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    Smart Cities Mission (SCM): An Evaluation’ Report presented to Lok Sabha

    Posted 09 Feb 2024

    Updated 16 Mar 2024

    2 min read

    • Report by Parliamentary Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs assesses issues and challenges affecting progress of SCM.

     

    • Key issues highlighted in the report
      • Project management and implementation: Frequent changing and dropping of projects, lack of adequate financial progress, and intercity disparity in physical progress of implementation.
        • Lack of integrated monitoring mechanism and lack of cross-city learning.
        • Lesser emphasis on core infrastructure projects such as social infrastructure, smart energy, etc.
      • Governance and capacity: Frequent transfer of Smart City CEOs, lack of defined governance structure and monitoring capacity, and inadequate consultation with public representatives.
        • Lack of execution capability in smart cities of Himalayan and North-East region and Small UTs.

     

    • Recommendations
      • Master Plan for Greenfield development should be spearheaded by Union ministry.
      • Fixed tenure for CEOs of Smart Cities’ Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs).
      • Third party assessment of SCM projects.
      • Launch of Phase II of the SCM covering larger number of cities and areas utilizing experience and expertise of SPVs.
      • Emphasize more on Pan City projects focusing on implementing technology-driven solutions for ensuring comprehensive and holistic development.

     

    Smart Cities Mission

    • Launched in: 2015
    • Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme
    • Objective: Promote cities that provide core infrastructure, clean and sustainable environment, and give decent quality of life through application of ‘smart solutions’.
    • Till date, 100 cities selected through City Challenge Process in four rounds.
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