The enterprise behind the Smart City Mission is to promote cities that are providing core infrastructure and a decent quality of life to its citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and furthering application of ‘smart’ solutions. Such a development cannot exclude sustainable and inclusive development, avers Vedika Jain. The third round of the Smart Cities challenge had the largest number of winning cities among all the rounds of the competition. The 30 winning cities had submitted proposals considering their needs and limitations in terms of geographical restrictions, demographics, etc. There is no fixed definition of a Smart City and it…
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For the third round, 45 cities contested for the 40 available slots but in the results announced at the National Workshop on Urban Transformation in Delhi, only 30 cities made it. This was done to ensure that upon selection of the cities, proper and effective implementation of the plans can be made if there are a reasonable number of cities, says Kriti Kalra. The Smart Cities Mission was launched by the government in June 2015 with the aim of promoting sustainable and inclusive cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens, a clean…
Ruchi Verma throws up numbers to show that the cities that participated in the competition improved the quality of smart city plans by up to over 25 percent to become eligible for the selection. With the selection of these 13 cities, 25 States and Union Territories were now covered under the Smart City. The winners of the second round of the Smart City Challenge were announced in September 2016. In this round, there was participation from 63 potential smart cities out of which 27 Smart Cities were selected as the winners of the second round. As part of the initiative,…
Nikita Shastri points out that in the first round, there was a remarkable participation from citizens across cities and over 1.5 crore people participated in shaping the smart city plans. This was applicable to 97 cities and towns that took part and the biggest achievement of the entire exercise was a forthcoming and productive participation from the aware and active citizens of the country. when the Government of India launched the Smart Cities Mission in June 2015, there were several objectives including ‘promoting sustainable and inclusive cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its…
The Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav initiative has worked wonders for the social fabric of the country as a strong binding force. Defying Covid, citizens, ministries, government departments, agencies, municipal offices, corporations, village panchayats and leaders at all levels have come together to commemorate India’s 75 th year of Independence observes Vandana Rao. India Post celebrated Banking Day at Assam Postal Circle as part of the Amrit Mahotsav where five SSA pass books were handed over to girl child The Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav initiative has united India in more ways than one. The Prime Minister envisioned it as a movement…
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A book that bespeaks of military law and justice but flows smoothly enough for a layperson to comprehend is indeed a treasure trove. The opening page is not only significant but poignant as it sets the tone and pace on the milestone decisions by constitutional courts across various jurisdictions that have impacted military justice. The book delves into the purpose of military justice in order for military leadership to maintain discipline, efficiency and morale. It makes us realise that it is increasingly relevant to study and analyse the outcome of decisions that have a direct bearing on military courts. Major…