Swachh Shehar Jodi (SSJ)

The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched the Swachh Shehar Jodi (SSJ) initiative, a structured mentorship and collaborative action program involving 72 mentor cities and around 200 mentee cities.

• Based on their recent performance in the Swachh Survekshan rankings, top-performing cities have been identified as mentor cities and paired with low-performing mentee cities. It is being implemented under the Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban (SBM-U).

• The mentor cities are the top performing cities that are part of the Super Swachh League, top three cities that are featured across population categories in SS 2024 and Promising clean cities that emerged across States/UTs as part of SS 2024.

• Mentee cities were chosen from the lowest ranks in their State’s latest SS cumulative rankings, considering their geographical proximity to their paired mentor cities.