smart cities

Why urban development needs to be both inclusive and sustainable

September 26, 2025 6:22 pm

After liberalisation, economic reforms were mostly carried out in the formal sector, sidelining the informal sector, which employed more than half of the urban population. As cities expand unevenly, informal workers face rising living costs, displacement, and greater vulnerability, creating a condition called ‘poverty paradox’. 

Top 10 'smart' cities in the world 2025: Where do Indian cities rank?

August 28, 2025 6:11 am

IMD Top 10 Smart Cities in the World 2025: Zurich leads the rankings of IMD's Smart City Index rankings for 2025, followed by Oslo and Geneva.

Smart cities, broken communities: From New Delhi to Varanasi, what we lose when urban planning is not inclusive

June 28, 2025 2:33 pm

As iconic shops and heritage neighbourhoods are cleared for development, planners must ask — who are our cities really being built for?

As Smart Cities Mission winds up, a dashboard and a question from Agra: how smart is the city?

March 31, 2025 1:56 pm

Smart Cities Mission 2025: With the Smart Cities Mission nearing its end on March 31, the question facing the 100 cities that were part of the project is, how ‘smart’ are their cities? A status check from Agra, the city of the Taj.

Smart Cities Mission set to end on March 31, but 7% projects likely to go on

March 16, 2025 8:10 am

The mission was launched in 2015 with the aim of creating 100 smart cities. The cities were selected in rounds of competition held from January 2016 to June 2018, and they had five years from their respective selection, that is 2021 to 2023, to complete the projects.

Today in Politics: Union Cabinet to meet; SC to hear plea on ‘bulldozer justice’

September 02, 2024 8:15 am

PM Modi to kick off BJP’s membership drive; UDF to protest against Kerala government over Hema Commission findings; President Murmu to begin 3-day Maharashtra visit.

Cabinet approves setting up of 12 industrial smart cities across 10 states

August 28, 2024 7:06 pm

Addressing media persons, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the project will create an investment potential of about Rs 1.52 lakh crore.

Imphal Smart City puts in additional workers to meet projects’ June deadline

January 19, 2024 8:05 am

Ten projects worth Rs 435 crore are still ongoing, though, according to Imphal Smart City CEO Thingbavjam Harikumar Singh, most of them are 80% to 90% complete.

IITs, IIMs among others to submit 50 papers on impact of Smart Cities Mission

January 13, 2024 9:17 am

Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Friday said the Mission will “hopefully” achieve its targets in 2024.

Sustainable development at heart of Smart Cities, has lessons for Global South: report

September 27, 2023 11:32 pm

Cites water, sewage projects in Ahmedabad, Indore as examples; over 70% projects contribute to SDGs

Cities cannot be built overnight. It'll take time: Venkaiah Naidu on smart cities

July 28, 2014 6:04 pm