Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs pairs up 20 best performing smart cities with poorly performing 20 cities
On February 10, 2020, The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has paired up the 20 best performing cities with the 20 bottom cities. The top 20 smart cities of the country will work as “sister city” & tasked to help make the most backward 20 cities smart cities.
Key Points:
i.As per the internal rankings, 20 best performing cities are – Ahmedabad, Varanasi, Ranchi, Udaipur, Nagpur, Bhopal, Surat, Kanpur, Visakhapatnam, Vellore, Tiruppur, Vadodara, Nashik, Agra, Dehradun, Davanagere, Kota, Pune, Indore, and Amravati.
ii.20-20 formula: Under this formula, Varanasi has been paired with another holy city Amritsar.So now, Varanasi will help Amritsar to improve its performance under the smart cities mission. On the other hand, Surat and Visakhapatnam will help Sharanpur and Diu to improve their performance respectively. Bhopal has been tasked to share its ideas with Aizwal, Mizoram’s capital city.
iii.The pair of sister cities required to ink an MoU (memorandum of understanding) before February 20,2020 to check fastest execution of projects and report compliance to the Smart Cities Mission Directorate.
About Smart Cities Mission:
It was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban affairs in 2015 with the objective to develop 100 smart cities across the country by 2022 making them citizen-friendly and sustainable & also to promote sustainable and inclusive cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens.
About Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs(MoHUA):
Founded- 1952.
Headquarters– New Delhi.
Minister of State (MoS- Independent Charge)- Shri. Hardeep Singh Puri
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