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Source: The post is based on the article “Indore best city, M.P. top State in Smart Cities contest” published in The Hindu on 26th August 2023.
What is the News?
The President of India will present the India Smart Cities Award Contest (ISAC), 2022.
What is the India Smart Cities Award Contest (ISAC)?
India Smart Cities Award Contest (ISAC) is organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
Aim: To recognize and reward cities, projects and innovative ideas that are promoting sustainable development across the 100 smart cities as well as stimulating inclusive, equitable, safe, healthy and collaborative cities leading to a better quality of life for all.
The ISAC award had a two-stage submission process consisting of ‘Qualifying Stage’, which involved overall assessment of the city’s performance, and the ‘Proposal Stage’ which required the smart cities to submit their nominations for six award categories.
This is the fourth edition of the ISAC awards with the previous ones held in 2018, 2019, and 2020.There were no awards in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
What are the key takeaways from ISAC 2022?
Indore has been named as the best Smart City. Surat and Agra are the second and third place winners among cities.
Madhya Pradesh has been chosen as the top state. Tamil Nadu is the second in State category followed by Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
The award for the best Union Territory has gone to Chandigarh.
