Swachh Survekshan-2017 commissioned by the Ministry of Urban Development during January – February, 2017 aimed at capturing the improvement in sanitation scenario, primarily based on making cities and towns Open Defecation Free and improvement in processing of municipal solid waste.

In Gujarat, all cities/towns surveyed in 2017 have improved sanitation rankings over that of 2016 and 2014 (except Rajkot which slipped from 2016 rank for million plus population cities)

Jhakhand: All 9 cities surveyed in 2017 have substantially improved in rankings over the earlier surveys:

In Madhya Pradesh, all cities/towns have substantially improved sanitation rankings in 2017 over that of 2016 and 2014:

The international crude oil price of Indian Basket as computed/published today by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was US$ 49.56 per barrel (bbl) on 03.05.2017.