Polity & Governance
DAILY PRACTICE 12/11/2026
UPSC CSE
Q 1.
With reference to urban sanitation and municipal governance in India, consider the following statements:
- Swachh Survekshan is an annual cleanliness assessment conducted under the Swachh Bharat Mission–Urban framework.
- The Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution explicitly assigns public health, sanitation, conservancy and solid waste management to municipalities.
- The 74th Constitutional Amendment made municipalities constitutionally recognised institutions of self-government, but the actual devolution of functions depends significantly on State legislation.
- The Central Government can directly assume the routine sanitation functions of every urban local body under Article 243W of the Constitution.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?