48 Universities and Higher Educational Institutions have been given the 3rd Swachhata Ranking Awards at a function in New Delhi. The awards were given in various categories like Residential Universities, Non-residential Universities, Technical Universities, Residential Colleges and Government Universities.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;"><br />''Speaking on the occasion, Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said, students are emerging as change agents in the field of Swachhata. He said, the ranking system is based on various parameters of hygiene like student-toilet ratio, hostel hygiene, hostel kitchen hygiene, availability of water, water conservation measures, campus greenery and administrative responsibility for hygiene.</span><br />