Economic Survey 2019: Rs 2.05 lakh crore projects proposed in 100 cities under Smart City project
5 years, 6 months ago

Economic Survey 2019: Rs 2.05 lakh crore projects proposed in 100 cities under Smart City project

India TV News  

Projects worth over Rs 2.05 lakh crore are proposed in 100 cities under the Smart Cities Mission and significant progress has been made in terms of implementation of these projects, the Economic Survey 2018-19 said. The Smart Cities Mission, which was launched in June 2015 for a five-year period, seeks to promote cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens. "The 100 cities under the mission have proposed to execute 5,151 projects worth 2,05,018 crore in five years from their respective dates of selection. On implementation status, the survey said that all the 100 cities have incorporated Special Purpose Vehicles, City Level Advisory Forums and appointed Project Management Consultants.

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Inquiry ordered into quality of work at six Smart City locations in Karnataka
6 days, 7 hours ago

Inquiry ordered into quality of work at six Smart City locations in Karnataka

India Today  

Urban Development Minister BS ‘Bairati’ Suresh, on Thursday, instructed officials to conduct a complete investigation into the works carried out in six Smart City projects of Karnataka, not including Bengaluru, and submit a report. At a review meeting, Bairati Suresh looked over the progress of Smart City projects in six districts: Belagavi, Davangere, Hubballi-Dharwad, Mangaluru, Shivamogga and Tumkur. The work …

Expect committee to probe smart city project works in six cities
6 days, 16 hours ago

Expect committee to probe smart city project works in six cities

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: On receipt on complaints over shoddy works in Smart City project, Minister for Urban Development Byrathi Suresh on Thursday said to constitute an expert committee including an expert drawn from Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru to investigate the quality of works initiated under Smart City project in the cities of Shivamogga, Tumakuru, Hubballi-Dharwad, Davangere, Mangaluru and Belagavi. However, Bengaluru …

Why govt must heed IIT Kharagpur warning on Smart Cities funding crisis
1 week, 2 days ago

Why govt must heed IIT Kharagpur warning on Smart Cities funding crisis

India Today  

At the heart of India’s ambitious Smart Cities Mission lie the Integrated Command and Control Centres, the nerve hubs meant to revolutionise urban governance across 100 cities. ICCCs are centralised hubs designed to manage city infrastructure, monitor civic services, regulate traffic, ensure public safety and even conduct disaster simulations. The COO is supported by a mission director, often a senior …

Top 10 smart cities in India in 2024
1 week, 3 days ago

Top 10 smart cities in India in 2024

India TV News  

Image Source : Social media 1/10 Bhubaneswar ranks as one of India's top smart cities, focusing on social development, urban management, and sustainable growth. Image Source : Social media 3/10 Indore stands out for its effective waste management, heritage preservation, and sustainable development, with initiatives like smart waste systems, slum housing redevelopment, and solar power installations. Image Source : Social …

Introduction of smart classrooms has led to 22% increase in enrolment across 19 cities: report
1 week, 5 days ago

Introduction of smart classrooms has led to 22% increase in enrolment across 19 cities: report

The Hindu  

The introduction of smart classrooms under the Smart Cities Mission has led to a 22% increase in overall enrolment as per the data reported by 19 cities between 2015-16 to 2023-24, according to a study by the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. The national-level study said that 71 cities have developed 9,433 smart classrooms in 2,398 government schools. According to …

Centre approves 40 projects worth Rs 3.2K crore for tourist sites
1 month, 1 week ago

Centre approves 40 projects worth Rs 3.2K crore for tourist sites

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Centre has approved 40 projects worth `3,295 crore for transformation of tourism places into iconic centres with the primary aim to decongest traditional and popular tourist sites under special assistance scheme for states, which was part of the budget announcement. The projects have been chosen after detailed consultation with the states and guidelines formulated by the ministry …

Projects amounting to Rs 1.47 lakh cr completed under Smart Cities Mission
1 month, 1 week ago

Projects amounting to Rs 1.47 lakh cr completed under Smart Cities Mission

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Around 91 per cent of the projects accounting for Rs 1.47 lakh crore under the Smart Cities Mission have been completed. As on November 15, 2024, under SCM, work orders have been issued in 8,066 projects amounting to Rs 1,64,669 crore, of which 7,352 projects amounting to Rs 1,47,366 crore or 91 per cent of total projects have been …

What’s the Budget push for infrastructure?
5 months, 1 week ago

What’s the Budget push for infrastructure?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In her Budget proposals for 2024-25, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has set aside ₹11 lakh crore for capital expenditure, comprising 3.4% of the GDP. With the aim to push States to spend on infrastructure, she said ₹1.5 lakh crore was being made available to them in the form of long-term interest free loans. Under the Sagarmala …

Cheap, sustainable homes must amid demand boom: Eco Survey
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Cheap, sustainable homes must amid demand boom: Eco Survey

