ജനാധിപത്യത്തെ ദുർബലപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന ‘സ്മാർട്ട്’ നഗരങ്ങൾ

കേന്ദ്ര സർക്കാറിന്റെ ‘സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ’ പത്ത് വർഷം പൂർത്തിയായതിന്റെ പശ്ചാത്തലത്തിൽ സെന്റർ ഫോർ ഫിനാൻഷ്യൽ അക്കൗണ്ടബിലിറ്റി (www.cenfa.org) തയ്യാറാക്കുന്ന ലേഖന പരമ്പര, അഞ്ചാം ഭാഗം. പത്ത് വർഷം മുൻപ് കേന്ദ്ര സർക്കാർ സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചപ്പോൾ, നഗര നവീകരണത്തിനായി തെരഞ്ഞെടുത്ത 100 നഗരങ്ങളും പ്രത്യേക...

Read more November 28, 2025 at 12:52 pm Marie Hélène Zérah

How the Smart Cities Mission represents another nail in the coffin of local democracy in India

Implementing projects through Special Purpose Vehicles altered the balance between the levels of government with a centralising vision and control. When the Indian government announced the Smart City Mission 10 years ago, it mandated...

Read more October 28, 2025 at 5:14 pm Marie Hélène Zérah

Why is India’s smart city plan pushing the dubious Public-Private Partnership model?

Access to services like health and water is increasingly dependent on citizens’ capacity to pay, which transforms rightsholders into consumers, critics warn. A labourer in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City or GIFT city in Gujarat...

Read more September 15, 2025 at 1:32 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

India’s tech-driven Smart Cities Mission has destroyed the commons

Modern aesthetics and digital technology are no indication of how inclusive, walkable, breathable, and democratic a city truly is. A labourer digs a portion of a footpath as part of a beautification project in...

Read more August 25, 2025 at 12:10 pm Tikender Singh Panwar

India’s smart cities project hounded by delays

India's Smart Cities Mission (SCM) was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2015, identifying 100 cities in order to provide them with core infrastructure, along with a clean and sustainable environment.

Read more July 28, 2023 at 5:19 pm National Herald

Centralisation, no Public Representation Plague Smart Cities Mission after 7 Years

The Centre had committed Rs 48,000 crore for the mission but only Rs 41,544 crore was allocated till the end of the last financial year. The Narendra Modi government launched the Smart Cities Mission...

Read more October 13, 2022 at 3:46 pm Neelam Gaur

स्मार्ट सिटी मिशन का क्या हुआ? | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

कड़े परिश्रमों से लांच किया गया स्मार्ट सिटी का मिशन फ्लॉप साबित हुआ है। 2 लाख करोड़ का प्रोजेक्ट 7 साल बाद भी पूरा होने से कोसों दूर दिख रहा है! स्मार्ट सिटी का...

Read more September 26, 2022 at 10:49 am CFA

What killed Modi’s Dream Project? | The Money Trail

Smart Cities Mission, the first mega project of the NDA government, has turned out to be a flop. The 2 lakh crore project even after 7 years of work is far from completion, with...

Read more September 22, 2022 at 2:56 pm CFA

7 Years of Smart Cities Mission, India – A Review

The Smart Cities Mission (SCM) was launched in 2015, and was meant to conclude in five years. Centre for Financial Accountability has been researching and documenting various aspects of the mission. Reports are currently...

Read more September 14, 2022 at 12:10 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

Tumakuru Smart City Project: Part 1

Introduction When the Modi government came to power in 2014, two urban programmes – Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) – of the union government were being implemented...

Read more April 8, 2022 at 7:41 pm Siddharth Joshi