Make service delivery ‘smart’ without waiting for ‘smart city mission’

Press Release (Berhampur-21^st July, 2015): Cities are on race to be included in ‘smart city mission’ recently launched by the central government. There are tough criteria set in the mission scheme; a new competitive challenge method has been adopted to select cities to sure cooperative federalism. The strategic components are city improvement (retrofitting), city renewal (redevelopment) and city extension (greenfield development) plus a pan-city initiative in which smart solutions are applied covering larger parts of the city. The scoring process remains hard like existing service levels, institutional systems and capacities, self financing and past track record and reforms. This ambitious project will use more ICT based tools like website, mobile technology and other technological intervention in improving civic services, engage citizens from planning, implementing to monitoring, and making smart solution of pressing city challenges.

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