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The 2023-24 Economic Survey, tabled in Parliament on Monday, called for adaptive strategies and policies to provide cost-effective and sustainable housing. The survey said the real estate sector witnessed “a robust recovery” post-pandemic, with the sale of residential real estate in 2023 recording a 33% year-on-year growth, the highest since 2013. The strong desire for home ownership was …

Centre extends Smart Cities Mission deadline till March 2025
6 months ago

Centre extends Smart Cities Mission deadline till March 2025

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday announced that the flagship Smart Cities Mission in 100 cities will be extended till March 2025. The Centre earmarked ₹48,000 crore for projects in 100 cities over the mission period of five years starting 2015 and required state government and urban local bodies to make a matching contribution. In January, HT reported how around …

Smart city scheme till March 2025, Karimnagar, Warangal to benefit
6 months, 1 week ago

Smart city scheme till March 2025, Karimnagar, Warangal to benefit

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD : The Centre has responded positively to the recent request made by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and approved the extension of the Smart City Mission till March 2025. During his recent visit to New Delhi, Revanth met Union minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar on June 24 and urged him to extend the deadline for …

Three really smart cities and the impact on people’s lives
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Three really smart cities and the impact on people’s lives

Hindustan Times  

The National Democratic Alliance government's flagship Smart Cities Mission, launched in 2015, aimed to bring transformative changes in urban governance in 100 selected cities. Ruban Suresh Ponnaiah, chief engineer at the Madurai Smart City Limited, said among all the projects taken up, the renovation of the Periyar bus terminal, spread over 30,500 sq metre, and the construction of the new …

Smart Cities Mission: 400 projects in over 10 cities may miss revised deadline
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Smart Cities Mission: 400 projects in over 10 cities may miss revised deadline

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: As many as 400 projects being undertaken by about ten cities under the Centre’s flagship Smart Cities Mission are unlikely to meet the extended deadline of June 2024, an official aware of the matter said on Thursday. A total of 100 Smart Cities have been selected through four rounds of competition from January 2016 to June 2018 The …

Questions remain over the govt’s ‘smart city mission’ project, says new report
1 year, 1 month ago

Questions remain over the govt’s ‘smart city mission’ project, says new report

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Initiatives under the flagship Smart Cities Mission launched by the NDA government in 2015 are already noticeable. Smart cities work under a special purpose vehicle model by forming a company jointly owned by the urban local body and state government for the particular city. The report also said that worldwide, smart city initiatives such as New York, Amsterdam, …

Srinagar’s iconic Lal Chowk in for facelift as city readies for G20
1 year, 8 months ago

Srinagar’s iconic Lal Chowk in for facelift as city readies for G20

Hindustan Times  

The iconic Lal Chowk, the beating heart of the city’s business centre, wears a scruffy look with its historical charm taking a back seat to JCB machines, masons and hammer-wielding workers dotting the dusty and uneven roads leading up to the ganthaghar or clock tower. “The city looks dusty especially the city centre Lal Chowk because hundreds of people are …

First 22 smart cities in India to be ready by March
1 year, 10 months ago

First 22 smart cities in India to be ready by March

India Today  

Agra, Varanasi, Chennai, Pune and Ahmedabad are among the 22 cities that will complete all projects under the government's ambitious Smart Cities Mission by next month, giving their citizens better quality of life and a clean and sustainable environment, officials said on Sunday. In the remaining 78 cities selected under the mission, the ongoing projects will be completed in the …

Almost all 100 cities under smart cities initiative doing fairly well: Government
1 year, 10 months ago

Almost all 100 cities under smart cities initiative doing fairly well: Government

The Hindu  

The government on February 9 said that almost all 100 cities selected under the smart cities initiative are progressing "fairly well" with some facing a slowdown in work due to COVID-19 and local factors. The Centre's assertion came in response to a question in Lok Sabha by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who asked about "discrepancies" in the implementation of the …

CM orders release of Rs 2,200 crore for developing urban roads
2 years, 1 month ago

CM orders release of Rs 2,200 crore for developing urban roads

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Chief Minister M K Stalin ordered the release of Rs 2,200 crore as special fund for the development of roads in all urban local bodies in the State, which would take the total allocation for improving 20,990 km of roads in various Corporations, Municipalities and town panchayats to Rs 9,588 crore, an official press release said on Wednesday. As …

Srinagar set for a ₹980-crore makeover
2 years, 1 month ago

Srinagar set for a ₹980-crore makeover

The Hindu  

The historical and cultural character of Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir’s summer capital with around 4,000 years of written history, is set for a revamp. Under the ₹980 crore Srinagar Smart City Project, the ‘Venice of the East’ with its water bodies, Mughal-era gardens and British-era boulevards and bungalows, will achieve many firsts over the next six months, including better urban …

The status of the Smart Cities Mission
3 years ago

The status of the Smart Cities Mission

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Centre used a competitive process to select 100 cities for upgradation with significant investments through the Smart Cities Mission launched on June 25, 2015. In September 2020, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs expanded the emphasis on climate-friendly infrastructure in smart cities through the Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework 2.0 and a “Streets for …

