As 2025 draws to a close, a wave of new technologies is emerging across India. The growing popularity of extended reality (XR) and virtual reality (VR) products is enhancing the user experience, enabling functionalities such […]
By Venkata Subbarao Chunduru, Director and Head of India Operations, Arcadis India’s Smart City Mission (SCM) embarked on an ambitious journey to transform urban landscapes, promising sustainable development, efficient infrastructure, and improved quality of life […]
The demand for energy is rising with increasing urban population and economic growth. It is crucial for cities undergoing technological transformation under the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) to meet this demand effectively. The focus of […]
By Padma Priya J., Partner, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP The concept of smart cities in India emerged as a response to increased urbanisation and the need for transformed urban developments. Designed with a futuristic outlook […]
By Nirav Shah, Partner, and Ankur Dosi and Rahul Ranjan, PwC India India is expected to have more than 60 cities with more than one million people by 2030. With this, India stands at the […]
The Smart Cities Mission (SCM) was launched in 2015 on the key objective of developing the digital infrastructure of Indian cities. Under the mission, the transformation of cities into “smart cities” has been facilitated by […]
India’s urban landscape calls for the establishment of many planned urban centres, with the urban areas projected to contribute 73 per cent of the anticipated population growth by 2036. The country already hosts approximately 11 […]
Despite being a peninsular country, India continues to face water problems. Challenges such as water theft, customer meter errors and water leakage due to ageing pipelines lead to 40 per cent wastage. Depleting groundwater levels, […]
Indian smart cities have showcased slow yet steady development since their inception. The growth trajectory of their projects has been heavily reliant on the quality of the supporting programmes. To speed up and strengthen this […]
The launch of the Smart Cities Mission has helped scale up the installation of towers, fibre, smart poles, etc. in cities and has led to the increased uptake of smart applications such as Wi-Fi, video […]
A review of activity across various segments of the economy confirms that there is a recovery in progress, but the recovery is uneven. Some sectors are now performing better than they did during the pre-pandemic […]
The current water situation in the country has led the government to put its best foot forward. There has been considerable development on key government schemes and programmes in the water and wastewater sectors. Besides, […]
The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) launched one of its flagship missions, the Smart Cities Mission, in July 2015. The mission’s aim is to improve the quality of life in Indian cities by applying smart […]
One of the most critical aspects of the Smart Cities Mission is the mobilisation of funds for the planned projects. Based on the estimates of the High Powered Expert Committee on Investment, the requirement for […]
Recently, in April 2017, NITI Aayog released a three-year action agenda laying out India’s development strategy. Infrastructure is a key component of the action plan which is for the period 2017-18 to 2019-20. For infrastructure, […]
Cities are engines of growth, as they are centres of economic activity, investments and employment opportunities. […]
The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) has selected 20 cities in Round I of the Smart City Challenge. […]
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