The Municipal Performance Index 2020 Assessment Report consists of a comprehensive discussion and analysis of the results of the Municipal Performance Index 2020. It presents a cross-country comparison, region-level analysis, and a pillar-level analysis of the rankings. The...

Making a City Smart encapsulates learnings from the Smart Cities Mission to outline the WHAT, WHY and HOW a Smart City. It is structured as a workbook with tasks in each section to help cities chart out their own smart city journeys. 

The book illustrates how a Smart City is a city that...

The Ease of Living Index 2020 Assessment Report consists of a comprehensive discussion and analysis of the results of the Ease of Living Index 2020. It presents a cross-country comparison, region-level analysis, and a pillar-level analysis of the rankings. The report also...

Cities under the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) have undertaken several initiatives in the effort to make their cities ‘smart’. Many of the projects being undertaken by the cities include technology interventions under ICT solutions that seek to create a digital layer in urban governance. In order...

The telecom sector is one of the most dynamic sectors of the economy. With the advent of new technologies and technological advancements, things keep on changing, and to be more precise, they keep on getting better, may it be the consumer experience, spectrum utilization, development of new...

Every day, consumers interact with the Government through its various public services websites for payments related to property registration, birth, marriage & death registrations, water, state owned electricity payments, traffic police eChallan payments, booking tickets, parking, toll...

Knowledge sharing with Indian smart cities that are practical, live, option to remain functional and relevant to the Covid-19 situation and customize and adoptable by the Indian cities by the UK companies. Covid-19 has presented the toughest challenge to the modern nations. The Urban province...

COVID-19 has engulfed almost the entire world, challenging governments to act in ways normally reserved for war, depressions, and natural disasters. Governments at different levels across the world are taking extreme measures to limit loss of human lives and minimize economic disruption. In the...

This issue of eGov Magazine which Elets Technomedia has brought in collaboration with National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) is a display of the hard work and efforts of city leaders in their battle against the Coronavirus pandemic. Elets Technomedia has organised a series of webinars in May...

COVID Diaries is a collection of opinion articles from members of the Smart Cities Mission national team as they navigate changes in their daily life and work routines during the Covid 19 lockdown period. The lockdown has been a time of challenges ranging from a sliding global economy, stalled...

The unprecedented nature of the crisis threw most world governments off-kilter as cities scrambled to contain the virus without the luxury of time or the benefit of reflection, analysis, or consultation. India was no different, and our cities, with their high population density and cramped...

Context and objectives of this exercise

Study the initiatives various Indian Smart Cities have taken so far in response to the COVID-19 outbreak & highlight select / impactful practices. Boston Consulting Group (BCG) collaborated with Ministry of Housing & Urban...

National Urban Innovation Stack (NUIS) – A Digital Blueprint for Urban India

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India released the National Urban Innovation Stack (NUIS) strategy in February 2019. The NUIS program...

The pandemic of Covid-19 is beginning to engulf small cities continuously from big cities. Jabalpur MP Was the first city where a positive case of corona virus was registered. With this information, the city administration became conscious and stepped into the field to fight this pandemic with...

Undeniably, we need to use technology as part of disaster response, but the regulatory immaturity of the industry makes technology companies risky allies, even in the best of circumstances.

Link: https://www....

The rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus is challenging governments to act in ways normally reserved for war, depressions, and natural disasters. The pandemic has caused global upheaval that may endure for months—or longer. Governments are taking extreme measures to limit the human cost and...

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), in association with Smart Cities Mission, MoHUA has released an initial set of smart cities ICT standards for ensuring well harmonized, secure and sustainable digital infrastructure across smart cities. These standards will act as guidelines for city...

ICCC Maturity Assessment Framework (IMAF) is a self-assessment tool kit developed to assess the maturity of Integrated Command and Control Centres (ICCC) across key aspects of functionality, technology, governance and citizen/stakeholders engagement.

This tool kit will help cities...

The National Urban Innovation Stack (NUIS) is envisioned to act as a digital public good which will enable different stakeholders to collaboratively design, implement, and refine innovative solutions to local problems at scale and speed, thus decentralising the 'capacity to solve'. NUIS...

This is in continuation of Advisory No. 2 issued on 30th June 2016 for "Preparing DPR/RFP for Pan City Smart Solution", Advisory No.7 dated 27th February, 2017 on "Role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Development of Smart Infrastructure", Office Memorandum No. K-15016/61/...

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is the prime governing body responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Ahmedabad. AMC has formed a separate Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) Smart City Ahmedabad Development Limited (SCADL) for the implementation of various ICT...

CITY VISION To transform Erode in to a model eco-friendly city with liveability and sustainability as the main pillars of growth using it's intrinsic strength of being a business destination for Agro based and Textiles Industrial hub.

The strategic focus and blueprint for the Smart City Proposal is built on these 3 focus areasnamely, the TOURSIM INDUSTRY (economy), THE LOCAL COMMUNITY (society), & THE NATURAL ECOLOGY (environment)

Collective Vision emerged from Citizens of Bihar Sharif - “By 2027, Biharsharif aspires to become leading processing and trading hub of agro-based products; and one of the most liveable cities in the state, taking pride in nurturing its natural and cultural heritage”

The vision for Bareilly Smart City is evolved on the basis of reconnaissance survey of city, citizen’s suggestions & discussion with public representatives, civil society organizations and the bureaucrats keeping in mind the aspirations of all the interested parties and holistic development...

