Centre to unveil 99 Smart Cities list on Thursday

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 22:01

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the criteria and guidelines for 100 Smart Cities to be selected through city challenge competition in June 25.

List of 100 smart cities to be out by Sept 1, says Minister

Last Updated: Saturday, August 22, 2015, 18:12

The Government is set to announce by September 1 the names of urban centres that would figure in the list of 100 smart cities, a flagship scheme of the Narendra Modi administration.

Essel, CII ink pact for technical consortium for Smart Cities

Last Updated: Thursday, August 13, 2015, 19:19

The India Technical Consortium would be set up under the CII National Mission on Smart Cities, the company said in a statement.

Check out: 500 towns on the way to become smart cities

Last Updated: Thursday, August 13, 2015, 10:14

Is your town among the 500 which are on the way to become India's modern cities.

Guidelines for implementation of Smart City project soon

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 11, 2015, 19:55

The recommendations and guidelines for stage-1 development of 100 Smart Cities across the country will be announced either on Thursday or Friday, Union Urban Development Secretary Madhusudhan Prasad said here while inaugurating a conference here.

'India should consider making 100 existing cities smart'

Last Updated: Saturday, July 25, 2015, 12:43

India should consider making 100 existing cities smart instead of building new ones, an India-based American architect has said here in Singapore.

8% growth possible if GST and smart cities are executed: FM Jaitley

Last Updated: Sunday, July 12, 2015, 11:13

Jaitley said that agriculture sector will need huge amount of funding in the coming days and productivity of oil seeds this year may be higher.

State-level panels and city forums to realise smart cities

Last Updated: Monday, July 6, 2015, 10:16

The city level forum, that will include NGOs, Chamber of Commerce, women groups, tax payers association will play an important role in the development aspects of these cities.

Smart City project: Kerala wants 7 cities

Last Updated: Saturday, June 27, 2015, 20:08

As per the project, 100 Smart Cities would be developed across the country. While Uttar Pradesh has been assigned 13 Smart Cities, Kerala has got just one.

Criterial for selection of 'Smart Cities' announced

Last Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2015, 22:08

Given the challenges involved in developing the proposed 100 smart cities, only the capable cities will be chosen under the programme through a two-stage competition.

Smart cities to be decided by citizens: PM Modi

Last Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2015, 14:16

Smart cities will be selected through a bottom-up rather than top-down approach, where the decision would be made by the citizens and municipalities concerned, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday.