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Jun 14, 2015

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Jun 21, 2015

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While each smart city will have distinctive features specific to its location, demography, culture and other such factors, there maybe smart solutions to problems which are common ...

While each smart city will have distinctive features specific to its location, demography, culture and other such factors, there maybe smart solutions to problems which are common to all cities. This contest seeks to identify such smart and innovative solutions to common problems. All questions in this category must be answered to be considered as a complete submission and to be eligible for short-listing. Questions 1. Out of the following 21 smart solutions, select 3 solutions that should be applied to all Indian cities and provide a brief write-up (max. 50 words) to explain why. 2. Describe a ‘smart’ idea that you have seen in some other city(anywhere in the world) that you would like to see replicated in your own city. ‘Smart idea’ means doing more with less. 3. Describe 3 ways that Indian cities can reduce the gap between rich and poor. 4. List out 5 essential facts about your local municipal corporation that should be available to all citizens. Entry Deadline • Entries may be submitted online on the mygov.in portal latest by 23.59 hours (11.59 pm) on Saturday, 20th June 2015. Evaluation The submissions will be evaluated on the following criteria: • Do-ability (50%) • Innovation (50%) Award Two winners in each category will be awarded a citation from the Prime Minister at the Smart City Mission Launch on June 25th, 2015 at VigyanBhavan, New Delhi, along witha cash prize of the following amounts: • Rs. 40,000 - First Prize • Rs. 25,000 - Second Prize The winning ideas would be shared with the 100 SmartCities as potentiallyimplementablesolutions and will be considered for pilot • All questions in a particular category must be answered to be considered as a complete submission and to be eligible for short-listing. • The participants(s) entries will be judged for each category independently and on merit. In case of short listing in more than one category, a participant will receive prize money for one category only. • The length of each answer is limited to 250 words or less. Click here for Terms & Conditions and details of Prize amount

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Pratik Shah_2 11 years 4 weeks ago

Develop one mobile application which will include Tax pay system of municipal corporation it is helpful to make our cities smart. Benefits of making applications are : Person can pay tax any time from any where. no any special time required to go any of municipal ward office any where with specific times. like 10 to 5. or else 10 to 6. Some of people not giving municipal tax with reason of we have no time to go. it's giving better flexibility to also Municipal employee.

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Nikhil Ingole 11 years 4 weeks ago

PART 1 1. CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT (3) : Citizens participation is a must in every policy making right from grass root level in order to provide them services in a more efficient and effective manner. It would create a sense of belongingness and giving something back to the community. 2. RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY (14): It will help reduce the pressure on conventional sources of energy by which the problem of load shedding in certain

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deepak kumar 11 years 4 weeks ago

महोदय देश में आज प्रदूषण ने एक गम्भीर समस्या का रूप ले लीया है जिस को कम करने के लिये हमको देश में बन रहे हाईवे व शहर और ग्राम की किसी भी प्रकार की सडक के किनारे आने वाले बरसात के दिनों में पीपल,वट,नीम,शीशम,पिलखन और आम आदि जैसे भारतीय वृक्षों को लगा कर उनको पालना चाहिये

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Siddharth Baxi 11 years 4 weeks ago

cont..for every societies in each&every city by d local municipal corporations. 3)To eliminate harassment of hawkers on the road, thr should be a vegetable&fruit market at a distance of every 2.5km,so that clean roads r available 4 pedestrian&cars. 4)Plastic bag production should be stopped&jute/cloth bag should be available at cheaper rate thus to encourage its use. 5)Documents of citizens i.e.Birth/Death/Marriage/Property/Water/Election/Ration should be interlinked&available under one roof.

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Saurabh Kansal 11 years 4 weeks ago

6.,11 & 18 as Waste to Fuel is the only way to meet the demand of energy, Leaking Identification as saving natural resources is of prime importance and Integrated multi-modal transport as it would tend to reduce the traffic by itself. 2.Smart idea would be segregated waste disposal from houses which would also help in waste to fuel. 3.income proportional taxing,financial aid to small scale industry, basic education to all 4.Electricity,water,cleanliness,health,education

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Amardeep Malhi 11 years 4 weeks ago

First smart city can need smart people to make them smart no dharmik bhed bhav and jatti patti too stop reservation kota system on basis of cast if you want to keep reservation on so do it according based on financial conditions and give equal right on there land to all even people in red line area because of current system they not able to take loan on it connect cities with paticular app and solve there problem even change there date of birth name easyly make each and every thing easy .

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Siddharth Baxi 11 years 4 weeks ago

contd... develop all cities equally so that migration of people from one state to another state will be reduced&thus the burden on the already developed cities will be less because the people migrate from another city or state have no place to live&no job so they do odd things which earn them that they can just fill their&their's family's stomach barely, thus leading to gap between rich&poor. A4)1.Town planning in every city of each state. 2.Rainwater Harvesting should be done compulsory for e

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Amit Kumar_274 11 years 4 weeks ago

Do you know why most ppl use private vehicle ? No reliable low cost last mile provider. Solution : Allow 15 - 20 seater Max Cabs/tempo traveler which go closer to residential / office areas as Buses only move on main roads. why Maxi Cabs ? B'coz they are more cost competitive last mile transport provider unlike taxis and autos. They cost as much as Bus fare but can go closer to home and offices than Buses. So why they are not allowed ? Bus Unions put pressure on govt .

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Siddharth Baxi 11 years 4 weeks ago

contd.. lacs of vehicle so there arises a need for proper traffic management, there is an increase in pollution so through intelligent traffic management the pollution can also be managed. A2) In Dubai as we see there should be signboards everywhere as possible in cities so as to guide its tourists&even its residents who go to new areas, so if this idea is implemented then the signboards displayed should be in regional as well as the in English language. A3)To reduce gap between rich&poor dev

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Amit Kumar_274 11 years 4 weeks ago

Plan and use Railways lines for intra and suburban traffic 1) to decongest roads and city 2) lower cost & time of travel 3) Reduce pollution by 10 - 20% 4) Reduce diesel / petrol import 5) Improve business in suburban areas with fast & cost effective connectivity 6) connect Metro lines to these Railway network to boost traffic both ways 7) Build railway stations every 1 - 1.5 km in city to boost utilization For Funding contact me and I'll provide you with ideas.

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