With Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Smart Cities’, the role of data and IT, especially video surveillance in enhancing security will become vital. Under the flagship “Safe City” project, the Union Ministry has proposed $333 million to make seven big cities—Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Hyderabad—focus on technological advancement.
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With the conducive environment, investor confidence will go up
Infrastructure is the backbone of any economy. But good infrastructure development needs good planning. Lack of planning is the biggest problem. China in comparison to India has shown better planning and flexibility while executing infrastructure projects. India has lagged behind due to its political system and populist outlook.
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India is at a very interesting and crucial moment right now
India is at a very interesting and crucial moment right now. The Indian government has stimulated a lot of activity involving infrastructure development such as the Smart Cities programme and the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor.
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Exciting and groundbreaking technology will drive urban mobility
The future of transportation looks very exciting with several groundbreaking technologies that are going to be commercialised on the fast track. It is going to be disruptive for existing mobility systems and businesses.
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India Surging Towards Highly Digital Economy
Narendra Bhandari, General Manager, Developer Experience & Evangelism, Microsoft India, says powered by digital, the Fourth Industrial Revolution is likely to benefit the Indian economy across sectors. Digital technology's potential to transform the infrastructure space is especially mindboggling.
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India Unbound
Make in India (MI) is not a government programme, beyond the terms of facilitation that any Union government can provide to boost industrial growth (in the manufacturing sector). This has been done through an invitation of policy changes to create interest and investment to meet the inevitable growth trajectory in business processes.
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Catalysts for Success
Smart Cities support the comprehensive development of physical, institutional, social and economic urban infrastructure, improve the quality of life, protect the environment and create jobs for millions, says Deepak Premnarayen, President, Indian Merchants' Chamber (IMC), and Chairman, FirstRand Bank India.
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Needed, Politics of Consensus
Mid-week, on the December 22, 2016 morning the radio channels blared out a slew of infrastructure projects the Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra would be inaugurating at the hands of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a couple of days later.
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Sustaining Smart Cities
Smart City' is a popular term that has been linked to most, rather, all the upcoming urban big-ticket projects ù be it private or public. Simply put, a Smart City is a social settlement that is near-perfect and is self sustaining.
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Centre plans public transit hubs
An MoU has been entered into between the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Urban Development for integrated planning of railway stations in the cities included in the Smart Cities and AMRUT scheme.