VISION – “Saharanpur envisions to improve quality of life and leverage economies of Wooden Handicraft & Agro Industries”. The vision statement emerged from an extensive engagement with citizens, representatives of various public groups such as Senior Citizens' Association, women's...

‘Silvassa - A vibrant growth centre that offers an optimal balance between industrial prosperity and quality of life, while promoting its rich tribal heritage.’ By leveraging its strategically located industrial zone, dense city core, iconic riverfront and rich tribal legacy as key strengths,...

Pune City Connect (PCC) is a Section 8 non-profit company. It is an industry led platform and aims to leverage the individual efforts and innovative spirit of Pune’s corporates, citizens and local government to catalyze the transformation of the city into the most livable city inIndia. Industry...

This Brochure gives a brief account of the smart initiatives that the city of Pune is undertaking under the Smart Cities Mission under transport sector. Some of thenm include introduction of Smart Cards, promotion to electric vehicles, Command and control centre for transport management.

This Brochure gives an overview of the waste management initiatives of Pune.

To realize the objectives of SCM, cities are being planned in a way that fosters clean environment, nestles smart infrastructure and facilitates accessibility for the vulnerable groups. Additionally, adopting new technologies remain central to the implementation of this key initiative as it...

Itanagar aspires to be the most livable and economically vibrant city in the North East. It envisages to promote high quality of living and happiness to its citizen and visitors by providing modern infrastructure and smart governance to everyone using technology. The strategic blueprint thereby...

Where does geographical data come from?”
“How do we monitor our environment?”
“How do we navigate with our phones?”
“What is happening beneath our feet?”

These are just some of the questions that crop up every so often as we wander...

City vision and goals emerge from city profile, SWOT analysis, citizen aspirations, expert consultations and different representatives of industries and society. VISION - Transform “Peetal Nagri” into a sustainable growth center and livable city. Sustainable Growth Center: Moradabad, popularly...

This is a First Draft Document that can be used by cities by customizing the douments based on their requirements.

The intent of this RFP is to invite bids from the Bidders for implementation of an integrated solution for the Authority.

The Request for Proposal (...

This is a First Draft Document for Smart Roads that can be used by cities by customizing the douments based on their requirements.

This is a First Draft Document that can be used by cities by customizing the douments based on their requirements for Selection of Bidder for Implementation of Grid Connected Roof Top Solar PV System on Government Buildings.

Command Control Center, Ahmedabad was inaugurated on 23rd Feb 2018. Hon'ble Chief Minister VijayBhai Rupani Ji inaugurated the building. It is one of the best command Centres across the nation. This presentation gives some key features of its operation. 

Smart City Ahmedabad Development Limited with its Safe and secure Ahmedabad (SASA) project aims to open a new frontier in serving the citizens. This project aims to improve the living standard of citizens by using cutting edge technologies like IOT sensors, smart LED display boards, free Wi-Fi...

SCADL has made connectivity in Ahmedabad seamless by launching its free public Wi-Fi service on 5th March 2018, under the smart cities mission.

This brochure is gives an overvies of the projects planned under Smart Cities Mission in Pune.

The project was featured in World Economic Forum Report for Data Driven Cities as one of the most innovative projects across the globe. This presentation gives an overview of the smart solutions incorporated in the city.

The presenatation detaiils Ahmedabad Smart City Projects.

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is responsible for catering to the domestic and commercial water demand of the city. Sabarmati river and Narmada canal are the two main sources of water for the city. AMC currently operate 3 major Water Treatment Plants namely Kotarpur, Raska, jaspur. Currently...

Aimed at an audience of resilience and development practitioners, the Storybook offers diverse experiences and practice-based recommendations to leverage Big Data’s potential and address its risks as part of efforts to build resilience. The Storybook is a collaborative initiative that features...

Startup India is a flagship initiative of the Government of India, intended to build a strong eco-system for nurturing innovation and Startups in the country that will drive sustainable economic growth and generate large scale employment opportunities. The Government through this initiative aims...

This presenatation enlists the objectives of Smart learning as seen by Ahmedabad and enlistses the initiatives that have been undertaken to achieve the same. Followed be a brief mention of the impact of these changes.

The Objective identified are

• To concrete the concepts of...

The Digital Age provides newer opportunities to the Governments to serve citizens more effectively. Growing use of emerging digital technologies such as loTs, Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, etc. also allows governments to understand citizen needs proactively and...

Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has introduced PMC Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and Services portal with an objective to disburse benefits, subsidies or services to the intended beneficiaries. The schemes of various departments under PMC have been on-boarded on DBT Services Portal. The...

The manual ‘How to develop a new public service’ describes smarticipate’s co-creation strategy and reflects the results of the second round of Smartathons. But there is more. During the Smartathons citizens, entrepreneurs and NGO’s demanded to have access to the smarticipate platform. The big...

Cities are home to more than half of the world’s population, and they are expected to add another 2.5 billion new residents by 2050. They face increasing environmental pressures and infrastructure needs—and growing demands from residents to deliver a better quality of life and to do so at a...

This strategy document is premised on the proposition that India, given its strengths and characteristics, has the potential to position itself among leaders on the global AI map – with a unique brand of #AIforAll. The approach in this paper focuses on how India can leverage the transformative...

This brochure is  gives a overview of the initiatives that are planned to be undertaken in Pune under the Smart Cities Mission.

