The document describes India's Swachh Technology Challenge, which aims to promote innovative solutions for waste management and sanitation. Some key details:
- The challenge will have city, state, and national levels of recognition. Solutions can be ideas or prototypes.
- Thematic areas include social inclusion, zero waste, plastic waste management, and transparency.
- ULBs will publicize the challenge, support applicants, evaluate top solutions, and promote sustainability.
- Top solutions may receive funding and incubation support. The database will be available online for reference.
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Swachh Technology Challenge – Salient Features
02 3-level of recognition to the applicants- City level, State Level, and National Level
01 Systematically organized, with four thematic areas in alignment with SBM U - 2.0
03
Linked with the Swachhata Start-up challenge in collaboration with ADF, providing national and
international recognition
04
Innovation can be an idea - to check the feasibility for implementation the exhaustive evaluation
criteria included which covers - uniqueness, replicability, scalability, financial viability etc.
05 The database of entries will be available on the website for reference of all the ULBs
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Swachh Technology Challenge – Salient Features
07 National framework for long term engagement of these ideas across state/ cities will be
formulated
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ULBs to ensure sustainability of the solution
Municipal Corporations have setup incubation centres/ innovation labs some it includes –
a) SURATi i-LAB : Surat Ideas & Innovation Lab - to promote culture of innovation, Startup
incubation, trade facilitation and skill development,
b) Noida has setup a Research & Innovations Cell to promote innovation and Start-ups.
5. Dos and Don’ts
# Activity/ Task Do / Don’ts
1
ULBs to widely publicize the challenge at city level for getting large number of
solution and use collaterals available in SBM Urban Portal
2 ULBs to handhold/ support applicants in the process of submitting the entries
3
ULBs to upload the details of the top solution(s) (max. 2) on Swachhatam Portal. All
required information to be captured.aq
4
Unique, low cost, indigenous, replicable, scalable solutions and financially viable
solutions to be promoted
5
ULBs to look for the sustainability of the solution and providing incubation/
mentoring support to the winning solutions
6 Innovative solution submitted in earlier to MoHUA will not be considered
7 ULBs and Municipal bodies are not encouraged to submit the solutions
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Swachh Technology Challenge Indicator
Scheme of Marking for ULBs
# Scheme of Marking Marks (185)
1 Whether ULB has constituted the committee/ Jury in the timeframe 10
2
Whether the ULB has popularized the challenge at city level via the following
mediums/stakeholders: (Note: a) Collaterals shared by MoHUA to be used. b) ULB to upload the
events photos on the IEC module of Swachhatam platform, c) Citizen validation will be done.)
i) Social media campaigns/ mid-media engagement platforms 10
ii)
Educational institutions/ technical institutions– by conducting workshops/ event/ any other
means of dissemination (online/offline)
10
iii)
Chamber of Commerce or any other similar body or Local Business / Market Associations at City
level
10
iv)
Citizen and Citizen groups, CBOs (RWAs, NGOs, Voluntary Organizations etc.) – by conducting
workshops/ any other means of dissemination (online/offline)
10
3
Whether the ULB has provided handholding support to the applicants (individuals/
organizations) during the application process/ at the time of seeking entries
30
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Swachh Technology Challenge Indicator
Scheme of Marking for ULBs
# Scheme of Marking Marks (185)
4
No. of solutions received by ULB:
a) ULBs - Greater than 10 Lakh population
No. of solutions received
• >=15 – 40 marks
• >=5 and < 15 – 30 marks
• >=3 and <5 – 10 marks
b) ULBs - 1 to 10 Lakh Population
No. of solutions received
• >=10 – 40 marks
• >=5 and <10 – 30 marks
• >=3 and <5 – 10 marks
c) ULBs - Less than 1 Lakh Population
No. of solutions received
• >=7 – 40 marks
• >=5 and <7 – 30 marks
• >=3 and <5 – 10 marks
40
5 Whether ULB has felicitated the wining solutions and disseminated it in the city 25
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Swachh Technology Challenge Indicator
Scheme of Marking for ULBs
# Scheme of Marking Marks (185)
6 Whether the ULB has established mechanism for the wining solutions for:
40
i) Providing Incubation/ mentorship support
ii) Setup up incubation/ tinkering lab
iii) Supporting Pilot implementation
iv) Seeking funding support through collaboration with investors
v) Any other support for scaling/ sustaining the solution
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Flow of events – Swachh Technology Challenge
06th Dec 2021
06th Dec 2021 to
06th Jan 2022
By 25th Dec 2021
06th Jan 2022
14th Jan 2022
By 21st Jan 2022
25th Jan 2022
25th Jan 2022
onwards
By 12th Jan 2022
Release of Swachh Technology Challenge
ULBs to popularize the challenge to seek entries from individuals & organizations
Respective ULB to constitute a committee/ jury to evaluate the proposals
Individuals & organizations to submit their solutions to the ULB for screening
ULB to submit best entries to State on ‘Swachhatam’ Platform after screening
State to constitute a committee/ jury to finalize top solutions
Top solutions from startups can participate in ‘Swachhata Start-up Challenge’
State to felicitate top entries and share the details of solutions with MoHUA
ULB level committee/ jury to finalize maximum 2 solutions
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Swachh Technology Challenge – Process flow
To promote an enabling environment for enterprise development in the waste
management sector we need to capitalize on huge opportunities created by SBM-U 2.0
for entrepreneurship
- ULBs to conduct
the challenge at city
level by inviting
innovative solutions
from individuals,
startups, companies,
academic
institutions, CSOs,
parastatals,
municipal bodies etc.
