'Smart City plans should come up in consultation with people'

Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015, 18:11

Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said that a 'Smart City' is what the citizens want their places to be and the city-level plans should be evolved based on extensive consultations with them.

Smart City project expected to boost economy

Last Updated: Thursday, August 27, 2015, 19:30

The Centre on Thursday rolled out the ambitious Smart City project and hoped that it will attract investment to boost the economy.

12 crore people to become citizens of Smart Cities

Last Updated: Thursday, August 27, 2015, 17:25

As per the profile of the selected cities, 35 cities and towns have a population between one and five lakh. There are 21 cities with population ranging between five and 10 lakh.

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.

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.

Smart City project not 'elitist', says Naidu

Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015, 16:51

Rejecting Congress's criticism that the 'Smart City' project was "elitist" in nature, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that the NDA government's ambitious plan was aimed at benefiting "the poor who are forced to live on the fringes of growing urbanisation."

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.

PM Narendra Modi launches three ambitious schemes for transforming urban India

Last Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2015, 08:48

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched three ambitious schemes aimed at developing cities and towns as new engines for growth.

PM Modi to launch three ambitious schemes to develop cities, towns

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 24, 2015, 13:51

Modi will unveil the criteria and guidelines for the smart cities and other schemes.

PM Modi to address municipal heads at launch of flagship projects

Last Updated: Saturday, June 20, 2015, 15:48

The three big ticket projects - Smart Cities Mission, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and the Housing for All, now named as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), are worth Rs four lakh crore.

PM Modi assesses preparations of 'Housing For All' project

Last Updated: Thursday, June 11, 2015, 19:26

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for a holistic approach towards meeting the target of "Housing for All", a priority project of his government.