Lok Sabha Question No. 2229 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-31
Subject: Smart Cities Mission
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: SUSHMITA DEV, MANOJ RAJORIA, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINSTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2229

TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 31, 2018

SMART CITIES MISSION

No. 2229.  KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV:

DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government's  ambitious  Smart  Cities  Mission  is
- floundering and even the funds released to the States/UTs under the Mission have not been properly utilized;
- (b) if so, the facts and details in this regard;
- (c) whether the cities selected under the Smart Cities Mission has
- been  asked  to  prepare  a  list  of  best  practices/smart  practices adopted by them;
- (d) if so, the names of cities/States which have formulated the same along with the details thereof;
- (e)  whether  the  Government  has  set  up  any  mechanism  for  the effective and better monitoring of the progress of Smart Cities and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the timelines fixed by the Government for the completion of the works in the selected Smart Cities?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS ( SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI )

(a)  &  (b)  :  100  cities  have  been  selected  across  the  country  for development as Smart Cities. These cities have been selected over a period of three years starting from the first round in January 2016 and  ending  with  the  fourth  round  in  June  2018.  The  progress  of development  of  a  city  depends  on  the  date  of  its  selection.  After selection of a city, activities like incorporation of Special Purpose Vehicle  (SPV),  appointment  of  Project  Management  Consultants (PMCs), preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPRs), preparation of  Request  for  Proposals  (RFPs)  have  to  be  completed  before  the projects  can  be  grounded.  These  activities  take  around  15-18

months from the date of selection of a Smart city.

The 100 selected cities have proposed a total of 5,151 projects at an  estimated  cost  of  Rs.  2,05,018  crores  in  their  Smart  City Proposals. As reported by cities, 1,111 projects worth Rs. 35,176.95 crores  have  been  completed  or  are  under  implementation  and tendering has started for 436 projects worth Rs. 20,542.01 crores. An amount of Rs. 11,340 crores has been released by the Central Government to the States/UTs so far under the Smart Cities Mission.

- (c)  &  (d):      No,  Madam.    However, cities selected under the Smart Cities  Mission  share  best  practices/smart  practices  adopted  by them with other cities during conferences/workshops/review meetings held from time to time.

In June 2017, the Ministry published 'India's Smart Cities: Success Stories  from  Mission  cities'  based  on  substantially  completed projects  and  upcoming  innovative  projects  in  cities.  A  total  of  22 projects were included in this document, some of which are Public Bike  Sharing  from  Bhopal,  Adaptive  Traffic  Signal  Control  System and Bhubaneswar One from Bhubaneswar, Smart Road and Smart

Solution from Coimbatore, Smart Road Davanagere, Global Positioning  System  (GPS)-based  Vehicle  Tracking  and  Monitoring Systems for Solid Waste Management  from Indore, Garbagecollection  and  management and M-Governance 311 from Jabalpur, Individual projects for Urban Slums from Kakinada etc. The document can be accessed on Smartnet at https://smartnet.niua.org/content/16316245-5e7b-4d10-ab50cfbfcf1065b1.

In  July  2018,  the  Ministry  brought  out  a  'Compendium  of  AwardWinning  Projects'  with  details  of  all  the  17  projects  which  were awarded  under  India  Smart  City  Awards  Contest  2018.  These Projects  include  Pune  Municipal  Corporation  (PMC)  Care,  Placemaking,  Lighthouse  project  and  Public  Bike  Sharing  project  from Pune; Integrated Transit Management System, Water Supply SCADA, Safe and Secure Amdavad from Ahmedabad; Transforming Schools from New Delhi Municipal Corporation; Smart Campus from Visakhapatnam; Smart Schools, Waste to Energy Plant from Jabalpur; B-Nest Incubation Centre, Integrated  Command  and Control Centre and Public Bike Sharing from Bhopal; Conservation of Rajasthan  School  of  Arts  from  Jaipur;  Public  Bike  Sharing  from Coimbatore; Intelligent Transit Management system from Surat.

(e)  :  The  Ministry  is  regularly  interacting  with  the  States/Smart Cities  at  various  levels  through  Video  Conferences,  webinars, review  meetings,  Workshops  etc.  to  assess  the  progress  and address any issues being faced in implementation of the projects. At the National level, the implementation of Smart Cities Mission is being  monitored  by  an  Apex  Committee  headed  by  Secretary, Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs.  At  State  level,  State  level High  Powered  Steering  Committee  (HPSC)  chaired  by  the  Chief Secretary  has  been  established.  There  is  a  provision  under  Smart Cities Mission Guidelines to establish a Smart City Advisory Forum at the city level to advise and enable collaboration among various stakeholders and includes the  District  Collector,  MP, MLA,  Mayor,

CEO of SPV, local youths, technical experts etc. Besides, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Nominee Directors on the Boards of SPVs are  also  monitoring  the  progress  in  respective  cities  on  a  regular basis.

(f) The duration of Mission is five years (FY2015-16 to FY2019-20). The  Mission may  be  continued  thereafter in the light of an evaluation to be done by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs and incorporating the learnings into the Mission.

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