SMART CITIES-INDIA

By : Kasti Joshi

What is smart Cities?

The definition of smart cities varies from country to country and also it differs from city to city, with each individual having different expectations from there cities

SMART CITIESSmart city is a concept to develop

the number of clusters of urbanized city for better living for the people

in terms of infrastructure and services by utilizing technologies as a tool to have the better outcomes for the smart city. The objective of

smart city is to have overall development and betterment of the

cities in terms of clean and sustainable environment, economic

growth and smart application.

Time line of smart Cities:

In 2014 Budget was set by Finance minister for smart

cities.24th

June,2015 :AMRUT was launched28th Jan,2016:

MoUD announces the list of top smart cities

On 20th May,2016: First smart cities expo was held in

New Delhi.24th May,2016: Second list of

selected smart cities was declared

25th June 2016: First anniversary

of smart cities was celebrated and there

was a launch of

20 selected smart cities.

STAKEHOLDERS OF SMART CITIES AND ADVANTAGES THEY HAVE:

1) Foreign Investors: The GOI has allowed full FDI investment in order to facilitate better financing The World Bank and ADB provided 0.5 and 1 billion USD worth of investment

respectively Countries like Japan, singapore, UA,Taiwan, Germany,Spain and singapore

had signed a deal for developing and helping India n smart cities project. Nearly 300 companies from 35 different countries have shown there interest

in joining hands with the smart city projects.

Benefits to foreign investors of investiong in smart cities project.

• tax exemption.eg real estate investment for FDI• low wages.• special investment benefits.• Flexible policies for foreign investors.• Huge market size and new market space. • Robust growth.

DIPP report states that there is increase of 24.5% of total inflow of FDI as compared to 2014.

•increase in the job opportunities.•economic growth of the country•Development and betterment by IT comapnies

REAL ESTATE:

48,000 crore will be used for real estate development in smart cities project.

Real estate occupies three fourth of smart city investment. Building of URBAN DEVELOPMENT,infrastructure,better health

facilities,transport,housing and buildings.

Benefits to real estate from smart cities.

Gift city in Ahmedabad, Aurangbad, kochi,kerela, delhi, NCR, ponneri, tumker are the few cities where infrastructure projects are rolled under smart cities

economic zones with modified tax benefits and Real Estate investment norms for more FDI investment will improve the growth of real estate companies.

project like GIFT cities will attract more IT compnaies investments. A growth of 10-15% is expected in real estate. pricing appreciation and growth. Huge funding and investment.

Benefits of country and citizend from Real estate

• 250 ancillary business dependent on Real estate will also boost.

• new jobs will be created.

• GDP of the country will increase.

• Highly used technology with better infrastructure will improve the living of citizens.

• Better water management and energy management, with better parking facilities and IOT used housing and buildings.

ICT COMPANIES:

Integrators – Provide unified and integration of multiple components (IBM, oracle ,Accenture)

Network Service providers – Provide collaborative networks and data analytics (CISCO)

Product providers – Products that act as main nodes of Connectivity (Honeywell , Siemens )

Managed service providers – Provides monitoring , management and consulting ( IBM , Infosys )

IBM, CISCO,HITACHI,EMC,DELL , Schneider Electric Infrastructure Ltd, HCL TECHNOLOGIES are few companies from ICT domain participated in smart cities project According the study service proviider and DTT providers will invest more in

smart cities. SMART CITIES deploy on ICT companies by tracking and analytics usage,

so that the facilities and amenities are utilized in best way and maximum effectiveness.

From traffic to parking to health facilities everywhere there is a need of ict and iot for the smarter cities.Even in the field of energy and utilities( planning, utility and consumption) and for this ict is backbone from home, cities, hospitals to e government.

Wifi network which will be back bone of the smart city services. Reliance jio will out wifi services acroos 50 cities in 2016. Bharti and vodafone will deploy wifi though a JV company Firefly. Facebook with BSNL to deploy wifi in 100 area. Google partenered hotspots in 400 railway stations

Eg. Powerful navigation system which have made driving easier for the people. SMART device like navigation system in traffic infrastructure can make driving a city more intuitive.

Huge market growth is expected

8-10% of growth is expected.

benefits of ICT

Comapnies

• Connecting devices,infrastructure and vehicles everywhere in the city, can reduce water and energy consumption and water management and energy management can be done.

• improve safety • quality of life• make city greener safer and more

effecient.• wireless parking solutions, to reduce

congestion• connected waste management to keep

the city greener and clean.• connected streeghtlights, connected

shared vehicles.• wireless smart grid solutions.• connected power and gas meteres to

reduce leak and waste

Citizens: As a citizen, it is our job to preserve all the luxuries and facilities provided to us Current urban population is 410 million which is exepected to grow 810 million by 2050. With increase in population more facilities will be required from energy to

housing for the citizens. With this there is a need of improvement in infrastructure, water facilities,

energy,better enviornment and education, health facilities, e –goverenance, ICT developed facilities for the citizens.

This is why government came up with 100 smart cities India and 500 AMRUT cities.

1) There will be improved productivity and services. 2) E-government services will help the citizen to deliver the services faster and

convenient, also at lower operating cost.3) Waste management systems, electricity supply round the clock, recycling and

reduction of waste.4) Water quality monitors, and leakage identification and prevention.5) Renewable source of energy, smart meters, and green buildings.6) Smart traffic parking, intelligent traffic management.7) Better quality of life and economic growth.8) More of the employment opportunities and jobs will be created with foreign

investors, ICT AND RETAIL ESTATE.

Consulting Firms:

All the proposed Smart Cities have nominated a total of 37 consultancy firms who will ideate the basic layout for smart city project

CRISIL ,KPMG, MOTT MACDONALD, McKinsey are among the 37 major consulting firms who are assigned for action plans for smart cities selected by government bodies.

Companies will prepare the plan and proposals under the supervision of ULB, which contains area development plan and finance plans for the complete proposals of smart cities.

A firm selected under LCS (least cost selection) and proposal format mentioned in RFP.

Key Drivers:

Governance and government: They play major role in smart cities, for planning and management of cities. With new technologies coming, now it is more focused to citizens.

Including the maintenance of smart cities, security to e –governance. Special vehicle bodies.

Real estate and infrastructure: Better Inter and intra city transportation facilities, water and energy resources management, better sanitation system, drainage and waste management system with the help of better technology use.

IoT: IoT is main key driver of the smart cities .Iot and smart cities are new door opened for better employment and better lifestyle for the citizens. IoT will help the cities to utilize the resources properly, & it will also help to

let us know when it is needed, which can help to save time, energy and money.

Noise pollution, water management, smart lights, cloud based big data automation, citizen information system, health monitoring, waste management, everything will be monitored and controlled by IoT.

Smart manufacturing, asset optimization and management, Automation of industries, Predictive maintenance.

Water quality testing, in advance preparedness for floods, demand forecasting.

Smart cities can bring tourist, better investments, employment, and quality of life, which can all add to the economic growth of the nation.

Ict sectors and wireless sensor networks: High speed data

coverage, small cell deployment, sensing infrastructure, robust, reliable and secured network.

Conclusion:

Smart city is all about increasing quality of life with the IoT at center, all ICT companies of the world are preparing themselves to be the main part of smart cities, and finding their niche market and market growth.

 

With more and more people moving towards the urban life, it is the major challenge to be overcome with the help of the concept “smart cities”, where from water management to infrastructure will be taken care of.Also with the development it should provide safe and livable environment to all the citizens.

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