Smart Cities Mission

Smart villages should be built on the line of smart cities: Gadkari

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday made a case for building smart villages on the line smart cities. Speaking at the 42nd Convocation of School of Planning and Architecture, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways said, "In urban areas we are making smart city... why we are not thinking on the line that how we should make smart village. "So that thing is in my mind. I am also making a smart village. A plot of 1,000 square feet, a house of 500 square feet in Rs 5 lakh... and for entire life the electricity and water are free," the minister said. He further said that knowledge is very important and added that the conversion of knowledge into wealth is the future of the country. The educated manpower, he said, will play a major role in the prime minister's vision of making India a 5 trillion-dollar economy and self-reliant. "I always say that in every profession knowledge is very important. Besides, the presence of mind and experience are equally important," he ...

HUA ministry extends deadline for Smart Cities Mission till March 2025

The Union housing and urban affairs ministry on Wednesday said it has extended the deadline for the Smart Cities Mission till March 2025, allowing cities to complete ongoing projects, which account for around 10 per cent of the total projects. In a statement, the ministry said the mission has been getting multiple requests from some states to grant some more time to complete the remaining projects. These projects are in the advanced stage of implementation and got delayed due to various on-ground conditions, the statement said. This is the second time that the mission deadline, which was earlier June 2024, has been extended. "As on July 3, 2024, the 100 cities have completed 7,188 projects (90 per cent of total projects) amounting to Rs 1,44,237 crore as part of the mission. The balance 830 projects amounting to Rs 19,926 crore are also in advanced stages of completion," it said. According to the ministry, on the financial progress, the mission has an allocated budget of Rs 48,000

7,160 projects worth Rs 1.4 trn completed under Smart Cities Mission: MoHUA

The centre has released Rs 46,387 crore to 100 cities and 93 per cent of released funds have been utilised, the ministry said

Development of infra, transformation of Chennai under Smart City mission

Pedestrian-friendly roads, smart classes, parks for disabled children, cycling tracks, an intelligent traffic system and rejuvenating water bodies are some of the projects undertaken by authorities in Chennai to transform it under the Smart Cities Mission, according to officials. A suspension bridge with a glass floor over the Villivakkam lake is also among such projects. As part of a pilot project, students of a school run by the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) in the Kottur area have been provided tablets, through which they are taught by their teachers, an official said. If the idea is successful, it will be implemented in other schools as well. Tamil Nadu Additional Chief Secretary and GCC Commissioner J Radhakrishnan said the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) has evoked a lot of enthusiasm among people and that is why the participation is high. The commissioner said that under the mission, Chennai has been doing a number of activities. "Specifically, we have created a command and

Story in numbers: 8 years on, smart cities mission still smarting

Lack of capacity, unclear priorities, and disruptions due to pandemic have slowed its progress

Union Cabinet approves CITIIS 2.0 with a focus on circular economy

To achieve these objectives, the PMU or programme management unit at NIUA will coordinate the provision of technical assistance and strategic support to state governments

Smart Cities-the real incubators of the new urban India, says Hardeep Puri

During a parliamentary consultative committee, Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs updated on the progress of the 100 Smart Cities Mission, here's how we are doing so far

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10 smart cities in UP get Rs 10,000 cr for completing infra projects

Projects worth over Rs 10,000 crore will become operational within the 10 smart cities of Uttar Pradesh in a few months

68 Smart Cities haven't achieved physical targets, says House panel

A Parliamentary Committee has noted contrasting differences in the completion of targets in different cities under the flagship 'Smart City Mission' (SCM)

Smart Cities mission: 22 cities including Agra to be ready by next month

Agra, Varanasi, Chennai, Pune and Ahmedabad are among the 22 cities that will complete all projects under the government's ambitious Smart Cities Mission by next month, giving their citizens better quality of life and a clean and sustainable environment, officials said on Sunday. In the remaining 78 cities selected under the mission, the ongoing projects will be completed in the next three-four months, a senior official of the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said. The Narendra Modi government launched its flagship Smart Cities Mission on June 25, 2015 and 100 cities were selected for redevelopment through four rounds of competition from January 2016 to June 2018. According to the ministry, the mission's objective is to promote cities that provide core infrastructure and give its citizens a decent quality of life and a clean and sustainable environment, besides adopting "smart solutions" to various issues. The 22 smart cities where all projects will be completed by March ar

Budget: Govt announces 150% hike in outlay of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban

In a major boost to the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban), the Centre on Wednesday announced a 150-per cent hike in the outlay of its flagship scheme with an allocation of Rs 5,000 crore in the Union Budget 2023-24. However, there has been a nine-per cent decrease, with an allocation of Rs 2,132 crore, for the construction of non-residential office buildings, including the Central Vista project, Parliament and Supreme Court, as compared to the revised estimates of Rs 2,344.08 crore in the last fiscal. On October 1, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban), which envisions making all cities in the country "garbage-free". In the 2022-23 revised estimates, the SBM(U) was allocated Rs 2,000 crore. The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, which has been implementing the SBM(U) and the Central Vista redevelopment project, was allocated Rs 76,431.6 crore in the budget. According to the budget presented by Finance Minister Nirm

Envisioning a truly smart city

The success of the smart city mission depends on urban local bodies, and it is imperative to carve out a bigger role for them in the national development strategies

Uttar Pradesh leads in completion of smart city projects, shows data

Varanasi had the highest completion rate of 87.1 per cent among all the cities.

Rethinking the 100 new cities plan

It is true that in the last seven-eight years, there has been a build-up of unsold inventory of apartments in several cities

Govt extends timeline for implementation of Smart Cities Mission to 2023

The official said all the 100 smart cities selected under the mission will now have to complete their projects by June 2023

Where are India's smart cities? The fate of the mission hangs in balance

An analysis reveals that just about a fourth of the funds allocated for smart cities have been spent, even though nearly half of the projects have been completed

49% of over 5,000 projects for smart cities unfinished as deadline nears

Smart cities were envisioned to be a solution to waste management, air pollution, traffic congestion, scarce resources and more.

Planning for smart cities: GIS tech is being used to map cities of future

GIS, which is designed to capture, analyse, and manage any type of geographical data, has become the cornerstone of building master plans for cities of the future

Smart Cities Mission: Ambitious at the outset, progress slow after 4 years

Lack of definition of a 'smart city', inadequate initial outlay and funding issues were some of the biggest roadblocks to its success