The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry named Indore the best city and Madhya Pradesh the best state in its India Smart Cities Awards 2022.
Surat and Agra were named second and third best among cities and Tamil Nadu second in states, with the third prize being shared by Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
The cities were selected based on their ranking in terms of progress of projects, project outcomes and presentations submitted for the awards.
About Smart Cities Mission
Smart Cities Mission was launched by the Union government in June, 2015.
The main objective of the Mission is to promote cities that provide core infrastructure, clean and sustainable environment and give a decent quality of life to their citizens through the application of ‘smart solutions’.
Need for Such Mission
Cities accommodate ~31% of India's current population and contribute 63% to the GDP (Census 2011). By 2030, urban areas are expected to accommodate 40% of India's population and contribute 75% to the GDP.
Population growth in cities leads to infrastructure management and service delivery challenges.
The focus is on sustainable and inclusive development and the idea is to look at compact areas, create a replicable model to serve as a beacon to other aspiring cities.
Coverage of Smart Cities Mission
The mission will cover 100 cities that have been distributed among the States / UT on the basis of an equitable criteria.
The formula gives equal weightage (50:50) to urban population of the State/UT and the number of statutory towns (a town with a municipality, corporation, cantonment board or notified town area committee) in the State/UT.
Based on this formula, each State/UT will, therefore, have a certain number of potential Smart Cities, with each State/UT having at least one.
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