Special Campaign 6 records highest-ever outcomes with 19.89 lakh cleanliness sites and ₹970.33 crore scrap revenue

Key facts

• Special Campaign 6, aimed at institutionalising Swachhata and minimising pendency in government offices, was conducted from 2nd October to 31st October 2026 with the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) as the nodal department.
• The campaign covered 19,88,826 cleanliness campaign sites, surpassing the previous year's 11,59,783 sites by approximately 71%.
• It generated ₹970.33 crore through scrap disposal, including e-waste, an increase of approximately 16% over Special Campaign 5.0.
• A total of 277.82 lakh square feet of office space was freed for productive utilisation, about 19% more than the previous campaign.
• A total of 9,99,168 public grievances and 40,878 public grievance appeals were disposed of during the campaign.
• Ministries reviewed 26,79,875 physical files, weeded out 15,76,828 files, and closed 7,01,723 of 9,58,864 e-files reviewed.
• Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) topped revenue from scrap disposal with ₹618.06 crore, followed by Department of Military Affairs (₹88.96 crore), Ministry of Coal (₹61.41 crore) and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (₹34.81 crore).
• Department of School Education and Literacy topped cleanliness sites with over 7.01 lakh campaigns across schools, followed by Ministry of Women and Child Development at 6.52 lakh Anganwadi centres.
• Ministry of Coal topped space freed with over 1.48 crore sq. ft., followed by Ministry of Heavy Industries (over 50.19 lakh sq. ft.) and Department of Defence Production (19.34 lakh sq. ft.).
• The campaign emphasised scientific e-waste disposal under the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022, earning about ₹50 crore, with recyclers, refurbishers and producers enrolled on GeM increasing from 38 to more than 200.
• Department of School Education and Literacy collected over 58 lakh e-waste items from schools against a target of 5 lakh items, while Ministry of Railways earned ₹10.43 crore through e-waste disposal.
• A total of 27 Ministries/Departments organised dedicated One-Day Events covering 2,40,156 field offices.