Chandigarh: Experts to assess impact of Smart City projects
3 years, 3 months ago

Chandigarh: Experts to assess impact of Smart City projects

Hindustan Times  

To comprehensively assess the effectiveness of the multi-crore infrastructural projects being implemented by the Chandigarh Smart City Limited, a dedicated impact assessment cell will soon be created within it. “Unless we conduct an impact assessment of the projects, we don’t get to know how they have influenced lives of residents,” said Anindita Mitra, chief executive officer of the CSCL. Some …

Indore, Surat win big at Smart Cities Awards 2020, UP top performer among states
3 years, 6 months ago

Indore, Surat win big at Smart Cities Awards 2020, UP top performer among states

India Today  

The Centre on Friday declared the Smart Cities Awards 2020 in which Indore and Surat won the award jointly for holistic development. The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry evaluated smart cities across a gamut of themes like social aspects, governance, culture, urban environment, sanitation, economy, built environment, water and urban mobility before finalising the winners. The awards commemorated six …

At least 401 infrastructure projects show cost overruns of ₹4.02 lakh crore
4 years, 5 months ago

At least 401 infrastructure projects show cost overruns of ₹4.02 lakh crore

The Hindu  

As many as 401 infrastructure projects, each worth ₹150 crore or more, have been hit by cost overruns of over ₹4.02 lakh crore owing to delays and other reasons, according to a report. Of the 1,692 such projects, 401 projects reported cost overruns and 552 projects time escalation. “Total original cost of implementation of the 1,692 projects was ₹20,75,212.70 crore …

Govt task force projects Rs 111 lakh cr infrastructure investment over five years to FY2025: Finance ministry
4 years, 8 months ago

Govt task force projects Rs 111 lakh cr infrastructure investment over five years to FY2025: Finance ministry

Firstpost  

To augment infrastructure and create jobs in the country, a government task force has projected total investment of Rs 111 lakh crore in infra projects over five years, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday New Delhi: To augment infrastructure and create jobs in the country, a government task force has projected total investment of Rs 111 lakh crore in infra …

Centre to release report card of ’smart cities’ in June
4 years, 11 months ago

Centre to release report card of ’smart cities’ in June

Live Mint  

Visakhapatnam: The central government will release a report card of 100 selected smart cities in three categories -- ease of living, municipal performance index and climate -- in June as the Smart Cities Mission completes its five years. According to the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, it will help cities in better planning and moving towards data-driven governance that …

Nirmala Sitharaman announces Rs 105 lakh cr infrastructure projects; to reach $5 tn target in next 5 years
5 years ago

Nirmala Sitharaman announces Rs 105 lakh cr infrastructure projects; to reach $5 tn target in next 5 years

Firstpost  

Infrastructure has been a focus in the last six years; total of Rs. 51 lakh crore has been spent on infra in the last six years, we are now committing 100 lakh crore rupees for the next five years At her second press conference held in less than a week, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced infrastructure projects worth …

Sitharaman unveils Rs 102 lakh crore infrastructure plan to achieve $5 trillion target by 2025
5 years ago

Sitharaman unveils Rs 102 lakh crore infrastructure plan to achieve $5 trillion target by 2025

India TV News  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday unveiled Rs 102 lakh crore of infrastructure projects that will be implemented in the next five years as part of the government's spending push in the infrastructure sector. Subsequently, a task force identified Rs 102 lakh crore worth of projects after conducting 70 stakeholder consultations in a short period of four months, she said. …

Smart City programme a big failure in Kochi
5 years, 5 months ago

Smart City programme a big failure in Kochi

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: While other cities selected for Smart City Miss’ion across the country have implemented a series of projects, Kochi city could spend only less than five per cent of the Rs 2075 crore programme. The Centre has already given `196 crore for implementing projects in Kochi and the deadline for Smart City Mission programmes, started in 2016, is March 2020. …

Why the Smart Cities Mission will miss its deadline
5 years, 5 months ago

Why the Smart Cities Mission will miss its deadline

India Today  

According to the 2017-18 Economic Survey, India will require $4.5 trillion worth of infrastructure investment by 2040. According to the Smart Cities Mission statement, such urban areas must feature all core infrastructure required for citizens to have a decent quality of life and a sustainable environmental footprint. A reply by Housing minister Puri in Parliament confirmed that area-based development projects …

Shapoorji Pallonji to raise Rs 850 cr over 6 months for 2 smart city projects
5 years, 9 months ago

Shapoorji Pallonji to raise Rs 850 cr over 6 months for 2 smart city projects

Deccan Chronicle  

Varanasi: Construction major Shapoorji Pallonji, which is eyeing opportunities in the smart city space, is looking to raise Rs 850 crore over the six months to fund its Bengaluru and Eluru smart city projects, a top company official has said. It is a hybrid annuity model and the company will do seven different projects like road improvement, 19 traffic junction …

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