India’s Smart Cities Mission, 2015-2021: A Stocktaking – Report Overview
Cities are confluences of people. It plays a major role in today’s age and time of cosmopolitism. It’s a place where people come in search of career opportunities, a place that gives better access to education and health care services, a place where people are of diverse cultures and speak myriad of languages, a place that primarily assures a moderate and decent standard of living. Since people from different age categories and different walks of life have different expectations from cities, it is vital for the government to classify cities into three broad pillars - live-ability, economic-ability and sustainability with.
