Smart Cities Awas Yojana
Smart Cities Awas Yojna Mission was launched by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi in
June 2015.
The Smart Cities Mission of the Government is a bold, new
initiative. It is meant to set examples that can be replicated both within and
outside the Smart City, catalysing the creation of similar Smart Cities in
various regions and parts of the country.
The core infrastructure elements in a
smart city would include:
1.
Adequate water supply,
2.
Assured electricity supply,
3.
Sanitation, including solid waste management,
4.
Efficient urban mobility and public
transport,
5.
Affordable housing, especially for the poor,
6.
Robust it connectivity and digitalization,
7.
Good governance, especially e-governance and
citizen participation,
8.
Sustainable environment,
9. Safety and security of citizens, particularly
women, children and the elderly, and
10. Health and education.
As far as Smart Solutions are concerned, an illustrative list is
given below. This is not, however, an exhaustive list, and cities are free to
add more applications.
Accordingly, the purpose of the Smart Cities Mission is to drive
economic growth and improve the quality of life of people by enabling local
area development and harnessing technology, especially technology that leads to
Smart outcomes. Areabased development will transform existing areas (retrofit
and redevelop), including slums, into better planned ones, thereby improving
liveability of the whole City. New areas (greenfield) will be developed around
cities in order to accommodate the expanding population in urban areas.
Application of Smart Solutions will enable cities to use technology,
information and data to improve infrastructure and services. Comprehensive
development in this way will improve quality of life, create employment and
enhance incomes for all, especially the poor and the disadvantaged, leading to
inclusive Cities.
List of 20 Smart Cities Selected in First Round:
S. No.
|
Name of State/UT
|
Cities Shortlisted
|
1
|
Odisha
|
Bhubaneswar
|
2
|
Maharashtra
|
Pune
|
3
|
Rajasthan
|
Jaipur
|
4
|
Gujarat
|
Surat
|
5
|
Kerala
|
Kochi
|
6
|
Gujarat
|
Ahmedabad
|
7
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
Jabalpur
|
8
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Visakhapatnam
|
9
|
Maharashtra
|
Solapur
|
10
|
Karnataka
|
Davangere
|
11
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
Indore
|
12
|
New Delhi
|
New Delhi
|
13
|
Tamil Nadu
|
Coimbatore
|
14
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Kakinada
|
15
|
Karnataka
|
Belagavi
|
16
|
Rajasthan
|
Udaipur
|
17
|
Assam
|
Guwahati
|
18
|
Tamil Nadu
|
Chennai
|
19
|
Punjab
|
Ludhiana
|
20
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
Bhopal
|
2nd list of 13 Smart cities:
S. No.
|
Name of State/UT
|
Cities Shortlisted
|
1
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
Lucknow
|
2
|
Telangana
|
Warangal
|
3
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
Dharamasala
|
4
|
Chandigarh
|
Chandigarh
|
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
Raipur
|
6
|
West Bengal
|
New Town, Kolkata
|
7
|
Bihar
|
Bhagalpur
|
8
|
Goa
|
Panaji
|
9
|
Andaman & Nicobar
|
Port Blair
|
10
|
Manipur
|
Imphal
|
11
|
Jharkhand
|
Ranchi
|
12
|
Tripura
|
Agartala
|
13
|
Haryana
|
Faridabad
|
3rd round list:
1
|
Maharastra
|
Aurangabad
|
2
|
Kalyan-Dombivali
|
|
3
|
Nagpur
|
|
4
|
Nasik
|
|
5
|
Thane
|
|
6
|
Tamilnadu
|
Madhurai
|
7
|
Salem
|
|
8
|
Thanjavuru
|
|
9
|
Vellore
|
|
10
|
Karnataka
|
Hubbali-Dharwad
|
11
|
Mangaluru
|
|
12
|
Shivamogga
|
|
13
|
Thumakuru
|
|
14
|
Uttarpradesh
|
Agra
|
15
|
Kanpur
|
|
16
|
Varanasi
|
|
17
|
Madhyapradesh
|
Gwallior
|
18
|
Ujjain
|
|
19
|
Punjab
|
Amritsar
|
20
|
Jalandhar
|
|
21
|
Rajastan
|
Ajmar
|
22
|
Kota
|
|
23
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Tirupati
|
24
|
Odisha
|
Rourkela
|
25
|
Gujarat
|
Vadodara
|
26
|
Sikkim
|
Namchi
|
27
|
Nagaland
|
Kohima
|
According to urban development ministry's estimate, Rs 1.44 lakh crore investment has been proposed by the 60 cities that have been selected so far under their smart city plans.
- 82 projects are already under implementation in the first batch of 20 smart cities and another 113 projects will soon take off the ground.
