Given
the challenges involved in developing 100 smart cities, only the capable cities
will be chosen under the Smart Cities Mission through a two-stage competition. This
was indicated in the Operation Guidelines for Smart Cities Mission released by
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi while launching the Mission here today. The
selection criteria to be used in both the stages of competition was elaborated
in the Guidelines.
In
the Stage-1 of City Challenge Competition, each State and Union Territory will
score all their cities based on a set of criteria and nominate the top scorers
as per the indicated number of potential smart cities for participation in the
Stage-2 of competition. The evaluation criteria for Stage-1 of competition
within the State/UT is as below:
1.Existing
Service Levels (25 points) : This includes Increase in service levels over
Census 2011, An operational Online Grievance Redressal System, Publication of
at least first monthly e-newsletter and online publication of municipal budget
expenditure details for the last two financial years on website.
2.Institutional
Systems and Capacities (15 points): This covers imposition of penalties for
delays in service delivery and improvement in internal resource generation over
the last three years;
3.Self-financing
(30 points): This would be reflected in payment of salaries by urban local
bodies up to last month, Auditing of accounts up to FY 2012-13, Contribution of
internal revenues to the Budget for 2014-15 and Percentage of establishment and
maintenance cost of water supply met through user charges during 2014-15.
4.Past
track record (30 points) : Percentage of JNNURM projects completed which were
sanctioned till 2012, Percentage of City level reforms achieved under JNNURM
and extent of capital expenditure met from internal resources.
The
100 potential smart cities nominated by all the States and UTs based on Stage-1
criteria will prepare Smart City Plans which will be rigorously evaluated in
the Stage-2 of the competition for prioritizing cities for financing. In the
first round of this stage, 20 top scorers will be chosen for financing during this
financial year. The remaining would be asked to make up the deficiencies
identified by the Apex Committee in the Ministry of Urban Development for
participation in the next two rounds of competition. 40 cities each will be
selected for financing during the next rounds of competition.
Stage-2
criteria for evaluation of Smart City Plans is as below:
CITY
LEVEL EVALUATION(30 points)
1.Credibility
of implementation : This encompasses improvement in operational efficiency
over the last three years as reflected in average time taken to give building
plan approvals, increase in property tax assessment and collection, collection
of user charges for water, improvement in power supply, easing of traffic
congestion, online accessing of statutory documents through adoption of IT
etc.
2.City
Vision and Strategy : As reflected in the degree of correlation with the needs
and aspirations of the residents, use of ICT to improve public service
delivery, impact on core economic activity and inclusiveness.
PROPOSAL
LEVEL EVALUATION (70 points)
3.Impact
of proposal : To what extent the proposal is inclusive in terms of benefits to
the poor and disadvantaged, Extent of employment generation, Articulation of
quantifiable outcomes based on citizen consultations, Impact on environment
etc.
4.Cost
effectiveness of Smart City Plan : Application of smart solutions for doing
more with less of resources, Alternatives considered to enhance cost
effectiveness of the proposal, firming up of resources required from various
sources, Provision for Operation & Maintenance Costs, IT interventions to
improve public service delivery.
5.Innovation
and Scalability : Extent of adoption of best practices in consultation with
citizens, Applicability of project to the entire city, Adoption of smart
solutions and Pan-city developments.
6.Processes
followed : Extent of citizen consultations, vulnerable sections like the
differently abled, children, elderly etc., ward committees and area sabhas and
important citizen groups, Extent of use of social media and mobile governance
during citizen consultations and Accommodation of contrary voices in the
strategy and planning.
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