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How Inclusive are the Smart City Projects Implemented in India?

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India initiated Smart City Mission in June 2015 to create 100 smart cities in the country. The central government made an outlay of 6.55 million US dollars for five years for implementing smart city projects. The initiative aims to promote core infrastructure, a decent quality of life, a clean and sustainable environment in the selected 100 cities by applying smart solutions. According to the Smart City Mission guidelines, the selected smart cities would apply citizen-engaging and grievance-redressing inclusive principles while dealing with planning issues. This paper evaluates to what extent the smart city projects were inclusive, citizen-engaging, and grievance redressing in the three Smart City Mission selected cities: Bhubaneshwar, Indore, and Vadodara. This research found little evidence that the smart city projects complied with their inclusive policy commitments.

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Notes

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    Housing cost that does not exceed 30–40% gross monthly income of buyer [16].

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    Economically Weaker Section (EWS): EWS households are those having an annual income up to Rs. 800,000 (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment). Low Income Group (LIG): LIG households are those having an annual income of between Rs. 300,001 and Rs. 600,000. [17].

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    Rs. is Indian Rupees. One US dollar is Rs. 72.39 on May 30, 2021.

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    In-situ slum development redevelops or upgrades the slums in the same location. The authorities do not relocate the slum residents to other places.

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    Transitional accommodations are temporary housing arrangements where the slum residents are placed during the slum redevelopment period.

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Karki, T. (2022). How Inclusive are the Smart City Projects Implemented in India?. In: Patnaik, S., Sen, S., Ghosh, S. (eds) Smart Cities and Smart Communities. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 294. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1146-0_13

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