Govt provides funding worth Rs 480 billion for Smart city mission
12 Aug 2022
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CW Team
The purpose of the Smart Cities Mission is to drive economic growth and improve the quality
of life of people by enabling local area development and harnessing technology, especially
technology that leads to Smart outcomes.
The Ministry of Urban Development has developed a set of 鈥楲iveability Standards in Cities鈥�
to generate a Liveability Index and rate cities with a total of 79 indicators (57 Core Indicators
and 22 Supporting Indicators) that have been prescribed in the document.
The Smart Cities Mission (SCM) of the Government of India, with a budget of Rs 48,000
crore, promotes cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its
citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and the application of 鈥榮mart鈥� solutions. Such
Smart Solutions include ICT interventions for e-governance, online government services, and
improving the efficiency of core services at a relatively lower cost.
The DataSmart Cities initiative was conceptualised to successfully Institutionalize a 鈥淐ulture
of data鈥�, Drive Data Governance and policy formulation, promotion of data sharing and
exchange, and promotion of multi-disciplinary research to thereby achieve co-creation, open
innovation and empowerment of citizens.
Smart Cities Mission (SCM) is actively providing support for rapid response in COVID-19
management. The Integrated Command and Control Centers (ICCC) set up under the mission
in various Smart Cities including Bangalore, Pune, Agra and Vadodara to name a few have
been transformed into war rooms for real-time monitoring and effective management of the
pandemic using technology.
These practices were around gathering information, rapid communication, active
management of COVID-infected areas and people and taking proactive steps in avoiding
spread of the pandemic.
These have been documented and shared with all the Smart City
CEOs and Municipal Commissioners and can be replicated in other cities.
ClimateSMART Cities Assessment Framework was launched for the 100 Smart cities in
order to incentivise holistic, climate-responsive development. This is a first-of-its-kind
Assessment Framework for cities, aimed at creating a green mindset in cities while they plan
and undertake various developmental projects. The Framework includes various air and
climate-relevant parameters that shall guide the cities and help them to assess their own
preparedness to tackle the menace of climate change and degrading air quality.
The purpose of the Smart Cities Mission is to drive economic growth and improve the quality
of life of people by enabling local area development and harnessing technology, especially
technology that leads to Smart outcomes.
The Ministry of Urban Development has developed a set of 鈥楲iveability Standards in Cities鈥�
to generate a Liveability Index and rate cities with a total of 79 indicators (57 Core Indicators
and 22 Supporting Indicators) that have been prescribed in the document.
The Smart Cities Mission (SCM) of the Government of India, with a budget of Rs 48,000
crore, promotes cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its
citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and the application of 鈥榮mart鈥� solutions. Such
Smart Solutions include ICT interventions for e-governance, online government services, and
improving the efficiency of core services at a relatively lower cost.
The DataSmart Cities initiative was conceptualised to successfully Institutionalize a 鈥淐ulture
of data鈥�, Drive Data Governance and policy formulation, promotion of data sharing and
exchange, and promotion of multi-disciplinary research to thereby achieve co-creation, open
innovation and empowerment of citizens.
Smart Cities Mission (SCM) is actively providing support for rapid response in COVID-19
management. The Integrated Command and Control Centers (ICCC) set up under the mission
in various Smart Cities including Bangalore, Pune, Agra and Vadodara to name a few have
been transformed into war rooms for real-time monitoring and effective management of the
pandemic using technology.
These practices were around gathering information, rapid communication, active
management of COVID-infected areas and people and taking proactive steps in avoiding
spread of the pandemic. These have been documented and shared with all the Smart City
CEOs and Municipal Commissioners and can be replicated in other cities. ClimateSMART Cities Assessment Framework was launched for the 100 Smart cities in
order to incentivise holistic, climate-responsive development. This is a first-of-its-kind
Assessment Framework for cities, aimed at creating a green mindset in cities while they plan
and undertake various developmental projects. The Framework includes various air and
climate-relevant parameters that shall guide the cities and help them to assess their own
preparedness to tackle the menace of climate change and degrading air quality.
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