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13 February 2018
Hon’ble Minister Shri Hardeep S Puri at the National Orientation Workshop PROJECT IN FOCUS Minister Flags Off India m2m + IoT Liveability Index Forum Held in Delhi The Liveability Index is a landmark initiative 5th Annual National m2m + IoT Forum by MoHUA to evaluate liveability of 116 was held on 30 – 31 January 2018, at Indian cities on 79 indicators in 15 categories. India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The The ministry organised a daylong orientation forum focused on machine-to-machine workshop on 13 February at Vigyan Bhawan (m2m) and internet of things (IoT) from New Delhi. You can access the presentations the larger umbrella of the Information Communication Technology (ICT). The made in the workshop on SmartNet. Cycle Smart Bhopal forum aims at enriching the m2m and Under Smart Cities Mission Bhopal has built Tip of the Week IoT ecosystem with market intelligence, country’s first completely automated 24x7 technology trends, success stories and bicycle sharing programme. With 500 GPS Light & Seek Vibrancy capacity building, and offers opportunity tracked cycles, 50 unmanned stations linked Illumination of heritage and other buildings for branding and positioning, learning to central control system, 12 km long and 5 not only makes the entire surrounding area and sharing, connecting and networking meter wide bicycle tracks, the project costed vibrant and lively, it also boosts local with eminent peers, and industry experts. about Rs 7 crore. This project was rolled out Please visit: http://m2m2iotforum.com in PPP mode and Rs 3 Crore was spent from economy by promoting tourism. The the Mission funds. The rest came from a Illumination of Rashtrapati Bhawan, Delhi private investor. About 28,000 bikers are already registered with the programme and one new registration takes place every 5 minutes. It is promoting a healthy and environment friendly lifestyle. The initiative is contributing to the environment in a major way with offsetting more than 7400kg of CO2 emissions already after logging 34,000+ clean kilometers. For more details please visit: ‘dynamic lighting’ of Rashtrapati Bhawan, H&UA Minister Shri Hardeep S. Puri at the forum https://goo.gl/2dPVwq North and South Blocks has been completed in Delhi. In Varanasi, Everything You Wanted to Know about PPP! illumination is in progress in 12 buildings: Government of India recognises PPP as an well as lack of well-defined processes Town Hall, Durga Mandir, Dashaswamesh effective and efficient strategy to meet the have created substantial huddle in Ghat, Tulsi Manas Mandir, Sarnath ever-growing demand for investment in selecting suitable project to be executed Museum, Old Kashi Vishwanath temple, infrastructure across the country, which under the PPP mode, their procurement BHU Kashi Vishwanath temple, Rajghat, can save significant amount of tax payers' process & the implementation of PPP Cantt. Railway Station, BHU Gate, Samne money. To provide financial support for projects. UN Global Compact Network, Ghat Bridge, and Manikarnika Gate. various PPP projects that are being India has created a document 'Public Case Study: Vivid Sydney in Australia is a planned and executed across the country, Private Partnership Framework For 3 week annual event of light and music the Government has introduced various Infrastructure Sector' with the objective of featuring outdoor display of lighting initiatives such as establishment of Public defining & streamlining the process of sculptures and illumination of the Sydney Private Partnership Appraisal Committee effective implementation of PPP projects. Opera House with contemporary music (PPPAC), an Infrastructure Project We hope it will help you avoid process programmes on the sidelines. Last year 2.33 Development Fund, and Viability Gap and procedure related roadblocks while million people attended the event Fund. However, the lack of clarity in implementing PPP projects. To access this contributing over $143 million to the state’s economy. Interestingly, 6,738 travel various components of PPP projects as document on SmartNet click here. packages were sold in India for 2017 event. An HR agency has been empanelled for recruitment of personnel for SPVs for key managerial posts Please visit: https://www.vividsydney.com/ and other staffing requirements for the 100 Smart Cities. Please visit: https://goo.gl/Ma2HCt