What Is the Smart Cities Mission?

Planet Crust
3 min readJul 7, 2021

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July 7, 2021/in Smart Cities, Smart Government /by Vagisha Arora

Smart cities have become one of the biggest priorities for countries worldwide in terms of prioritizing local geographical safety, public city operations, and maximizing economic growth.

A smart city is defined as a specific regional area that utilizes digital technology and information and communication technology to collect real historical data so that valuable insights can be drawn to solve city issues.

The local city government then further utilizes this real-time data to improve daily city operations by making informed decisions and developing holistic and comprehensive solutions to city problems and concerns.

The smart city IT market is projected to reach an annual value of $34 billion. Efficient and systematic smart city management can make keeping up with smart city trends and achieving future global digitalization objectives an achievable reality.

What is the Smart Cities Mission?

The smart cities mission is a centrally sponsored scheme by the government of India that aims to promote geographical areas that provide their citizens with fundamental physical and digital infrastructure, a clean and sustainable environment, and a satisfactory standard of living through the implementation of smart solutions.

The smart cities’ main objective is to propel economic growth and improve the quality of life of local citizens by encouraging social, economical, and physical regional area development and utilizing the power of technology.

What is a smart city according to the smart cities mission?

The smart cities mission defines a smart city using six fundamental principles upon which further goals and objectives are developed, namely ‘community at the core,’ ‘More from less,’ ‘technology as a means, not a goal,’ and ‘convergence.’

What does the mission entail?

The mission involves a total of 100 cities with a deadline of completion of 2023. Central and state governments provide financial aid and funding for each city’s smart city projects towards technology and digital infrastructure.

Furthermore, each city creates a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), which is a legal entity responsible for ensuring that the mission’s long-term goals and objectives are being met responsibly and efficiently. Each Special Purpose Vehicle is led by an elected full-time CEO who oversees the implementation and maintenance of smart city projects.

Crust — Construct the Perfect Smart City Of Your Dreams

As advancements in digital technology and infrastructure continue to receive funding and investment from regulatory state bodies, smart cities have become increasingly crucial towards the development of geographical regions all over the world. Crust’s open-source, low-code software solution is the ideal tool that helps architects construct the perfect smart cities.

Crust’s API-centric, cloud-based solutions can help cities display large amounts of data in an accurate and highly structured manner. Once data is accurately presented using a variety of chart-making tools and graphic visualization features, valuable insights can be drawn to aid in decision making. This can help improve the allocation and utilization of financial resources.

Crust’s flexible software can make smart city management much more accessible than ever before. Try a demo so that your city can take advantage of the benefits of smart city management software.

Tags: Public sector, Smart cities, Smart government, Smart Patient Management System, Urban Data Platform

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