The Government of India undertook a loan from the World Bank (World Bank Support Operation to Swachh Bharat Mission) to put in place an incentive mechanism for the states. Both outputs and outcomes with clear indicators have been defined are to be monitored as part of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM-G) under the project.
We led consortium supported the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (now Ministry of Jal Shakti) in conducting three rounds of the National Annual Rural Sanitation Survey between 2017 and 2020. Through these surveys, we verified the progress of all Indian States and Union Territories on key rural sanitation performance indicators under the Swacch Bharat Mission – Gramin (SBM – G). Each round covered approximately 90,000 households across the country. The survey findings were used to assess the States’ & UTs’ performance against the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), aligning these with World Bank’s Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLIs).