Quality learning is important to prepare students to succeed in the jobs of tomorrow. Yet across the world, a Learning crisis is unfolding. Globally, enrollment gaps between high and low-income countries have narrowed significantly in basic and secondary education. But the World Bank’s 2018...

BIS has taken the initiative for identifying standardization need with respect to India specific requirement for Unified, Secure & Resilient ICT Backbone for Smart Cities. For this purpose, the first phase of this work has been released in the form of pre-standardization report. The report...

Kavaratti is an Eco friendly -city co-existing in harmony with nature for nurturing a resilient, clean, green, and healthy environment. Kavaratti is special in its geographical location (strategic location) natural beauty, the lagoon surrounding the island with the beautiful Coral biodiversity...

Shillong aspires to be the centre of cultural and economic vibrancy, which Meghalaya people proudly identify. The vision for the city would therefore be “to transform Shillong into a cultural and economic hub in Meghalaya with a focus on tourism and culture and to make it a livable, clean, green...

How can governments, corporations and communities harness the power of innovation to co-create solutions that address pressing urban issues?

In conjunction with the 6th World Cities Summit taking place in Singapore from 8 to 12 July, Urban Solutions explores how innovation and...

Lacking land and natural resources, the Singapore government has consistently turned to information and communications technologies (ICT) and innovation to transform Singapore into a highly liveable city. Starting with early computerisation efforts in the 1960s, the government launched a...

The Public Wi-Fi and iPoles project aims at providing Wi-Fi Internet services across the city on entirely PPP model, for the first time in India under Smart City and help to achieve Digital India.

This video gives an overview of the Smart City initiatives Pune has undertaken since its journey from being recognised as second in Smart Cities Challenge. Advancements in all sectors like transport, energy, governance etc. primarily with the help of technology find mention. Other initiatives in...

This video on Smart Class in Jabalpur, gives a glimpse of the jubiliation experienced by the youth of the city. It enlists the benefits of use of ICT in Schools, how this brings a feeling of being in a small connected world. This change has brought thrill in learning and has even given a boost...

This video demonstrates how use of RFID technology is helping in adressing Solid waste Management in Jabalpur. The entire process, players  technology involved and their interplay is demonstrated.

The RFID chip has been installed in all houses, schools, government offices and other...

More children are going to school, staying in school for longer, and learning than ever before in East Asia and Pacific (EAP). During the past 50 years, a group of countries in EAP have successfully transformed their economies by investing in the continuous upgrading of knowledge, skills, and...

The UN Statistics Division and World Bank have launched a framework titled, ‘Integrated Geospatial Information Framework,’ that seeks to guide governments in their efforts to manage geospatial information. The framework reviews benefits and principles for geospatial information management and...

As cities get smarter, they are becoming more livable and more responsive—and today we are seeing only a preview of what technology could eventually do in the urban environment.

After a decade of trial and error, municipal leaders are realizing that smart-city strategies start with people...

In ‘Moon Shots & Puddle Jumps – Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals’, UNDP Innovation Facility shares case studies from over 25 countries of how innovation can make development more impactful.

The 2017-2018 Innovation report takes the reader through the innovation journey...

The job of a national policy on digital communications is to prepare the country and its citizens for the future. Achieving these goals would require that the key stakeholders – namely the Centre, the States, local governments, Telecom Service Providers, Internet Service Providers, handset and...

In 2014, Kris Gopalakrishnan, the executive vice chairman of Infosys, made the largest private investment in neurological research in India’s history, when he established the...

Smart Cities Digital Payment Awards 2018 (SCDPA 2018) was conveyed. The objective of SCOPA 2018 is to guide, motivate, recognize and reward Smart Cities for promoting digital payments and for carrying out innovative payment initiatives in their cities.

The selection of cities for SCDPA...

There has been a lot of hype about blockchain technology – in particular, its potential to transform how humans transact, which could fundamentally redefine how business, governments and society operate. Despite this hype, it is still a nascent technology with considerable challenges that need...

Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing the physics of financial services. It is weakening the bonds that have held together the component parts of incumbent financial institutions, opening the door to entirely new operating models and ushering in a new set of competitive dynamics that...

As part of the Harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution for the Earth series, this paper explores the opportunity for advanced technology to help address global water and sanitation challenges

Electronics Industry is the world's largest and fastest growing Industry and is increasingly finding applications in all sectors of the economy. The Government attaches high priority to electronics hardware manufacturing and it is one of the important pillars of both "Make in India" and "Digital...

Big data, concept denotes data which is huge due to increase in volume, variety from different sources. Considering a general example of Facebook and Twitter where data arises from chats, status, pictures, likes and tweets. For every second there is increase in users along with the data. It has...

Surat is implementing a city wide integrated system – “Intelligent Transit Management System” (ITMS), to manage diverse set of transportation needs for the city – this includes: (a) public transport and (b) vehicles related to civic services like Solid Waste Management, Drainage, Heavy...

Surat Municipal Corporation introduced SMAC Center is envisaged as an administrative control center for the city of Surat for effective and efficient delivery of all civic services. SMART City Center will operate in four layers. This centre will collect functioning information of all the...

Surat is among the fastest developing city in the world. It has ranked 4th developing city of the world. Surat city is well-known for its diamond polishing business, textile market business, Real estate business. As a city develops it attracts many people around the city as well as far away from...

Surat is among the fastest developing city in the world. It has ranked 4th developing city of the world. Surat city is well-known for its diamond polishing business, textile market business, Real estate business. As a city develops it attracts many people around the city as well as far away from...

Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has an objective to turn into more efficient and less paperbased organization in last few years. Both citizencentric as well as inter and intra-departmental operations are being digitized. At the same time, there is a need of organization being able to generate...

With the increased expectations from citizens for online services and the number of eGovernance Projects, SMART city project and other large scale projects being launched by the Government and as well as Corporate clients, the Data Centre requirements are growing exponentially. In view of the...

The video provides a brief introduction to the functioning of the City Operation Centre 3800 CCTV cameras installed at 700 important junctions that procure realtime data and information about traffic, law and order contributing to enhancing the safety and security of the city.

The video...

The video was presented during the National Workshop on Accelerating Implementation of Urban Missions: AMRUT and Smart Cities held at Vigyan Bhavan on 08th December 2017.

This video reiterates the vision of Vishakhapatnam to build a resilient, healthy metropolis for people. Further this...

This proposal was submitted in response to the EoI issued by Department of Heavy Industry on 31st October 2017. 

Bhubaneswar, through strategic investments in public transit infrastructure and last mile connectivity modes, aims to induce a shift by 20% travel to public transport by 2021....

The University of California, Berkeley, has announced the launch of a Smart City Co-Innovation Lab (Smart City 4.0) to provide a platform to large, mid-size companies, start-ups and the local government to innovate with citizens for creating sustainable smart-city solutions and last mile...

“India m2m+iot Forum 2017” held on 6-7 March 2017 at New Delhi by ‘Telecom Centres of Excellence, India (TCOE, India)’ and ‘m2m2iotpaper’ has compiled deliberations and recommendations in the form of report. The forum brought together stakeholders from the entire entire m2m and iot ecosystem on...

The Smart Cities Mission guidelines para no. 6.2 gives the essential features in a smart city. One such feature is visible improvement in the area (e.g. replacing overhead wiring with underground wiring. In addition, paras 2.4 & 2.5 of the guidelines identify implementation of robust IT...

To enhance the efficiency of the signalized intersections the city has proposed to have a coordinated traffic signal control system. This necessitates installation of Adaptive Traffic Signal Control System at signalized intersections in the city. In light of the above Bhubaneswar, has recently...

Bhubaneswar One is an e portal that integrates geo-spatial data from all the government and private organizations for providing easy and hassle free information for the residents and tourists. It is an integrated GIS based map system for government agencies to deliver location-based services and...

With the aim of effective implementation of the initiatives, Coimbatore has decided to adopted ICT/ technology based Smart Solutions for many of its initiatives. Towards this, an inventory of Smart Solutions and technology options was prepared keeping in mind the major interventions/ priorities...

As a key step in achieving its goal of seamless mobility for citizens, Coimbatore Smart City is developing Smart Roads. Walking constitutes around 20% of all trips in Coimbatore; hence, a considerable emphasis has been given on improving pedestrian facilities / amenities. A plan for a network of...

To ensure efficient Solid Waste Management a GPS based Vehicle Tracking
and Monitoring System (VTMS) has been taken up as a significant step
recently. The key features of the project are:
• Online real-time monitoring of garbage vehicle movement and effective
enforcement...

Jabalpur Municipal Corporation (JMC) has initiated a Garbage Collection and Management system to ensure optimal collection, transportation and processing/ disposal of waste.

Jabalpur Municipal Corporation has launched a mobile-based citizen app (by the name of Jabalpur -311) in order to enable citizens of the city to access a range of civic services using their smartphone – this includes:

• Access to services like apply online for Birth and Death...

As we are approaching the 2nd Anniversary of the Smart Cities Mission
(SCM), many of the Lighthouse Cities have succeeded in a wide gamut
of projects/ interventions. The present document captures some of the
important successes being achieved by these cities by way of: (A)...

Davanagere City Corporation has embarked on a project plan to improve the quality of its city roads. Under the plan, ten roads have been identified in the ABD area; these roads are to be taken up for implementation of the smart roads components in the first phase of project. The smart components...

TRAI officials during their visit to Jharkhand state capital Panchi had discussions with the state government officials regarding the broadband penetration in the major cities of the state. It came out during the discussions that the broadband penetration is low and not to the desired level. It...

Smart grids (SGs), as an emerging grid modernization concept, is spreading across diverse research areas for revolutionizing power systems. SGs realize new key concepts with intelligent technologies, maximizing achieved objectives and addressing critical issues that are limited in conventional...

The Ministry of Urban Development has launched a scheme for “Promoting Innovative Smart Solutions under Smart Cities Mission, AMRUT and Swachh Bharat Mission”. The scheme will provide funding support for industry-sponsored, outcome-oriented projects focused around the needs of ULBs under the...

Letter from Deputy Commissioner (Works), Greater Chennai Corporation, to, The Director, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, for preparing Smart Dashboards for various modules for Command and Control Centre for Greater Chennai Corporation.

Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) provide a proven set of strategies for advancing transportation safety, mobility, and environmental sustainability by integrating communication and information technology applications into the management and operation of the transportation system across...

Based on the advice of Department of Telecommunications (DoT), the Ministry of Urban Development under the Smart Cities Mission has issued the following advisory for consiering while planning and creating Smart Infrastructure.

This is a presentation on Gray Water Recycling shared by Rajkot Municipal Corporation. Gray water Recycling is a biggest source to save “Drinking Water”. Dual Plumbing System and recycling of treated gray water in new coming/constructing new Buildings can save fresh water going in to waste for...

