Lok Sabha Question No. 2779 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-05
Subject: Peoples’ Participation in SCM
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: K. Muraleedharan

NO. 2779.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO\_ 2779

TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 05, 2019

## PEOPLES' PARTICIPATION IN SCM

SHRI K MURALEEDHARAN:

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

- (a) whether 15.2 million citizens participated in the preparation of plans at various stages of Smart Cities Mission (SCM) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the smart cities mission requires smart people who actively participate in governance and reforms and if the details thereof;
- (c) more than a ceremonial
- whether the citizen-involvement is much participation in governance; and
- whether the Government did not prescribe any particular model to
- (d) be adopted by the smart cities and if SO, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) Citizen Engagement was one of the features for the preparation of Smart City Plans (SCP) where cities were encouraged to key

decide their aspirations and execute them with support from Central and State Government. During preparation of SCPs extensive citizen engagement was conducted   including meetings and discussions in various forums, suggestions and opinions through My-Gov and other social media. More than 15 million people were reached out during the preparation of SCPs by various cities and more than 2.4 million responses were received on MyGov.in, the Indian governments online citizen engagement portal:

- (b) & (c) The objective of Smart Cities Mission is to promote cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and application of SolutionsSmart Cities will have smart components like governance, waste management, water management, energy management, urban mobility, tele-medicine, education, incubationl facilitation cells, skill development centres, climate solutions, etc:

As stated in the Smart Cities Mission Guidelines (Section 15.5), Sthe Smart Cities Mission requires smart people who actively participate in governance and reformsCitizen involvement is much more than a ceremonial participation in governance. Smart people involve themselves in the definition of the Smart decisions on deploying Smart Solutions, implementing reforms,  doing more with less and oversight during implementing and designing post-project structures in order to make the Smart developments sustainable: The participation of smart people will be enabled by the SPV through increasing use of ICT, especially mobile-based tools:" City, City

Smart cities use a combination of in-person, media-related and online engagement methods to generate awareness, receive feedback from citizens, and co-create solutions. Citizens were also engaged through focused group  discussion, ward-level meetings, polling and public eventsCitizen engagement has been further enhanced by recent improvements in technology which enable cities to use social media and online platforms for engagement:

- (d) Smart Cities Mission Guidelines have proposed a two pronged strategy for mission implementation Area Based Development and Pan City Development: The strategic components of Area Based Development are city improvement (retrofitting), city renewal (redevelopment) and city extension (greenfield development) Pan city development envisages application of selected smart solutions to the existing city-wide infrastructure: The three models of Area-based Smart City Development are given below:
- Retrofitting: will introduce planning in an existing built-up area of more than 500 acres to achieve Smart City objectives, along with other  objectives, to make the existing area more efficient and liveable.
- Redevelopment: will effect a replacement of the existing built-up environment and enable cO-creation a new layout with enhanced infrastructure using mixed land use and increased density in an area of more than 50 acres
- Greenfield development: will introduce most of the Smart Solutions in a previously vacant area (more than 250 acres) using innovative planning; plan financing and plan implementation tools land poolingl land reconstitution) with provision for affordable housing; especially for the poor.

Smart City Proposals were expected to encapsulate either of the three Pan-city feature models of Area-based smart development and a with smart solutionscity

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