The Smart Cities Mission <\/b>was launched by the <\/span>Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs <\/span>in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n Type: <\/b>Centrally Sponsored Scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n Objective:<\/b> To promote cities that provide core infrastructure, clean and sustainable environment and give a decent quality of life to their citizens through the application of \u2018smart solutions\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Cities: <\/b>100 cities have been selected to be developed as Smart Cities under the mission. <\/span>A minimum of five years is given for a city to be completed.<\/span><\/p>\n Under the mission,<\/b> the government aims to focus on innovative digital technologies interlinked with its \u2018Digital India\u2019, providing technology solutions such as surveillance systems to reduce crime and improve the safety of residents. Projects related to e-governance, mobility, integrated traffic management and solid waste management have also been envisaged.<\/span><\/p>\n Implementation:<\/b> The implementation of the Mission at the City level will be done by a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV). SPV is <\/span>promoted by the state\/Union Territory and the urban local body, with a 50% equity shareholding each. The SPV formed as a limited company is governed by the Companies Act, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Smart Cities Mission was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in 2015. Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme. Objective: To promote cities that provide core infrastructure, clean and sustainable environment and give a decent quality of life to their citizens through the application of \u2018smart solutions\u2019.\u00a0 Cities: 100 cities have been selected to… Continue reading Smart City Mission<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10315,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-116041","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10315"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}