{"id":115053,"date":"2021-06-28T11:08:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T05:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=115053"},"modified":"2021-07-01T11:46:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T06:16:42","slug":"government-releases-india-smart-cities-awards-contestisac-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/government-releases-india-smart-cities-awards-contestisac-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Government releases India Smart Cities Awards Contest(ISAC) 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What is the News?<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Government of India has released the ranking of the India Smart Cities Awards Contest(ISAC) 2020.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">About India Smart Cities Awards Contest(ISAC) 2020:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"51\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"38\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">ISAC 2020 awards\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">were presented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"51\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"39\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The awards were announced\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/smart-cities-mission-and-amrut\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Smart Cities Mission(SCM)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/smart-cities-mission-and-amrut\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Atal Mission for Urban Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation(AMRUT)\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pradhan-mantri-awas-yojana-urban\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Pradhan\u00a0Mantri\u00a0Awas\u00a0Yojana-Urban\u00a0(PMAY-U).<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"51\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"40\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Parameters:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The rankings were announced on the basis of several parameters such as social aspects, governance, culture, urban environment, sanitation, economy, built environment, water and urban mobility.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"&quot;Courier New&quot;\" data-listid=\"52\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"10\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">For the year of the pandemic,\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">additional parameters of sustainable business model of Integrated Command and Control\u00a0Centres\u00a0and innovation in Covid-19 management were also counted.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Key Takeaways:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"53\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"41\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cities:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Indore and Surat were declared joint winners of the Smart Cities Award 2020.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"53\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"42\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">States<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: Uttar Pradesh secured the first position in the state awards\u00a0category. It\u00a0was followed by Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"&quot;Courier New&quot;\" data-listid=\"54\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"11\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">This is the first time\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">that states have also been awarded for the overall performance of smart cities.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"55\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"43\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Union Territories:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Chandigarh has bagged the first award\u00a0among\u00a0Union territories.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"55\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"44\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Region wise:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Western Region is the best\u00a0performing. Its\u00a0regional average score of 45 is much higher than the national average of 32. There are 26 cities in the western region, of which 10 cities have been certified.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"55\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"45\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Surat\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">has emerged at the top among Indian cities to have successfully implemented governance through\u00a0institutionalized\u00a0use of data,\u00a0especially through big data.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/MShareArticle?OrgId=G078N4NTU.1&amp;imageview=0\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Hindu<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News?\u00a0\u00a0 Government of India has released the ranking of the India Smart Cities Awards Contest(ISAC) 2020.\u00a0\u00a0 About India Smart Cities Awards Contest(ISAC) 2020:\u00a0\u00a0 ISAC 2020 awards\u00a0were presented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.\u00a0\u00a0 The awards were announced\u00a0on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of\u00a0Smart Cities Mission(SCM),\u00a0Atal Mission for Urban Rejuvenation&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/government-releases-india-smart-cities-awards-contestisac-2020\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Government releases India Smart Cities Awards Contest(ISAC) 2020<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8043,1566,1760,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs-cat","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704730118},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}