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adequate water supply; land pooling/ land reconstitution) with provision
assured electricity supply; for affordable housing, especially for the poor.
sanitation, including solid waste Greenfield development is required around cities
management; in order to address the needs of the expanding
population.
efficient urban mobility and public
transport; Finance: The Mission will cover 100 cities which
affordable housing, especially for the have been distributed among the states and UTs
poor; on the basis of equitable criteria. The distribution
of smart cities will be reviewed after two years of
robust IT connectivity and digitalization;
the implementation of the mission.
good governance, especially e-Governance
The Smart City Mission will be operated as a
and citizen participation;
Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) and the central
sustainable environment; government proposes to give it financial support
safety and security of citizens, particularly to the extent of Rs. 48,000 crore over five years,
women, children and the elderly; and i.e. on an average Rs. 100 crore per city per year.
health and education. An equal amount, on a matching basis, will have
Strategy: The strategic components of area-based to be contributed by the state/ULB; therefore,
development in the mission are: nearly one lakh crore of government/ULB funds
will be available for smart cities development. In
city improvement (retrofitting);
the first phase of implementation, twenty cities
city renewal (redevelopment); have been shortlisted to roll out the programme.
city extension (greenfield development); The migration from the rural areas to the
and cities is increasing with a higher pace. A neo
a pan-city initiative in which smart middle class is emerging which has aspirations of
solutions are applied. better living standards. With all these challenges
Retrofitting will introduce planning in an to the successful implementation of the mission,
existing built-up area to achieve smart city the centre of attention is the citizen. In other
objectives, along with other objectives, to make words, a smart city will work towards ensuring
the existing area more efficient and liveable. In the best for all people, regardless of social status,
retrofitting, an area consisting of more than 500 age, income levels and gender, only when citizens
acres will be identified by the city in consultation will actively participate in governance and reforms.
with citizens. Redevelopment will effect a Smart Cities Mission requires involvement of
replacement of the existing built-up environment smart people in the process of making decisions
and enable co-creation of a new layout with on deploying smart solutions, implementing
enhanced infrastructure using mixed land use and reforms, doing more with less, maintaining
increased density. Redevelopment envisages an oversight during implementation and designing
area of more than 50 acres, identified by urban post-project structures in order to make the smart
local bodies (ULBs) in consultation with citizens. city developments sustainable.
Greenfield development will introduce most Other Urban Infrastructure: With increasing
of the smart solutions in a previously vacant area urbanization, opportunities as well as challenges
(more than 250 acres) using innovative planning, related to urban infrastructure are also increasing.
plan financing and plan implementation tools (e.g. In this context, up to early 2016, the government