- ULBs to evaluate
solutions as per
defined evaluation
criteria and submit
maximum 2
solutions to State.
Post that, ULB
eligible to get marks
in SS 2022.
(max.185 out of
2,250)
- Respective state to
evaluate solutions
and share top 3
solutions to MoHUA
- Indicator added in
SS 2022 State
Ranking
- The top solutions
received from
Startups to be
submitted in
‘Swachhata Start-
up Challenge- 2022’
to be organized by
MoHUA in
collaboration with
AFD
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Swachhata Start-up Challenge- 2022
04 The thematic areas for the
challenge include:
i) Social Inclusion
ii) Zero Dump
iii)Plastic Waste Management
iv)Transparency
02
01
The challenge will evaluate and select innovative start-
ups and reward with financial support, mentoring and
national/ international visibility
MoHUA to release the ‘Swachhata Start-up Challenge’
in collaboration with Agence Française de
Développement (AFD) in January 2022
03
Up to 10 selected projects could receive seed funding of
approx. ₹ 25 Lakhs per selected project and 1 year
dedicated incubation support from French Tech
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Thematic Areas (1/2)
S.
No.
Solution Area Type of Solution (not limited to)
1
Social
Inclusion
(Resulting in
better working
condition for
sanitation
workers and
waste pickers)
• Social innovations for improved waste collection and management in low-
income settlements
• Low-cost efficient mechanical solutions for cleaning septic tanks and sewer lines
(Manhole to machine hole)
• Efficient operation and maintenance of community and public toilets in a
hygienic and sustainable manner
• Safe containment, evacuation, transportation, processing and disposal of used
water and fecal sludge & septage
2 Zero Dump
• Innovative solutions for tracking segregated door-to-door collection of solid
waste
• Processing and recycling of all segregated fractions of Solid Waste
• Low-cost portable solution for remediation of legacy dumpsites
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Thematic Areas (2/2)
S.
No.
Solution Area Type of Solution (not limited to)
3
Plastic Waste
Management
• Solution of processing and recycling of plastic waste
• Solutions to minimize degradation of plastic during recycling
• Plastic waste management in eco-sensitive regions
• Innovative methods for collection of multi-layered plastic and its disposal
• Technology for disposal of plastic from legacy dumpsites
• Alternatives of single use plastic
4 Transparency
• Digital solutions to check the overflow of septic tanks and sewer lines
• Citizen engagement including awareness creation and capacity building
• IoT based solutions for real time monitoring of operations of Sanitation and
Waste Management Infrastructure
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Proposed Outcomes
Top solutions from Startups can
participate in “Swachhata Start-
up Challenge”.
The selected solutions from startups will not
undergo initial screening of the challenge.
Top 3 solutions in each of the
thematic areas across the country
will be felicitated with an award in
the Swachh Survekshan Award
ceremony
Top 3 solutions from State will be felicitated with an award by
the respective State Govt. (from SBM Capacity Building
Fund) as per the categories below:
1 2
3
State with
>100
ULBs
1st Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize 4th Prize 5th Prize
₹ 5 lakh ₹ 2.5 lakh ₹ 1.5 lakh ₹ 1 lakh ₹ 75,000
State with
<100 ULBs
1st Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize
₹ 2.5 lakh ₹ 1.5 lakh ₹ 1 lakh
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Indicative Evaluation Criteria for ULBs & States (1/2)
S. No. Criteria Marks (Total -100)
1
Key features of the Solution
i) Potential for Reduce, Recycle & Reuse
ii) Enabling process enhancement
iii)Any other USP in-line with the identified solution areas / solution types
15
2
Key feature of the technologies used:
i) Uniqueness, ii) Low cost,
iii) Low maintenance, iv) Time and effort saving
v) Contextualized and user-friendly.
