Smart City Projects

'Smart City' project in Panaji a Rs 1000 cr scam, says Goa Congress

Following the fourth accident in the city where a truck laden with pipes plunged into a dug-up road, on Thursday night, Congress leaders led by Elvis Gomes surrounded the 'Smart City' office

Centre's 'Smart City Mission' projects likely to be completed in 2023

Government data disclosed that nearly 88 per cent of the funds given by the Centre for smart city projects has been utilised

Making cities smart and sustainable

Rethinking cities to make them more liveable is a key component of smart cities but this requires building fair, participatory, sustainable and inclusive urban development policies

IIIT Hyderabad, Silicon Labs launch Wi-SUN network for smart city projects

/ -- IIITH Smart City Living Lab in partnership with Silicon Labs, a leader in secure, intelligent wireless technology, today launched a campus-wide Wi-SUN network to enable research and solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart cities. Wi-SUN is an open-standard protocol enabling interoperable solutions through open source software with multi-layer security. Wi-SUN will enable utilities, municipalities, and other enterprises to deploy long-range, low-power wireless mesh networks connecting thousands of IoT nodes. IIITH Smart City Living Lab is setup as an initiative of MEITY (Ministry of Electronics & IT) , National Cities Mission, and Gov of Telangana, with knowledge support from EBTC (European Business Technology Council). Silicon Labs, Intel, and Saint Gobain are the other three founding corporate partners. Professor Ramesh Loganathan said, "The Smart City Living Lab, a year old now, is already a testbed for various start-ups and research. IIITH's campus consists ..

216 projects worth Rs 713 crore will make Shimla smart city: CM Thakur

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday said that 216 projects worth Rs 713 crore had been approved for Shimla under Smart City Mission

NGT observes serious environmental violation in UP's smart city project

The National Green Tribunal noted that its joint committee formed to study the issue has failed to follow the directions of the Supreme Court.

Madras HC stays Erode municipality's tender award for Smart City project

Erode Municipal Corporation had called bids to operate and manage the centre, which would bring in data pointers from various sources such police, transport, water, sewerage, and power under one roof

Budget Byte: Expenditure on urban projects needs to reach pre-Covid levels

In the current financial year, the flow towards capex has slowed down a bit, due to the need to spend financial resources elsewhere

Economic Survey 2019: Rs 2-trn Smart City Mission projects underway

The Survey noted that about 1,290 projects worth Rs 22,569 crores have been completed and are operational

Economic Survey: 5,151 smart city projects at various levels of execution

On Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna-Urban (PMAY-U) programme, the Survey said the scheme was launched in June, 2015 to provide "pucca" house with basic amenities to all eligible urban poor

Privacy risk: Report says India among 75 nations with AI surveillance tools

Even as right to privacy has been declared a fundamental right, India does not have a personal data protection law yet

Johnson Lifts eyes 12% growth on high government orders this fiscal

The business in the government sector is primarily driven by projects in railways, metro stations, smart cities and airports

Smart City projects on Modi govt's agenda to woo middle class

Tenders worth Rs 1.31 trillion cleared, work to be completed over five years

Shapoorji Pallonji to raise Rs 850 cr over 6 mths for 2 smart city projects

It is looking at raising a debt of Rs 450 crore for the Eluru project and Rs 400 crore for the Bengaluru project, the official added

Smart laws absolutely necessary to run India's smart city projects: Experts

The legal experts gathered at a conference in Kolkata on sustainable urban development

Smart Cities Mission: Maharashtra gets biggest share of Rs 99-bn allocation

The release of funds depends on certain conditions, including satisfactory physical and financial progress indicated by utilisation certificate that the cities have to submit to the ministry

'Progress in smart city projects in Guwahati, Dharamshala not satisfactory'

Under the mission, 90 cities have been selected so far by the government and each city will get Rs 500 crore as central assistance for implementing various projects

Smart city complex task, maintaining standards can simplify work: Paswan

National standards make the smart cities work safely and smoothly, he said

Govt to consider market borrowing to fund urban renewal schemes

The Modi government has committed central assistance to the tune of around Rs 3 lakh crore under various new urban missions, a senior ministry official said

Govt to hold contest with Rs 50 lakh prize money for Smart City projects

Evaluation criteria include "impact, innovation and scalability/replicability" in other areas of the