Smart City Index

The Centre today launched a liveability index which will rank the country's 116 major cities on the basis of the quality of life they offer. Launching the first 'City Liveability Index', Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said, it will cover cities with population above one million, including the capital cities.

Chinese ICT giant Huawei on Sunday said Dubai is the smartest city in the Gulf region in relation to strategy and execution.

A proposal has been mooted for automatic partial indexing of user charges in urban areas to inflation and quality of services to increase cost recovery to at least cover operation and maintenance charges, sources in the UD Ministry said.

The Centre today launched a liveability index which will rank the country's 116 major cities on the basis of the quality of life they offer. Launching the first 'City Liveability Index', Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said, it will cover cities with population above one million, including the capital cities.

Chinese ICT giant Huawei on Sunday said Dubai is the smartest city in the Gulf region in relation to strategy and execution.

A proposal has been mooted for automatic partial indexing of user charges in urban areas to inflation and quality of services to increase cost recovery to at least cover operation and maintenance charges, sources in the UD Ministry said.