A product of WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

SARIKA PANDA BHATT

June 27, 2016

INDIA’S

SMART CITIES

PROGRAM SESSION B1: DOMESTIC PUBLIC INVESTMENT FOR

TRANSPORT: ALLOCATING NATIONAL BUDGET AND

USING NATIONAL CLIMATE FUNDS.

Rapid Urbanization: 100 Million to 200 Million in the last 20 years

TRANSPORT IS KEY SUSTAINABLE URBAN

DEVELOPMENT

NATIONAL AGENDA ON CITIES & TRANSPORT

JNNURM First major initiative, lunched in 2006 by

previous government

Smart cities Buzz word, high visibility, launched on July 25, 2014

500 cities Rejuvenation of 500 town and cities

HRIDAY Program on rejuvenation of Heritage Cites

SMART CITIES CHALLENGE

• First national scheme to follow a selection

instead of allocation process

• The city selection follows a two stage

‘Challenge’ method

Stage – I : Intra-State city selection on

objective criteria to identify cities to compete

in stage-II

Stage – II: All India competition to select

smart cities for multiple rounds of selection

SMART CITY COMPONENT

• Area-based developments

• Retrofitting: Development of an existing built

area greater than 500 acres,

• Redevelopment: Replace existing built

environment in an area of more than 50 acres

and enable co-creation of a new layout

• Greenfield: Develop a previously vacant area of

more than 250 acres using innovative planning

• Pan-city initiative

SMART SOLUTIONS

Transport is key to Smart Cites

SMART CITY FUNDING

• Each selected city will get USD 150 million

in 5 years

• USD 16 million per year from National

Government

• A matching contribution from the State

Government

• The project will be implemented through a

SPV

SMART CITY CHALLENGE RESULT

• 20 cities selected in January 2016 – Light

House Cities

• 13 cities selected in May 2016 – Fast-

Track Cities

• All states and UT, except J&K have

representation in Smart Cities

• Another 10 cities asked to submit the

revised plan by June 2016

TRANSPORT & SMART CITIES

• Competition can catalyze urban

transformation

• Sustainable transport can be the building

block for sustainable urban development

• Small national funding has a potential to

channelize large local and regional funds

• However, the key success will be in the

implementation of the program

Thank You

sarika.panda@wri.org