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Digital India & Smart cities

Presented by:-Pankaj Madaan

Roll No- 122/2013



Smart Cities

SMART CITIES



Introduction• The concept of smart cities originated at the time

when the entire world was facing one of the worsteconomic crisis.

• In 2008, IBM began work on a 'smarter cities'concept as part of its Smarter Planet initiative by2009 it had captivated many nations.

• Countries like South Korea, UAE and China began toinvest heavily into their research and formation.



Meaning of Smart City• The UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)

considers smart cities a process rather than a static outcome,in which increased citizen engagement, hard infrastructure,

social capital and digital technologies make cities more livable,resilient and better able to respond to challenges.

• The British Standards Institute (BSI) defines the term as “the effective integration of physical, digital and human systems in

the built environment to deliver sustainable, prosperous andinclusive future for its citizens” .



Meaning of Smart City (cont.)Data-driven definitions• IBM defines a smart city as “one that makes optimal use of all

the interconnected information available today to better

understand and control its operations and optimize the use oflimited resources ”.

• Cisco defines smart cities as those who adopt “scalable

solutions that take advantage of information andcommunications technology (ICT) to increase efficiencies,

reduce costs, and enhance quality of life ”.



Conceptual Framework of Smart City

Source: World Smart City Forum 2011



Need for Smart Cities

Smart

Cities

Globalization

Urbanization

Technology

Efficiency



Need for Smart Cities (Indian Context)• India has 3 cities in top 50 densely populated cities in world

with Chennai (Rank 12), Delhi (Rank 14) and Mumbai (Rank 31).

Smart cities will –

• De-congest and will stop huge migration to these cities.

• Will save energy, water, oil consumption.

• Will provide cleaner environment, e-governance & will improvequality of life of people.



India’s Vision for Smart Cities • PM Narendra Modi announced India will build 100

smart cities to de-congest metro cities.• Finance minster announced Rs 7,600 cr to build 100

smart cities.• Singapore & France has offered help to build some of

the smart cities.•

India signed MoU with Japan to turn Varanasi into a‘smart city’ on the model of Kyoto.• US has also offered help to build three Smart Cities in

India.



Challenges• Concerns about data privacy, security and value

– Data needed for initiatives such as open dataplatforms and the integration of health services is notalways accessible.

• Increasing citizen take up and participation is difficult – This is due to some people having limited access to broadband

or not having the skills and confidence to use the internet – especially in low income communities and among older people.

• Land Acquisition Act 2013 – Introduction of Land Acquisition Act 2013 which asks

acquirer to pay 4 times of market value of land andalso to provide employment opportunity to displacedpeople.



DIGITAL INDIA



Introduction•

Envisaged by Department of Electronics and Information TechnologyDigital India programme was launched to transform India into digitalempowered society and knowledge economy.

• The programme will be implemented in phases from the current yeartill 2018.

• It will ensure that Government services are available to citizenselectronically.

• It would also bring in public accountability through mandated deliveryof government’s services electronically.

• Unique ID and e-Pramaan based on authentic and standard basedinteroperable and integrated government applications and data basis.



Vision• Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen

• Governance & Services on Demand

• Digital Empowerment of Citizens



Impact of Digital India by2019

• Broadband in 2.5 lakh villages, universal phoneconnectivity

• Net Zero Imports by 2020• 400,000 Public Internet Access Points• Wi-fi in 2.5 lakh schools, all universities; Public wi-fi

hotspots for citizens• Job creation: Direct 1.7 Cr. and Indirect at least 8.5 Cr.•

e-Governance & eServices: Across government• India to be leader in IT use in services – health,

education, banking• Digitally empowered citizens – public cloud, internet

access



Challenges• Program on this scale never conceived• Each Pillar/program has own challenges• Human Resource Issues• NIC - not equipped for a fraction of this

task (obsolesce) - needs revamping &restructuring

• Financial Resource Issues• Some others are process improvements or

better utilization of resources



How UT Starcom can help??• Telecommunication is the backbone for both Smart

Cities as well as Digital India, with wide variety ofproducts provided by UT Starcom can help achievingit.

• Provide the optimum architecture for the completenetwork infrastructure covering transmission.

• Provide service platforms to deliver VAS includinghigh speed broadband, VoIP, videoconferencing,IPTV, VoD and corporate site connectivity.

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