About this course: Learn about the principles of management of urban infrastructures in the era of Smart Cities. The introduction of Smart urban technologies into legacy infrastructures has already resulted and will continue to result in numerous challenges and opportunities....

Evidence suggests that this 20th century system is now struggling to keep up with the challenges of electric power transmission and distribution in the 21st century. Work needs to be done to make the grid available, selfhealing and more secure’, and what are the implications for the integration...

The current report  included an assessment of the existing urban transport scenario in the identified cities of each state as well providing handholding support to city teams for smooth initiation of the SCM. The report
is part of the output report for the project “Supporting Smart Urban...

Satna envisions Restructuring Satna into a smart, compact and vibrant regional hub, providing diverse economic opportunities for varied skill  levels by leveraging its resource based economy and harnessing potential investments in industrial sector. The Development Goals for Satna across these...

The Srinagar SCP envisions Transforming Srinagar into an Eco-friendly, Resilient and Socio-Economically Vibrant city that Celebrates its Natural and Cultural heritage creating Harmony and Opportunities for all’’

Three main action areas have been identified to make the vision implementable...

The strategic blueprint for development of Shimla city, as a liveable and sustainable city shall be laid on principles of resilient city, which shall have the capacity of indiviuals, communities, institutions, businesses and systems. Accordingly, Shimla's Strategic Blueprint is structured in 7...

Gandhinagar, a vibrant and future ready city that provides good quality of life to its citizens by providing sustainable infrastructure and services through confluence of physical and digital realm. The areas of strategic focus are

1. Create and augment physical infrastructure that is...

The Smart Cities Mission (SCM) of the Government of India, promotes cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and application of ‘Smart’ Solutions. Such Smart Solutions include ICT interventions for e-governance...

Jhansi wants to give its citizens Universal access to smart infrastructure services; Inclusive growth aiming at zero housing deficit; Robust transportation network offering seamless mobility; Accelerated economic growth; Sustainable, smart and green concepts of development. The goals of the city...

Thoothukudi aspires to leverage its industrial city identity by investing in inclusive and transformative solutions that enhance the quality of life for its citizens. Its chief goals are

1. Enhanced efficiency of governance
2. Livable and slum free city
3. Livable and slum...

Karnal aspires to be a Futuristic NCR town by leveraging its Business and Research acumen to attract Knowledge based enterprises and Start-up activities. To move towards a more livable city, Karnal will focus on diversifying its strengths to create new employment opportunities and improving its...

The foremost strategy is to steer Muzaffarpur city towards sustainable and planned growth. We have focused on future development of the city nodes w.r.t. economic, environmental, social and institutional infrastructure. Also we aim to have a smart city governance, striving to be a financially...

Strategic focus and the blueprint of the city for its development has been formulated based on a systematic process of Assessment of existing status, Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and future direction of the services, views from citizen engagement and findings from SWOT analysis. Five...

Amravati is envisioned to be India's Happiest City-an Inclusive people's capital built on a greenfield basis which is economically vibrant and sustaining, equipped with world class social and physical infrastructure to create unparalledl oppotunities. Strategic areas identified are

1. ...

Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is responsible for multiple civic needs of the citizens spread across an area span of 237 sq.km.  Despite successful implementation of the above initiatives, it was felt that there is a wide scope to leveraging technology for closer citizen engagement with PMC on...

Pune relies solely on buses for public transportation. The average number of buses per lakh population is only. Additionally, buses in Pune have signifcant issues with availability (25% fleet off-road most of the time) and reliability (84% routes have a waiting time of more than 20 minutes)....

Participation of citizens and citizen action is a key tenet of democratic governance. Participation/ citizen action develops ownerships, which is crucial for success of any government initiate. However, direct participation/ action of citizens in government programs and civic activities poses...

Rapid population growth, extended geography and extended/ coordinated city operations need a huge coordination effort to deliver citizen services and manage the city. As managing/ coordinating and monitoring the city functions is a complex task; it was felt that a centralized system will be...

Surat is implementing a city wide integrated system – “Intelligent Transit Management System” (ITMS), to manage diverse set of transportation needs for the city – this includes: (a) public transport and (b) vehicles related to civic services like Solid Waste Management, Drainage, Heavy...

Bhopal has launched frst an innovative Public Private Partnership (PPP) based smart poles and intelligent streetlights project under the Smart Cities Mission. The project is innovatively structured in such a manner that it delivers bundled smart services to citizens and maximum values for money...

Bhubaneswar is taking up a Common Payment Card System (CPCS) for the city. This system intends to provide a safe digital mode of economic transactions to the citizen and reducing their dependence on cash for transactions.

The intervention for CPCS will include developing, commissioning,...

The Smart City Mission has kept city safety component at an important priority and the city of Ahmedabad has planning for a technology based surveillance intervention to make the Ahmedabad a safer city to live in. The intervention is aimed at implementing a holistic and integrated video...

Kakinada Smart City is in the process of implementation of a Command and Control Centre; the project envisages creating an IT backbone for integrating many civic services. This will improve the accessibility of services and government to citizens. It will also enhance ability of the government...

With rapidly evolving technologies and business models, there is need to adopt new and fundamentally different pathways to provide clean, cost-effective, and efficient mobility services that are safe, create new jobs, reduce dependence on oil imports, and achieve more efficient land-use in...

