Post-2014 Period
Development of 100 Smart Cities
Rejuvenation and Transformation of 500 Cities (>100,000 Population)
Swachh Bharat (Clean India Mission)
Smart City Mission
The Government of India launched the Smart Cities Mission on 25 June 2015. It was proposed to cover 100 cities over the period 2015-16 and 2019-20.
Approach to Smart City Mission
India is witnessing rapid urbanization and the phenomenon requires a major policy response. As part of the policy response, the government conceived of the Smart City Mission. The four key ingredients of a thriving urban ecosystem are institutional infrastructure, physical infrastructure, social infrastructure and economic infrastructure. So, the Smart City approach aims to upgrade urban ecosystems either through targeted strategic interventions using one of the ingredients with city-wide impact (Pan City Initiatives) or through simultaneously upgrading more than one ingredient in a defined space (Area Based Project). It is understood that the exact implementation of such a strategy has to be customized to the specific context.