Smart City Mission

The central scheme to make 100 cities smart has ended but there are unfinished tasks left

Jammu to get free WiFi service at 20 more locations under smart city mission

Jammu Smart City Limited (JSCL) has signed an agreement with service provider LMES to install WiFi hotspots at 20 locations. The agreement was signed and exchanged between the Chief Executive officer of JSCL Avny Lavasa and the director of LMES.

Growth in home loans higher in non-metros: JLL

The consultant attributed factors such as improved connectivity, infrastructure growth, better education and health care facilities that supported the growth of peripheral cities.

Hardeep Singh Puri to write to Mamata Banerjee on tardy progress on smart city programme

New Town Kolkata was selected under the Smart City Mission in May last year. After three months of its selection, chief minister Mamata Banerjee had said that the state would not be part of the Centre’s smart city scheme

Jayant Sinha asks Tata Steel to innovate with drones for urban issues

Jayant Sinha was addressing a gathering as the chief guest in the 'City Data For India Conclave 2018 - Smart City Initiatives' organized jointly by Tata Steel, Tata Trust, Jusco and CII at JRD Tata sports complex here.

A look at how the Smart City mission of the Modi government has performed till now

The mission focuses on equipping a small area of a city with smart amenities and replicating them pan-city at a later stage.

Itanagar to be included in Centre's Smart City Mission

This was informed to state town planning and urban development minister Nabam Rebia on Wednesday by a group of officers of Smart City Mission when Rebia attended a discussion on Smart City Proposal for Itanagar in the office of the Smart City Mission (SCM) director in New Delhi, an official communique informed here today.

Need for improvement in urban infrastructure: Minister

"Migration is a worldwide phenomenon which is bound to take place. We have to prepare ourselves for that, to ensure that those who migrate to cities are given whatever they expect from cities," Minister of State for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) Rao Inderjit Singh said here at the 'One Globe' conference.

Government to add 40 more towns to Smart Cities list

Union minister, M Venkaiah Naidu, on January 11, 2017, announced that the government is planning to add 40 new cities to its list of Smart Cities, taking the total to 100. Since January 2016, &#82

Smart City Project: Vadodara aims to become manufacturing hub

Vadodara made it to the the third list of the smart city project announced by the Centre in New Delhi yesterday. Under the mission, the government aims to have 100 smart cities by 2022.

New smart city list a huge boost for realty sector: NAREDCO

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi along with holy cities of Amritsar and Ajmer has made it to the list of 27 smart cities announced.

Next set of smart cities to be announced next week: Naidu

So far, the government has announced 33 cities that will be developed as 'smart cities' which would have facilities such as assured water and power supply, sanitation and solid waste management systems, efficient urban mobility and public transportation, IT connectivity and e-governance, among others.

Land acquired for sez to be used for Smart City project

A notification of the Industries and Commerce Directorate said that the land measuring 303.14 hectare would be used for the green field development project under Smart City mission in the two villages.

Smart City: Govt to announce names of 14 more cities soon

Names of 14 more new cities would be announced soon under the flagship 'Smart City Mission' which will receive the first tranche of funding, the government said on May 19.

HP urges Centre to include Shimla in Smart City mission

HP Minister Sudhir Sharma yesterday met Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu in Delhi and urged him to include Shimla in Smart City Mission as it was a famous international tourist destination, besides being the state capital.

Smart City Mission: Plans submitted to UD ministry

According to a Urban Development Ministry release, the deadline for submission of Smart city proposals ends today.

Ensure proj launch by Jun 25: govt to first 20 smart cities

During the two-hour interaction, Gauba reviewed the progress in tendering and awarding of works for the projects, among other matters.

NDMC budget for 2016-17 'repackages' old projects

Development projects envisioned last year cornered a major share of the allocations made in the NDMC budget for 2016-17, which was presented before the Council by chairman Naresh Kumar here today, signifying a huge backlog of projects that are yet to take off.

Public consultation integral for Smart City plans: Venkaiah

Smart City Plans will be evaluated in the second stage of City Challenge competition based on such consultations and their economic and environmental impacts, Naidu said.

State-level panels and city forums to realise smart cities

The city level forum, that will include NGOs, Chamber of Commerce, women groups, tax payers association will play an important role in the development aspects of these cities.