The vision of Aligargh is  to make it  Mukammal Ashiyan Alishan Ali-E-Gar, which means .This represents a high quality of city life which has smooth access to basic infrastructures, is clean & green, energy efficient and environmental friendly and has peaceful atmosphere. The city will have...

To Cherish Allahabad’s identity as a center for pilgrimage and transform the city into a progressive and economically vibrant Urban center. Chief goals identified ared

1. Enhance Socio-Cultural Identity
2. Revamping The Economic Base
3. Improving Environmental...

Gangtok envisions Promote an Innovation driven new age Economy along with Expanding its Tourism Economy by offering an enviable Quality of Life and lifestyle options, in an Ecologically responsible manner, that attract and retain talent". Its key  goals are

1. Liveable
2. ...

To develop an attractive, inviting, and secure city for its citizens by promoting  heritage value,urban mobility,diversified economy and exploitation of the full potential of the renewable energy resource and digital technology. 

The vision lays out the strategic intent to cultivate and...

The vision for the city is "Transforming Jammu into a sustainable and economically vibrant city focusing on tourism, quality of life and trade by leveraging its heritage and location."

Three main Action areas have been identified to make the vision implementable. These are: 
1....

The Vision for Dahod is :"Dahod, a model city from the tribal heartland of Gujarat that provides good quality of life and empowers youth, women and tribal through skill development, by generating employment via logistics and agro-based industries!" The Key focus area woiuld be to

1. ...

Pasighat will be an example of carbon neutral city, sustaining its culture, harmonious diversity of human capital, green economics, innate technologies and pristine nature. The city aligns itself on the following primary goals in line with the identified strategic  focus areas to realize the...

Tiruppur aspires to leverage its cluster identity by investing in inclusive and transformative solutions that enhance the quality of life for its citizens. Its chief goals are

1. Enhanced efficiency of governance
2. Livable and slum free city
3. Livable and slum free city...

Dehradun, a city traditionally known for its mild weather, British era institutions, schools, Litchi Plantations and basmati rice has undergone drastic changes since the creation of state of Uttarakhand in 2000. Over the last 17 years Dehradun has served as state headquarters which has resulted...

The vision reflects the pride of regional supremacy among the citizens, their association with the Bundelkhand culture,  a positive  approach towards development and the associated pecuniary benefits to the development. Sagar is a pre-eminent city in the Bundelkhand region which covers the part...

The city of Puducherry wants to Transforms itself into a global tourism destination by leveraging its heritage, cultural, spiritual and educational advantages. Enhance the quality of life of the citizens by providing efficient urban mobility, smart civic infrastructure, smart service delivery...

Naya Raipur aspires to be the happiest city of 21st century focusing on well being of its citizens and people visiting the city. Being a greenfield city, Naya raipur is based on the Urban Principals of Transit Oriented Development and Sustainable Neighbourhood Planning which ensures that the...

The video marks 2 years of the Smart Cities Mission showcasing its progress and achievements.

The Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) is a survey that measures the commitment of Member States to cybersecurity in order to raise awareness.​​ The Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) is a multi-stakeholder initiative to measure the commitment of countries to...

In Gabon, on the west coast of Africa, a large percentage of those between the ages of 16 and 24 are unemployed. Council Lead Partner Bechtel and Junior Achievement launched a program to engage young people and to teach them practical business skills. Read more about the partnership and what it'...

In 2016, global flows of foreign direct investment fell by about 2 per cent, to $1.75 trillion. Investment in developing countries declined even more, by 14 per cent, and flows to LDCs and structurally weak economies remain volatile and low. Although UNCTAD predicts a modest recovery of FDI...

Technology innovation can be a great enabler for development in low and middle-income countries. This course presents a methodology and an approach to develop impactful innovations that have the power to foster sustainable development.

Whether you are from an industrialized or a...

In 2015 the Government of India announced an ambitious mission to develop 100 smart cities throughout the rapidly urbanising country. As part of this mission, the Government has initiated ICT based citizen engagement through a dedicated website - MyGov.in. The disparity in digital infrastructure...

This course focuses on conventional technologies for drinking water treatment. Unit processes, involved in the treatment chain, are discussed as well as the physical, chemical and biological processes involved. The emphasis is on the effect of treatment on water quality and the dimensions of the...

This course will focus on basic technologies for the treatment of urban sewage. Unit processes involved in the treatment chain will be described as well as the physical, chemical and biological processes involved. There will be an emphasis on water quality and the functionality of each unit...

Mission for WANI

The vision of this initiative is to establish an Open Architecture based Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (WANI), such that;

1. Any entity (company, proprietorship, societies, non-profits, etc.) should easily be able to setup a paid public Wi-Fi Access Point.

...

The water and sanitation sector in Indian cities is characterized by weak accountability processes and lack of customer orientation. The institutional focus of service providers tends to be on creating new assets, rather than delivery of services and performance efficiency. Moreover, in the...

In the SCP, Aizawl mentions that it would be an inclusive, sustainable & resilient city by leveraging its Human Capital through technology and celebrating its Culture and Nature

Aizawl Smart City Vision, focuses on;
→ Resilient Environment
→ Economic Sustainability...

Bengaluru is a popular business destination for numerous multi nationals to set up their offices, premier educational institutions that attract students and researchers and multi-speciality healthcare facilities. Recent years have seen Bengaluru as growing e-commerce and start up hub. However,...

