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🔆 Smart Cities Mission: Transforming Urban India
📍 Launched: 2015 | Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
📍 Objective: Promote sustainable, inclusive, citizen-centric urban development using smart solutions.
📘 Key Features:
✅ Covers 100 cities selected via competitive challenge method
✅ Focus on area-based development (ABD) and pan-city ICT solutions
✅ Promotes smart mobility, energy efficiency, sanitation, e-governance
✅ Encourages PPP, convergence of schemes, and urban innovation
✅ Developed over 7,000+ projects, ₹1.8 lakh crore investment
📘 Impact:
✅ Improved urban resilience, service delivery, and infrastructure
✅ Recognized by UN-Habitat and global observers for smart urban models
✅ Enabled liveability improvements and citizen participation in governance
📝 Prelims Question
Q. Under the Smart Cities Mission, which of the following features are emphasized?
1. Area-Based Development
2. Smart mobility and ICT
3. Exclusive implementation by Central Government
Choose the correct answer:
(a) 1 and 2 only ✅
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
📝 Mains Question (GS2 – Governance)
Q. Evaluate the achievements and challenges of the Smart Cities Mission in transforming urban governance and infrastructure in India. Suggest ways to ensure sustainability and equity in smart urban development.
#GS2 #UrbanGovernance
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