15
3
Operational Model: A feasible model to operationalize the solution at
field/at the place of deployment exists
10
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S. No. Criteria Marks (Total -100)
4
Commercial Model
i) Whether the solution is implemented anywhere commercially
ii) Revenue generation potential for sustainability
iii)Potential to monetize the innovative solution
20
5
Replicability: The solution to be easily replicable in similar
deploying conditions and amenable to adaptation under
different geographical conditions
10
6
Scalability: The solution to be scalable to enable expanding
the reach of the solution to masses
10
7 Time for Pilot implementation
<= 3 months – 10
3 to 6 Months – 8
>6 Months – 5
8
Indigenous Technologies: Technologies developed using
equipment/parts easily available in the local market should be
given preference.
10
Indicative Evaluation Criteria for ULBs & States (1/2)
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Committee Structure
ACS/PS/Secretary-Urban
Development (Chair)
State Mission Director (Convener)
Representative from State level
Chamber of Commerce - 1
Representative from Development
Partner organizations - 1
Academician/ Technology Expert -1
Chief Engineer/ Senior Official from
PHE -1
At State Level At ULB level
Municipal Commissioner/ EO (Chair)
Nodal Officer SBM-U (Convener)
Any other 2 members nominated by
Municipal Commissioner/ EO out of
which at least one external member of
repute of technical background
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Over the years
• Innovation and best practices has been an indicator under Swachh Survekshan since 2018.
• Above solutions are received in various domain areas including non-technology interventions
• Since technology promotion and encouragement of social enterprises is one of the guiding principles of
SBM 2.0, therefore, an additional indicator of ‘Swachh Technology Challenge’ is added under SS 2022
# Year Key Innovations & Best Practices
1 SS 2018 Smartwatch for Municipal Workers (Nagpur)
2 SS 2019
i) Bali Vaishya- enhancing the quality of compost (Ambikapur), ii) Waste to Art Park (SDMC), iii) Bio-CNG Plant (Indore), iv)
Plastic to Paver Blocks (Korba), v) Kabadiwala.com (next generation e-scavenger) vi) Edible bags (bio-degradable plastic
bags)
3 SS 2020
i) Madras Waste Exchange –Online trading platform for segregated waste (Chennai), ii) DUAC High Tech Toilets (Ludhiana),
iii) Plastic Free Initiative (Gandhinagar), iv) Beautification point (Petlad)
4 SS 2021
i) Mission Dharavi-Covid Management (Greater Mumbai), ii) Plastic Tourism (Ghaziabad),
iii) RagApp (Panvel)
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Analysis of Innovation and Best Practices Awards
SS 2021
1
3
5
15
Cantt. Boards Citizen-Led
Innovation
National 5 Zones
Innovation and Best Practices allocation
SS-2021
19% (24)
Innovation &
best practices
Cantt.
Boards
5%
(7)
28% (36)
National
46% (60)
5 Zones
2% (2)
Ganga
Towns
5% (7)
Cantt. Boards
129 Awards
SS-2021
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Innovations & Best practices- North Zone
1 5
40
18
41 46
141
27
1 4
40 11
18
137
449
30
1 5
37 18
52
139
374
50
1 5
23 10 9
122 121
21
Chandigarh Delhi Haryana Himachal
Pradesh
Jammu and
Kashmir
Punjab Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand
2018 2019 2020 2021
Innovations & Best Practices submitted by ULBs (count) in Swachh Survekshan
24. 24
Innovations & Best practices- South Zone
104 109
49
5
126
37
107 106
20
4
311
50
64
130
40
3
442
30
32
54
5 1
80
29
Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Kerala Puducherry Tamil Nadu Telangana
2018 2019 2020 2021
Innovations & Best Practices submitted by ULBs (count) in Swachh
Survekshan
25. 25
Innovations & Best practices- East Zone
1
23
93
42
35
13
0
18
94
41
49
2
1
49
138
41
13
0
1
40
146
20
56
0
Andaman and
Nicobar Islands
Bihar Chhattisgarh Jharkhand Odisha West Bengal
2018 2019 2020 2021
Innovations & Best Practices submitted by ULBs (count) in Swachh Survekshan
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Innovations & Best practices- West Zone
1 4
58
200
251
182
2 7
120
317
257
119
2 9
151
320
262
104
1 6
63
136 147
19
Dadra & Nagar
Haveli and
Daman & Diu
Goa Gujarat Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Rajasthan
2018 2019 2020 2021
Innovations & Best Practices submitted by
ULBs (count) in Swachh Survekshan
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No. of ULBs securing more than 50% marks in
Innovation and Best Practices
219 ULBs
out of 1355
2021
2020
2019
2018
84 ULBs
out of 1699
107 ULBs
out of 2339
206 ULBs
out of 2534
