructure Services Ltd manages about 42 sq km of JNAC's 60 sq km area. In all, 4,752 urban local bodies took part in this round of the survey. Nationally, Navi Mumbai topped the Super Swachh League, followed by Surat and Vijayawada.

Jharkhand's cleanest city: Jamshedpur ULBs in the survey: 4,752 Super Swachh League No. 1: Navi Mumbai

Why it matters for exams: Swachh Survekshan, the ministry that runs it (MoHUA) and each State's top-ranked city are regular questions under Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban).

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11 November 2026 Source: Times of India

In plain words

JNAC Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee — The civic body that governs Jamshedpur instead of an elected municipal corporation.

MoHUA Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs — The Union ministry that runs Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) and the Swachh Survekshan.

ULB Urban local body — A municipal corporation, municipality or similar town-level government.