Context

• Planning of smart cities needs gradual change keeping in mind the post pandemic scenarios.

Background

• The Smart Cities Mission was launched by the Hon’ Prime Minister on 25 June, 2015.
• The main objective of the Mission is to promote cities that provide core infrastructure, clean and sustainable environment and give a decent quality of life to their citizens through the application of ‘smart solutions’.
• The Mission aims to drive economic growth and improve quality of life through comprehensive work on social, economic, physical and institutional pillars of the city.
• The focus is on sustainable and inclusive development by creation of replicable models which act as lighthouses to other aspiring cities.
• 100 cities have been selected to be developed as Smart Cities through a two-stage competition.

Various Initiatives under Smart city project

INDIAN URBAN PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE (COVID-19)

• Smart Cities Mission (SCM) is actively providing support for rapid response in COVID 19 management.
• The Integrated Command and Control Centers (ICCC) set up under the mission in various Smart Cities including Bangalore, Pune, Agra and Vadodara to name a few have been transformed into war rooms for real time monitoring and effective management of the pandemic using technology.
• The mission collated best practices across Smart Cities in fighting COVID 19.

Capacity Building Framework.on the National Urban Learning Platform (NULP)

• The National Urban Learning Platform is a content neutral, scalable and multi-channel platform which can be used for producing and delivering capacity through a 360 degree approach.

CITIIS

CITIIS (Cities Investments to Innovate Integrate and Sustain) Challenge was launched in partnership with Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and European Union, to extend a loan of EUR 100 million for implementation of upto 15 innovative projects selected through an All-India Challenge in four sectors sustainable mobility, public open spaces, urban governance & ICT and social and organizational innovation in low-income settlements.

Climate Smart Cities

• Climate SMART Cities Assessment Framework was launched for the 100 Smart cities in order to incentivize a holistic, climate responsive development.
• This is a first-of-its-kind Assessment Framework for cities, aimed at creating a green mind-set in cities while they plan and undertake various developmental projects.

Associated schemes for development of smart city

AMRUTH

 Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation was launched by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in June 2015 with the focus to establish infrastructure that could ensure adequate robust sewage networks and water supply for urban transformation by implementing urban revival projects

PMAY

 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana is an initiative by the Government of India in which affordable housing will be provided to the urban poor with a target of building 2 crore affordable houses by 31 March 2022.

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