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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 25 will launch three missions for urban transformation of the country – Smart Cities Mission, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. The Centre has committed itself to spend about ₹4 lakh crore on these three missions over the next 5-6 years, Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said in a statement.
Smart Cities Mission aims to develop the entire urban eco-system of cities covering physical, social, economic and institutional infrastructure. “This will be implemented through retrofitting (enhancing infrastructure in already built up areas and adopting smart solutions), redevelopment by demolishing already built up areas with fresh layouts for intensive land use and smart solutions, pan-city projects for the benefit of all citizens like e-governance and appropriate smart solutions. Greenfield projects can be taken up for accommodating people outside existing cities,” it added.
Each smart city, selected through a ‘City Challenge Competition’, will get Central government assistance of ₹100 crore per year for five years, the Ministry had said in April.
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