Overview
- The Special Swachhata campaign ran from October 2 to 31, 2025, generating roughly Rs 788–800 crore through the sale of obsolete assets and scrap.
- Officials report 232 lakh square feet of office space cleared and about 29 lakh physical files weeded out, the highest tallies for any edition.
- The exercise covered about 11.58 lakh government sites, including overseas missions, under coordination by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances.
- Across five annual campaigns since 2021, the government reports nearly Rs 4,100 crore in scrap proceeds, with a cumulative 928.84 lakh square feet freed and about 166.95 lakh files processed.
- October’s revenue exceed the Rs 615 crore budget of the Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission, a comparison used to highlight the scale of the drive.