The list of 20 smart cities out of the 98 shortlisted for the 'Smart
Cities Mission' was released on Thursday January 28,2016
Of the 98 cities and towns that five years down will graduate into smart cities, 24 are capital cities, another 24 are business and industrial centres, 18 are culture and tourism influenced areas, five are port cities and three are education and health care hubs
These 20 cities will be the first to receive funds, thus kickstarting the process of developing them into 'smart cities'
The next two years will see the inclusion of 40 and 38 cities, respectively.
First 20 smart cities in India
Of the 20 cities names in the first list, nine are from BJP-ruled states and 4 from Congress-ruled states. Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh got two cities each, while Punjab, Odisha and Delhi got one
Union Minister for Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu said that the Ministry had no role in the selection of the cities and an expert committee set up by the Ministry had looked into it
What are Smart Cities?
A 'smart city' is an urban region that is highly advanced in terms of overall infrastructure, sustainable real estate, communications and market viability. It is a city where information technology is the principal infrastructure and the basis for providing essential services to residents. There are many technological platforms involved, including but not limited to automated sensor networks and data centres.
In a smart city, economic development and activity is sustainable and rationally incremental by virtue of being based on success-oriented market drivers such as supply and demand. They benefit everybody, including citizens, businesses, the government and the environment.
The Origin
Of the 98 cities and towns that five years down will graduate into smart cities, 24 are capital cities, another 24 are business and industrial centres, 18 are culture and tourism influenced areas, five are port cities and three are education and health care hubs
These 20 cities will be the first to receive funds, thus kickstarting the process of developing them into 'smart cities'
The next two years will see the inclusion of 40 and 38 cities, respectively.
First 20 smart cities in India
Smart cities
- 1 Bhubaneswar, Odisha
- 2 Pune, Maharashtra
- 3 Jaipur, Rajasthan
- 4 Surat, Gujarat
- 5 Kochi, Kerala
- 6 Ahmedabad, Gujarat
- 7 Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
- 8 Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
- 9 Solapur, Maharashtra
- 10Davangere, Karnataka
- 11 Indore, Madhya Pradesh
- 12 New Delhi Municipal Corporation
- 13 Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
- 14 Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh
- 15 Belagavi, Karnataka
- 16 Udaipur, Rajasthan
- 17 Guwahati, Assam
- 18 Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- 19 Ludhiana, Punjab
- 20 Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Of the 20 cities names in the first list, nine are from BJP-ruled states and 4 from Congress-ruled states. Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh got two cities each, while Punjab, Odisha and Delhi got one
Union Minister for Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu said that the Ministry had no role in the selection of the cities and an expert committee set up by the Ministry had looked into it
The Centre will provide ₹200 crore per city in the first year, followed
by ₹100 crore each year for the next three years to as many as 20 ‘top’
cities
The remaining cities will be asked to address deficiencies
before participating in the second and third rounds of the challenge.
A special purpose vehicle (SPV) will be created for each smart city,
wherein the State/UT and urban local body will have 50:50 equity.
What are Smart Cities?
A 'smart city' is an urban region that is highly advanced in terms of overall infrastructure, sustainable real estate, communications and market viability. It is a city where information technology is the principal infrastructure and the basis for providing essential services to residents. There are many technological platforms involved, including but not limited to automated sensor networks and data centres.
In a smart city, economic development and activity is sustainable and rationally incremental by virtue of being based on success-oriented market drivers such as supply and demand. They benefit everybody, including citizens, businesses, the government and the environment.
The Origin
The concept of smart cities originated
at the time when the entire world was facing one of the worst economic
crises. In 2008, IBM began work on a 'smarter cities' concept as part of
its Smarter Planet initiative. By the beginning of 2009, the concept
had captivated the imagination of various nations across the globe.
Countries
like South Korea, UAE and China began to invest heavily into their
research and formation. Today, a number of excellent precedents exist
that India can emulate, such as those in Vienna, Aarhus, Amsterdam,
Cairo, Lyon, Málaga, Malta, the Songdo International Business District
near Seoul, Verona etc.
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