The Swachh Bharat Mission- Urban (SBM-U) is the Government of India’s (GoI) flagship programme targeting universal sanitation coverage in urban areas.

Using government data, this brief reports on:

• Allocations, releases, and expenditures;
• Progress on toilets built;
• Progress on Solid Waste Management (SWM);
• Open Defecation Free (ODF) status, and;
• ODF+, ODF++ and garbage free cities.