India’s urban schemes faltered due to top-down approaches, sidelining local governments. Empowering municipalities with funds, authority, and planning capacity is crucial for inclusive, sustainable, and locally responsive urban development
The central scheme to make 100 cities smart has ended but there are unfinished tasks left
NEC Corp. India, an IT and network technologies firm, on February 13 announced the launch of Advanced Smart City Tech Products for “organisations and authorities to manage operations efficiently”
He added that whether it is the roads, railways, Smart City project, digital health, deep sea exploration, groundwater mapping, or crop imaging, the applications of science and technology are quite visible to all.
There is precedence for this - many countries have seen the wisdom of taking their rulers far away from the folks they rule.