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Smart city:
A city equipped with basic infrastructure to
give a decent quality of life, a clean and sustainable environment through
application of some smart solutions.
Infrastructure:
Assured water and electricity supply,
sanitation and solid waste management, efficient urban mobility and public
transport, robust IT connectivity, e-governance and citizen participation,
safety and security of citizens.
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Smart solutions
Public information, grievance redressal,
electronic service delivery, citizens’ engagement, waste to energy & fuel,
waste to compost, 100% treatment of waste water, smart meters & management,
monitoring water quality, renewable source of energy, efficient energy and
green building, smart parking, intelligent traffic management system.
What next?
The next step is identification of the 100
cities and for this a city challenge competition to be conducted by Bloomberg
Philanthropies is envisaged. The current plan looks to select 20 cities this
year followed by 40 each in the next two years.
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Smart cities India Council
It is part of the US-based Smart Cities
Council, which is a consortium of smart city practitioners and experts, with a
100-plus member and advisor organizations operating in over 140 countries.
SPV
A Special Purpose Vehicle will be created for
each city to implement Smart City action plan. The SPV will be signed with the
urban local body, state government and the Centre for implementation of the
project.
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How does it work?
After government announces the guidelines,
states will be asked to nominate names of cities for a ‘City Challenge
Competition’ and the chosen ones will get Central fund of Rs 100 crore each
year for 5 years.
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Very recently the government named 98 cities.
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Two are yet to be announced from J and K
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UP got highest number followed by Tamil Nadu
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