Venkaiah Naidu

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With an aim to strengthen and revitalise urban local bodies (ULBs), the government has introduced a citychallenge system for selecting smart cities on the basis of urban "Initiatives to set up 100 Smart Cities in the Most Most Most amenities, demographic profile and country by 2022 are underway and being Read Shared Commented implemented at a very fast pace," the minister financial situation especially the portion said. What central government employees can spent on municipal salaries. expect from the 7th Pay Commission ET SPECIAL: Love visual aspect of news? Was former CAG Vinod Rai right on spectrum "Initiatives to set up 100 Smart Cities in the and coal auctions? No, he was wrong on both Enjoy this exclusive slideshows treat! counts country by 2022 are underway and being How Narendra Modi government rescued 3,500 implemented at a very fast pace," the Indians from war zone Yemen minister said at the Session on "Urbanization & Smart Cities: Realizing the Investment Qatar has big investment plans for India: Potential" at the CII National Conference & Annual Session 2015 focusing on " Building Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani India: A Shared Responsibility". Swachh Bharat: PM Modi's promise of cleaning & beautifying Varanasi doesn't appear to be an empty one The minister further assured the industry that out of the total corpus of 14th Finance Commission, some grant would also be allocated to ULBs in order to improve and enhance their financial condition.

Reiterating his government's stand on the ambitious programme of development of 100 smart cities, he added that the financial resources would be the key to steer this massive agenda ahead.

"It would also be imperative to have smart leadership not only at the helm of central government but also at the municipal level who can take bold decisions in every urban area and more importantly, smart people who are willing to support smart leaders in execution of the designated plans," he said.

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Lessons for PM Modi's smart cities 12 Nov, 2014 Moinak Mitra, ET Bureau

As the Chief Globalisation Officer at Cisco, Wim Elfrink prides himself on applying digital overlay to physical infrastructure.

He's also the brain behind the 2.18 million square feet Cisco Smart Campus in Bengaluru that houses eight glassandconcrete buildings showcasing a digitally connected and sustainable environment where 8,500odd techies don't have an assigned workplace.

The campus ecosystem resembles a smart city and is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's big idePar eovf digitisPinlga yIn Sdliiad beys hsoewtting up 100N semxtart cities.

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