Every state will get to develop at least one Smart City under the central governmentÂ’s initiative of developing 100 smart cities, assured Urban Development Minister M.Venkaiah Naidu in Rajya Sabha.
Category: Smart Cities
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SEZ status for 2 projects at SmartCity
The Centre has given special economic zone (SEZ) approvals as co-developers to GEMS Modern Academy and to the IT project of Maratt Limited at SmartCity Kochi.
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WB plans smart cities
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee´s decision to rename six district towns across the state is part of state government´s plan to set up smart cities there.
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Pvt cos taking huge interest in projs: Smart City Council
The government is moving faster to boost its urban development mission as it plans to splash a whopping Rs 98,000 crore. Today, the cabinet has approved the creation of 100 smart cities with an outlay of Rs 48,000 crore. The projects will be completed by 2022 under the public-private-partnership model.
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Smart Cities Council India to launch Readiness guide on Smart Cities
In order to help the urban planners to carry forward the Smart Cities initiative, the Smart Cities Council India will launch Smart City Readiness Guide for India with 100 case studies in September 2015, it would be a vendor neutral framework for smart cities.
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SPVs for each smart city
A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) will be created for each smart city, Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said. Infrastructure deficit will be bridged by retrofitting of identified areas of a city and re-development of areas which are not amenable to retrofitting, a statement from the Ministry said.
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Smart cities will need smarter administration
A smart city´s command centre will manage everyday services such as power distribution, water and solid waste management.
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Govt to build smart cities at 12 major ports
Indian government is working on an ambitious plan to build one smart city each at the country´s 12 major ports, at an estimated total investment of Rs 50,000 crore, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said.
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Smart cities will be known as ´Cities with Brains´
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given the attention at least 100 smart cities would make in 20 years in India. The smart cities would be known as ´Cities with Brains.´ Some of these will be spanking new cities, built from the ground up.
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India to spend $21.6 billion on smart grids
India is looking to smart grid infrastructure to help tackle an out-of-control electricity theft problem and improve reliability. Theft costs the Indian power sector $16.2 billion per year.