Smart Cities Mission
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| Country | India |
| Prime Minister(s) | Narendra Modi |
| Ministry | Ministry of Urban Development |
| Key people | Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Kunal Kumar (Mission Director)[1] |
| Launched | 2015 |
| Funding | ₹203,979 crore (US$24 billion)[2] |
| Website | smartcities |
National Smart Cities Mission is an urban renewal and retrofitting program by the Government of India with the mission to develop smart cities across the country, making them citizen friendly and sustainable.[3] The Union Ministry of Urban Development is responsible for implementing the mission in collaboration with the state governments of the respective cities. The mission was planned to include 100 cities, with the deadline for completion of the projects set between 2019 and 2023. As of July 2024[update], 7202 out of a total 8018 tendered projects have been completed, utilizing ₹144,530 crores out of the total tendered amount of ₹164,163 crore.[4]
Description
[edit]Smart Cities Mission envisions developing areas within selected cities in the country as model areas based on an area development plan, which is expected to have a rub-off effect on other parts of the city and nearby cities and towns.[5] Cities will be selected based on the Smart Cities challenge, where cities will compete in a countrywide competition to obtain the benefits from this mission. It is a five-year program in which financial aid will be given by the central government to the cities.[6] The Ministry of Urban Development used a competition-based method as a means for selecting cities for funding.[7] The state governments were asked to nominate potential cities with the overall count across India limited to 100.[8] A hundred cities have been selected so far to be upgraded as part of the Smart Cities Mission.[9][10] Each city will create a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) headed by a CEO to implement the projects under mission.[11]
History
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The mission was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 June 2015.[12] In the 2015 Union budget of India, ₹2,020 crore (US$240 million) was allocated for the smart cities mission.[13] The mission was further allocated ₹3,215 crore (US$390 million) in the 2016, ₹4,000 crore (US$480 million) in 2017, ₹6,169 crore (US$740 million) in 2018, ₹6,450 crore (US$770 million) in 2019, ₹6,136 crore (US$740 million) in 2020 and ₹6,118 crore (US$730 million) in the 2021.[14] The project was extended and was allocated ₹14,100 crore (US$1.7 billion) in the 2023 Union budget of India and a further ₹16,000 crore (US$1.9 billion) in the 2023 Union budget of India.[15] As of September 2023[update], a total of 7960 projects worth ₹171,432 crore (US$21 billion) crore have been tendered.[4]
List of cities
[edit]In 2015, 98 cities were nominated for the smart cities challenge, based on a state-level competition.[16] A hundred cities were supposed to be nominated but Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh did not use one of their allotted slots.[17] All the participating cities from West Bengal,[18] along with Mumbai and Navi Mumbai from Maharashtra, withdrew their nominations.[19]
Selected cities
[edit]On 28 January 2016, a batch of 20 cities known as "lighthouse cities" were selected in the first round of the All India City Challenge competition for which an assistance of ₹200 crore (US$24 million) each during the first year followed by ₹100 crore (US$12 million) per year during the next three years was announced.[21] 13 cities were added as an extension in May 2016.[22] 27 cities were added in September 2016, 30 in June 2017, nine in January 2018 and one in June 2018.[23][24][25][10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Team, Smart cities". Government of India. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ "Total proposed investment in 99 smart cities to be Rs.203979 crores". 19 January 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ Mission Statement and Guidelines – Smart Cities (PDF) (Report). Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ a b Dashboard of Smart Cities Mission (Report). Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Smart City project: We start small so that it can be replicated, says govt". Indian Express. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ "About the mission, Smart cities". Government of India. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ "Challenges :: Smart Cities Mission". Government of India. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ Smart cities in each state (PDF) (Report). Government of India. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ "9 more cities added to Smart City Mission, total now 99". Times of India. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Despite slow execution, TN gets most smart cities; M.P. tops in project completion". Business Line. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ "SPV: Smart cities mission". Government of India. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ "Prime Minister launches Smart Cities, AMRUT, Urban Housing Missions". Press Information Bureau. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ "Cabinet nod To Rs 1 lakh cr for urban renewal, 98 smart cities to take off". Business Standard. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ Demand for Grants 2021-22 Analysis : Housing and Urban Affairs (Report). Government of India. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ "Budget 2023: More money for smart cities as FM Sitharaman announces urban infra fund". CNBC. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ "List of 98 Smart Cities". The Times of India. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ "Centre unveils list of 98 smart cities; UP, TN strike it rich". The Hindu. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ^ "Mamata vs Modi govt: 5 central schemes stonewalled by the West Bengal CM". Hindustan Times. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ "Mumbai, Navi Mumbai may not make it to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet Smart Cities' project". Hindustan Times. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Ranking of smart cities, Ranchi is the second among the cities of Smart City Mission". Prabhat Khabar. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "No time extension beyond December 15 for Smart City plan". The Economic Times. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2023.[dead link]
- ^ Smart cities phase 2 winners (PDF) (Report). Government of India. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ "Amritsar tops new smart city list". Times of India. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "New list of 30 smart cities is out. Did your city make the cut?". India Today. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Thiruvananthapuram tops list of 30 new smart cities". Economic Times. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ "SmartCities.gov.in". smartcities.gov.in. Retrieved 10 May 2016.