Mission mode: Govt ups watch on Smart CitiesThe central government is conducting monthly reviews of 35-50 smart cities to debottleneck projects by utilizing a robust management inform...
29 Nov, 2023, 12.46 AM IST
ET Graphics: Smart Cities Mission by June 2023. Here's the real dataAn ET analysis showed that 29 of the 101 cities have completed less than 50% of projects. Cities also seem to be targeting low-value projec...
17 Feb, 2023, 12.05 AM IST
States, cities will be encouraged to take up urban planning: FMThe government had launched the Smart Cities Mission on 25 June 2015. Hundred smart cities had been selected through four rounds of competi...
02 Feb, 2023, 01.09 AM IST
No irregularity in Smart City initiative during AIADMK rule: PalaniswamiThe implementation of the tasks taken up here connected to the Smart City scheme were monitored and led by a committee of IAS officials acc...
07 Jan, 2022, 06.51 PM IST
Centre extends timeline for implementation of Smart Cities Mission to June 2023"The timeline for the implementation of Smart Cities Mission has been extended to June 2023 due to COVID pandemic and other reasons. Cities...
02 Dec, 2021, 08.02 PM IST
Smart city mission: Area wise to city wideDuring Modi 1.0, the ministry of housing and urban affairs came up with a new concept of Smart City Mission. Every aspiring smart city prep...
16 Jan, 2021, 09.15 AM IST
Agartala' performance ranked first among smart cities in North-east India: Tripura govtTripura government claimed that the success of Agartala Smart City in speeding up the project sanctioning, tendering and implementation has...
28 Jul, 2020, 12.35 AM IST
Smart cities mission hit by funding blocksHalf of the 23 cities surveyed do not generate enough revenue to even pay for the salaries of their municipal staff.
26 Sep, 2019, 11.35 AM IST
Smart city mission put on fast trackThe ministry has created a live dashboard, housed in the National Urban Observatory in Nirman Bhawan. This would help keep track of live up...
09 Sep, 2019, 06.49 AM IST
Shillong 100th city to be selected under Smart Cities Mission"Till now, 99 smart cities had been selected in four rounds of competition and with today's announcement, selection of 100 cities has been ...
20 Jun, 2018, 09.58 PM IST
Government to hold contest to assess impact of smart city projectsUnder the Smart City Mission, ninety cities have so far been identified through three rounds of competition for implementing various projec...
10 Sep, 2017, 12.00 PM IST
Itanagar to be included in Centre's Smart City MissionAddressing a group of officers and experts, Rebia said that Itanagar has all the potential to become a Smart City along with a tourist and ...
24 Aug, 2017, 05.26 PM IST
Government approves MoU with Bloomberg Philanthropies on Smart CityThe proposal under the Smart Cities Mission seeks to facilitate creation of quality urban infrastructure that will lead to improvement in t...
31 Dec, 2015, 12.00 PM IST
Rao Inderjit Singh, Sharad Pawar meet Venkaiah Naidu to discuss Smart City MissionNaidu informed the two leaders that state governments have nominated cities for inclusion in the Smart City Mission based on a set of presc...
17 Sep, 2015, 10.56 AM IST
Include Puducherry in Smart City project: Narayanasamy to GovernmentSenior Congress leader and former union Minister V. Narayanasamy urged the Centre to include Puducherry municipality under the 'Smart City'...
12 Sep, 2015, 08.07 PM IST
First stage of city challenge competition for Smart Cities mission startsEvery state government has to evaluate all cities/towns in that state based on these criteria and nominate the top performers as per the nu...
06 Jul, 2015, 12.20 PM IST
'Smart city' guidelines almost finalised: Venkaiah NaiduNaidu said the Smart Cities Mission involved an 'area based approach' and it is meant to set examples that can be replicated both within an...
11 May, 2015, 04.55 PM IST