archiveFebruary 2016

Smart Infrastructure

IBM WATSON INTERNET OF THINGS GIVES LIFT TO KONE’S INNOVATION IN SMART BUILDINGS

IBM and KONE, one of the global leaders in the elevator and escalator industry, today announced a multiyear agreement in which IBM will provide cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and services to drive innovation in smart buildings. Through the agreement, KONE will tap into the IBM Watson IoT Cloud Platform to connect, remotely monitor and optimize its management of millions of elevators, escalators, doors and turnstiles in buildings and cities worldwide. The system will analyze vast amounts of data from sensors embedded in equipment helping to identify and predict issues, minimize...
Smart Cities

AMERICAN COMPANIES FLOCK TO MAKE IN INDIA SEMINAR IN CHICAGO

The Illinois Chief Information Officer Hardik Bhatt has termed Illinois as one of the most important business partners of India as he expressed desire to collaborate with India in developing smart cities.Leading industrialists in the US have attended a ‘Make in India Week’ seminar in Chicago, during which several American companies showed interest in reaping benefits of the opportunity to invest in India. ‘Make in India’ is one of the flagship schemes of the Indian government which is aimed at transforming Indian economy from services driven growth model to intensive...
Smart Cities

BIHAR DY CM PITCHES FOR ‘SMART VILLAGE’

Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tejaswi Prasad Yadav today pitched for ‘Smart Village’ over ‘Smart City’ and accused the Centre of ignoring Bihar in the selection of cities under the urban scheme.”Bihar has been a victim of partiality by the union government – whether it is in the issue of Smart City or granting any package,” Yadav said. Yadav, who reached the steel city today to take part in wedding of India’s national cricket team member Varun Aaron tomorrow, questioned the relevance behind developing cities, which were already developed while...
Government AnnouncementsPolicy & Regulation

MOUD RELEASES MODEL AOA FOR CITY LEVEL SPV TO BE SETUP UNDER SMART CITIES MISSION

Implementation of the Smart City Mission at the City level will be done by a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) created for the purpose. The SPV will plan, appraise, approve, release funds, implement, manage, operate, monitor and evaluate the Smart City development projects. The SPV will be a limited company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 at the city-level, in which the State/UT and the ULB will be the promoters having 50:50 equity shareholding. The affairs of the Company will be regulated by an Articles of Association (AoA) which shall include structure...
Policy & Regulation

SMART CITY PROPOSALS OF FIRST 20 CITIES

MoUD today released the detailed proposals of the winning cities in Stage 2 of Smart Cities Competition. Following are their proposals – Rank  City  Smart City Proposal 1 Bhubaneswar  Click Here (Bhu) 2 Pune  Click here (Pun) 3 Jaipur  Click Here (Jpr) 4 Surat  Click Here (Sur) 5 Kochi  Click Here (Koc) 6 Ahmedabad  Click Here (Ahm) 7 Jabalpur  Click Here (Jbp) 8 Visakhapatnam  Click Here (Viz) 9 Solapur  Click Here (Slp) 10 Davanagere  Click Here (Dav) 11 Indore  Click Here (Ind) 12 New Delhi Municipal Council  Click Here (Del)...
Smart Infrastructure

BMC’S DOOR-TO-DOOR DEBRIS COLLECTION MOVE EVOKES GOOD RESPONSE

Mumbai civic body’s initiative of door-to-door collection of construction debris from private properties undertaking repair or renovation work, has yielded positive results as it has not only removed over 26 metric tonnes of debris, but also earned over over Rs 25 lakh in five months. Of the 9,700 metric tonnes of waste generated daily in Mumbai, around 2,700 metric tonnes comprises construction waste and silt.In August last year, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had started a service called ‘Debris and Call’, in which citizens were given a phone number to...