100 smart cities
With smart city development as one of the key infrastructural reforms announced by the NDA government, things are now moving at the ground. In one such move to bring a sense of balance between various smart city components, talks are underway between various invited experts on subject including internet of things (IOT) to set a [...] Continue Reading »
Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu states his plans of wooing global investors for tapping opportunities in the urban sector of India that holds potential worth 140 billion dollars. This is in view of the upcoming Smart Cities that have been planned to be developed by the Centre in the coming years. At the inauguration of [...] Continue Reading »
Singapore is willing to help India in making a positive decision of carry forwarding the plan of developing 100 smart cities, throughout the country is what said by senior minister of Singapore. Singapore has decided to help India in expanding some of its cities, including the capital New Delhi. It is just a proposed concept [...] Continue Reading »
The smart cities project is a long-term plan and expecting results overnight will be immature, Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said here on Friday. He indicated a larger, dominant role for the States in the project with the Centre playing only a supporting role. Naidu said that contrary to popular perception, the project [...] Continue Reading »
France plans to offer its expertise in urban development to build the new age cities in India. When the NaMo government announced the plans to make 100 smart cities in the country, this European country quickly jumped to the business opportunity and contacted the officials in India to express its interest. A team of officials [...] Continue Reading »
Ever since the NaMo government has taken charge in the center, the media is buzzing with the news of 100 smart cities. The government had announced a plan to develop 100 smart cities to provide better amenities in the urban areas and develop the tier II and tier III cities to reduce the load from [...] Continue Reading »
The Ministry of Urban Development has revealed that, for its ambitious ‘100 smart cities’ initiative, a web portal will be launched for inviting the participation of all stakeholders – including the general public – in discussions pertaining to the initiative. According to the information shared by a senior official of the Ministry, the web portal [...] Continue Reading »
According to Danfoss, a global player in the energy efficiency solutions, India has the potential to become a manufacturing hub for energy efficient solutions. In the last few years green building movement has gained momentum and the national green promise is taking shape. Post the swearing in of the Modi government, plans for development of [...] Continue Reading »
On Thursday the Minister of Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu announced that The guidelines for the Government’s flagship scheme ‘100 smart cities‘ are in advanced stage of finalisation. Most of the state capitals will be included in this flagship program. All the states were directed to finalise a list of cities in their respective states [...] Continue Reading »
Singapore has expressed keenness to invest in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s grand plan of creating 100 such cities across the country. In order to achieve that desired goal, the government of Singapore has sought clarity on India’s concept of smart cities. Singapore is trying to understand what the (Indian) government actually means by a ‘smart city’. Whether [...] Continue Reading »