From a small agglomeration of villages, the City of Pimpri Chinchwad has evolved into a model modern city which, now plays a definitive role in the Region. Thanks to the trail blazing efforts & achievements of the Municipal Corporation in provision of good infrastructure & amenities,...

This Practice Note introduces the Toilet Tracker, a new tool for supporting sanitation business development and public health monitoring.

Currently being tested in the peri-urban area of Kanyama, the Tracker enables information on the ownership, location, quality and emptying history of...

In February 2017, NITI Aayog and Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) convened a two-day charrette titled “Transformative Mobility Solutions for India.” The charrette brought together 75 leaders from government, the private sector, and civil society to collaboratively identify actionable and specific...

'5 Innovative WASH Solutions for an Inclusive Urban India’ is the second document (the first being 10 Innovative Approaches to Improve the Urban WASH Sector in India) in a series of publications by IHUWASH to sensitize stakeholders and bring to the fore, innovative and simplified WASH solutions...

The challenge of climate is an opportunity to change development patterns towards low carbon and resilient development, opening up new opportunities for every inhabitant of Latin-America. This publication is just a sample of 27 innovative experiences ranging from Mexico to Haiti. They showcase...

As the debate about whether the internet is safe for children rages, The State of the World’s Children 2017: Children in a Digital World discusses how digital access can be a game changer for children or yet another dividing line. The report represents the first comprehensive look from...

Bilaspur strives to be a growing and vibrant world-class city with a flourishing economy and a pristine environment, where residents specially women are empowered, safe, healthy and have equitable opportunities for success and happiness. The City of Bilaspur will be a prosperous, fiscally sound...

This is a presentation on Smart Janpath :A pilot initiative on 5.5 kms towards building complete streets in Bhubaneswar
 

Many countries have already started fostering ICT accessibility in their countries by creating ICT accessibility policy frameworks on public ICT access, mobile communications, TV/video programming, public procurement of accessible ICT and accessible government websites. This report presents good...

The ITU online publication "Capacity Building in a Changing ICT Environment", which is released annually, puts together scholarly articles with a focus on the human and institutional aspects of capacity building in the telecommunications/ICT sector. It covers a wide range of ICT topics that may...

The annual Trends in Telecommunication Reform publications are a key part of the dialogue with the world's information and communications technology (ICT) policy-makers and regulators in an increasingly converged digital environment. Under the overarching theme "Regulatory incentives to achieve...

An estimated 2 billion adults are still without access to a bank account, but some 1.6 billion of them have access to a mobile phone. ‘Mobile money services’ show great promise to expand financial inclusion by bringing basic financial services to people that remain on the margins of society. In...

This publication offers a compendium of the first outputs of ITU’s study of trust in ICTs. The publication aims to build greater understanding of the concepts, driving forces and key features of trust in the ICT context. It details technical approaches with potential to improve trust in ICT and...

In cities, where the number of vehicles continuously increases faster than the available traffic infrastructure to support them, congestion is a difficult issue to deal with and it becomes even worse in case of car accidents. This problem affects many aspects of the modern society, including...

Over the last few years Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects have seen a sharp rise in India as Govt. of India has started recognizing PPP as an effective & efficient strategy for meeting ever-growing demand for better infrastructure across the country, while keeping the exchequer’s...

Over the last few years Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects have seen a sharp rise in India as Govt. of India has started recognizing PPP as an effective & efficient strategy for meeting ever-growing demand for better infrastructure across the country, while keeping the exchequer’s...

2017 has been a landmark year for the Indian healthcare landscape with the release of Government’s National Health Policy 14 years after the previous version. This, coupled with significant traction in the healthtech space, prompted NASSCOM Research team to develop and release one-of-a-kind ...

In many parts of the world, tensions offline are now mirrored online. In the manner of a Wachowskis movie, machines influence both realities and the perception of such realities, often expressed online. The challenge for those seeking to “govern” or “regulate” cyberspace, then, is the umbilical...

In this updated and expanded version of our report, we reveal how blockchain technology can advance leasing, as well as purchase and sale transactions in commercial real estate. Explore the time and cost benefits of blockchain, as well as increased security and transparency that the technology...

This publication has been developed within the framework of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) initiative. It provides a series of case studies on smart governance, smart people and smart economy, which will catapult successful smart city practices into the global spotlight.

This publication has been developed within the framework of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) initiative. It provides a study of the advantages of using ICTs to support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular SDG 11, by facilitating the missing...

This publication has been developed within the framework of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) initiative. It provides an overview of how cities can use information and communication technologies (ICTs) to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It also maps the case...

The ITU-T Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities (FG-SSC) concluded its two-year study in May 2015 with the delivery of 21 Technical Reports and Specifications to provide the foundations of subsequent ITU-T standardization work. This compendium of the reports and specifications released by the...

This report looks closer at how information and communication technology (ICT) can be utilized to create a fully inclusive Smart Society. It provides case studies of the Smart Society in the field of health, learning, energy, agriculture, resource management - water and waste, commerce, and...

Citizens of Patna opine to co create and preserve their rich heritage through a behaviourally transformed and mordernised city that offers improved quality of life, governance, inclusivity and seamless mobility. The key imperatives emerging from self assessment and citizen consultation are...

Rajkot SCP envisions to develop Rajkot into a smart, livable and iconic city of Gujarat with growth and sustainabel development, by leveraging its historical strength state of the art infrastructure, delivery of services and empowerig ecosystems enabling  citizens to realize their dreams. Chief...

