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PM Modi's constituency Varanasi among 20 best performing 'smart cities'

The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has paired up 20 best performing cities with the 20 bottom cities and they will work as "sister cities"

Budget 2020: E-commerce sector to benefit from mindful provisions

The thrust on digital infrastructure will be key to bridging the socio-economic and the rural-urban divide

Budget 2020: Allocation for MoHUA rises nearly 18% to Rs 50,000 cr

Another flagship programme, the Smart Cities Mission has been given Rs 6,450 crore as against Rs 3,450 crore.

NTT targets $1 billion revenue from India operations in next two years

Currently, the overall India revenue of the company, which announced an integration of all businesses into a single entity recently, is over Rs 5,000 crore

Smart Cities Mission: Ambitious at the outset, progress slow after 4 years

Lack of definition of a 'smart city', inadequate initial outlay and funding issues were some of the biggest roadblocks to its success

Experts express concerns as cyber security threats loom on Smart Cities

Together, these Smart cities aim to house 40 per cent of India's population and contribute about 75 per cent to India's GDP (gross domestic period) by 2030

'Munis': Smart bonds for smart cities

India's aspiration for urban rejuvenation requires a vibrant municipal bonds market

Rs 2 trillion earmarked for 90 smart cities, work on 77 started: Govt

So far 77 Smart Cities, including 11 of the Round 3 cities, had formed their Special Purpose Vehicle

Modi spent only 7% of Rs 9,860 cr allotted for smart cities: Rahul Gandhi

The Congress leader's remarks come a day after government data pointed out severe under-utilisation of alloted funds

Smart or dumb? The real impact of India's plan to build 100 smart cities

With high-rise housing comes dependence on centralised flows of energy, water supply, waste disposal

Smart Cities: With 30 new candidates, govt moves towards better quality

Under the initiative, Rs 500 cr would be provided to each city over a period of 5 yrs

First bonds soon under Smart Cities scheme

Pune, Ahmedabad and the NDMC portion of Delhi preparing for launch; SBI Caps advisor in all these

Smart cities get stuck in slow lane

Projects facing delays because of lukewarm response from private players and operational challenges

Govt to announce next set of 40 smart cities by June end

Govt has earmarked Rs 48,000 crore for the development of these cities

Govt to add 40 more towns to Smart Cities list: Venkaiah Naidu

Since January last year, the government has announced three lists of smart cities

India needs indigenous solutions for smart cities: UNDP official

70 percent of urban spaces, which are supposed to surface by 2030 and are crucial for India's smart city project, are yet to be built

Needed: Smarter mayors

Only directly elected and empowered officers can run smart cities

Subir Roy: Smart city or smart alec?

India's cities are bursting at the seams because poor people are migrating to them in search of work and finding a place to live only in slums, old and new

Pune on a smart mission after 3 false starts

In the fourth of a five-part series, Business Standard analyses the plans and preparations in the city

California dreamin': Vizag wants to model itself on San Francisco

In the third of a five-part series, Business Standard writes on Visakhapatnam and how it is aiming to be like San Francisco, with plenty of input from the US