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The Centre has launched the Swachh Survekshan Grameen, 2018, a nationwide survey of rural India to rank the cleanest and dirtiest States and districts on the basis of qualitative and quantitative evaluation. A random selection of 6, 980 villages across 698 districts will surveyed during the month of August, following which the Swachh Survekshan Grameen awards are expected to be announced in time for Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary on October 2. This is the first comprehensive survey for rural India, which has been launched after three successful editions of a similar survey in urban India, Mr Parameswaran Iyer, Secretary to the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation said at the launch event.