The project will go through a formal evaluation and further public consultation before a final vote on March 31
Amaravati, India's first greenfield capital in decades, has been hailed as a model planned city
Under the scheme, each city will get Rs 500 crore from the Centre for implementing various projects
Planners for new state capital envision drones, artificial intelligence to keep order and head off growth of slums
Only 6.3% of all projects sanctioned under the Smart Cities Mission were under implementation till July
20% of all local govt organisations will generate revenue from value-added open data through marketplaces by 2020
A structured approach in selecting these projects has thus far been missing from most city councils, says Ganesh Ramamoorthy, research vice president at Gartner
The group has sold over 1,350 homes in India's first privately developed smart city in Maharasthra
An SPV will help in the planning, implementation, operation, monitoring and management of the project
So far, the urban development ministry has selected 60 cities in three rounds and has covered 27 states and Union Territories
Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said that a total investment of Rs.1, 44, 742 crores has been proposed by 60 cities under smart city plans
Vadodara, Agra, Nagpur, Ajmer, Amritsar, Gwalior, Thane and Thanjavur are some of the other cities that have been named
The Smart City Mission is an initiative of the Narendra Modi government to develop 100 satellite towns across the country
Devendra Fadnavis has handed over the letter of intent to the company
The Orange City will become the country's first large-scale integrated smart city
Government had submitted a proposal of Rs 2,400 crore for implementing Smart City project in Assam capital, said Hemanta Biswa Sharma
Telangana government, Cisco and Mtuity have come together to plan Smart City Hyderabad by identifying relevant technology interventions/use cases
Development of new real estate hubs could typically take between 5 and 10 years to develop depending on the state of economy of the city and the state
Vadodara, known for being the cultural capital of Gujarat, is home to several corporate giants and housing projects
He was speaking in Pune at the one-year anniversary of the initiative