The remarks got here throughout a gathering of a gaggle of ministers comprising Singh, the Union Minister of State for Personnel, to evaluate the marketing campaign. Youth Affairs Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Civil Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu additionally attended it.
The high-level evaluate held right here on Tuesday centered on assessing the progress of cleanliness drives, file disposal, and modern waste-to-wealth practices being applied throughout ministries and departments underneath the marketing campaign.
Singh stated the federal government's cleanliness drive has matured right into a transformative nationwide motion that blends cleanliness with effectivity, transparency, and innovation.
He stated that towards a goal of seven.56 lakh websites, ministries and departments have already coated 5.57 lakh websites, attaining 73.7 per cent progress by October 27, 2025, a press release issued by the Personnel Ministry stated.
“To this point, the marketing campaign has generated Rs 387.4 crore in income by disposal of scrap and e-waste, freed 148.19 lakh sq. ft of house, and weeded out 19.21 lakh information towards the set targets,” it stated.As many as 5.51 lakh instances of public grievance have been disposed of out of a goal of seven.04 lakh, whereas 12,402 appeals have been addressed out of 17,402 focused, the assertion stated.Singh stated that the marketing campaign, which started on October 2 and is ready to culminate on October 31, marks a decisive step in institutionalising cleanliness and file administration throughout authorities workplaces.
“Every model of this marketing campaign has taken us to the subsequent stage — from file disposal to liberating up workplace house, and now, to turning waste into wealth. What started as a cleanliness initiative has developed right into a behavioural and financial reform,” he stated.
Since its inception in 2021, the cumulative outcomes of the particular marketing campaign sequence have been substantial, overlaying 19.61 lakh cleanliness websites, liberating 844.46 lakh sq. ft of workplace house, closing or hunting down 157.07 lakh information, and incomes Rs 3,684 crore in income for the federal government.
Singh stated these achievements replicate not simply administrative effectivity but in addition modern considering inside authorities establishments.
He stated that new fashions are being applied underneath the waste-to-wealth initiative, resembling AIIMS' experiment in recycling bio-laboratory waste into reusable materials, and the conversion of used cooking oil into low-cost gas by NGO partnerships, in keeping with the assertion.
“These are fashions of sustainability that additionally supply financial and social advantages. Our objective is to make waste administration part of our each day administrative and civic behaviour,” the minister stated.
He additionally highlighted the collaboration between Tata Metal and authorities companies in utilizing metal plant by-products for eco-friendly street building.
“Such practices show how the non-public sector can contribute meaningfully to sustainable growth,” Singh added.
Calling for sustained efforts past October 31, the minister urged ministries to undertake profitable fashions and keep cleanliness, effectivity, and grievance redressal as year-round priorities.
“We're institutionalising cleanliness not as a symbolic train however as an ethos of governance. The waste to wealth motion should now change into a part of our administrative DNA the place cleanliness, productiveness, and innovation go hand in hand,” he added.