To move towards a Smart Thiruvananthapuram, The city adapts the Principle for creating Liveable High-Density Cities (Singapore, 2013). Accordingly, Thiruvananthapuram's Blueprint is built on 5 Strategic pillars

1.  Urban Basic Services
2. Land-Use Efficiency
3. Cultural...

Citizen participation for social innovation and co-creating urban regeneration proposals can be greatly facilitated by innovative IT systems. Such systems can use Open Government Data, visualise urban proposals in 3D models and provide automated feedback on the feasibility of the proposals....

This paper brings together a number of case studies on how cities from the UK and beyond are becoming ‘smart’. UK cities need to provide public services more efficiently while at the same time supporting sustainable and long term economic growth. The best way to do so is by becoming ‘smart’....

This paper brings together a number of case studies on how cities from the UK and beyond have made use of big and open data to improve local economies and service delivery. Using city level data is crucial in improving urban economies and making cities better places to live and work. Collecting...

Smart is the popular word which has become a general taught in every human brain. The Acronym of the word Smart refers to Specific Measurement Achievable Relevant Time-Oriented. The world is moving towards future technologies by laying different steps to be smarter in the future generations. A...

- Interlinking of IOT, Big Data and Android, Now arises a question, what’s link between these technologies? As, IoT is a technology where world is stepping towards future development, Internet of Things (IoT). Internet is interconnecting of networks, Things means Devices or Objects (Interaction...

The vision of Tiruchirappalli - nurturing religious and heritage tourism, to bring out vibrant communities and dynamic economy that is all supported by smart infrastructure which would yield healthy, clean and livable place for all.”

The key themes identified are:

•    Heritage cum...

This presentation includes the projects been undertaken for Vizag Smart City –“ including” national/international benchmarking, citizen engagement, stakeholder engagement and concept designs/Toolkit for the same.

The TBC is a business-led coalition sharing a common vision to accelerate the pace of change to achieve universal access to sanitation. TBC works at the systems level to co-create the necessary ecosystem to support sanitation businesses to scale with promising businesses in low-income markets...

J Card is an RFID based multi-purpose Mobility Card for the city of Jabalpur. It can be used in the following ways:

1. Automatic Fare Collection in Public Transportation
2. Entries in Gardens and Parks
3. To pay Municipal Taxes
4. Paying for Parking Lots
5. ...

Designed according to Tender S.U.R.E., the proposal is for a total length of 38.61 KMs of Roads of Grade I, II and III in Jabalpur.

Guideline No. 2.4 (i) provides for adequate water supply as core infrastructure element of a Smart City. The key features of a Smart water supply system are given.

View the document at: http://smartnet.niua...

Guideline No. 2.4 (iii) provides for sanitation as a core element of a Smart City. The key features of a performance based management contract for a Smart Sewerage System are given.

View the document at: ...

Guideline No. 6.2 provides for some essential features to be present in Area-Based Developments (ABD) in all Smart Cities. Visible improvement in the ABD is one essential feature (e.g. replacing overhead wires). Some other features are -pedestrian friendly pathways, encouragement to non-...

One of the objectives is to apply Smart Solutions in order to make infrastructure and services better (Guideline 2.3). Moreover, solutions services contracts should be used instead of hardware procurement contract only and generic specifications should be used (Annexure 4; criteria 4.1,4,a). In...

This presentation is part of the Conference on Rooftp Solar Power in India 20 November 2016 by MNRE, New Delhi. Presented by Mr. Santosh Kumar, CEO Chandigarh Renewable Energy, Science & Technology Promotion Society (CREST). He gave an overview of how an Online Clearances Management Web...

Within the HABITAT process the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is increasing its engagement in urban mobility.

This new publication contains touches upon a multitude of important aspects on mobility planning such as:

• Promoting the A(void...

Cities are increasingly aware of the benefits of an ‘open’ approach to becoming ‘Smart’. It is already recognized that being locked in to an integrated solution from a single vendor is sub-optimal. However, there is insufficient clarity on the full implications of and challenges of ‘open-ness’,...

Subject: Promotion of Payments through cards and digital means in the Smart Cities.

The World Energy Perspectives on E-Mobility is part of a series of reports based on expert insights from our network of energy leaders and practitioners. This series provides a bottom-up assessment of the key issues and technologies in the transport sector.

There are a variety of clean...

Master Plan/Development Plan is the major tool for urban land management, providing detailed landuse allocation for the sustainable development of city/town. Most master/development plans are made for 20-year periods, in phases of five years for periodic review and revision. The most crucial...

Hear from Dr. Jagan Shah, Director of the National Institute of Urban Affairs; Munish Garg, Director (Smart Cities), Ministry of Urban Development; and Sajeesh Kumar, Deputy Secretary (Smart Cities), Ministry of Urban Development.

About this course: The course aims to enhance the capacity of local decision-makers and urban and transportation planners to formulate and implement appropriate policies that contribute to sustainability in urban transport in developing countries.

It allows an analysis of...

Smart City Services bring many benefits Smart City applications such as street light control, smart parking and road traffic management are starting to be widely deployed around the world, bringing benefits to city operations, better quality of life and reduced costs and energy use. Currently...

Cities across the world recognise that the benefi ts of digital technology are multi-fold, including helping cities to solve their challenges and contribute to the growth of their economies. This report was commissioned by the Greater London Authority (GLA) to investigate how London can make the...