MAINS 2016
GS1
12.5 marks
With a brief background of quality of urban life in India, introduce the objectives and strategy of the ‘Smart City Programme’.
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9 min
200 words
What the examiner wants
Briefly describe India's urban living conditions and then set out the objectives and strategy of the Smart Cities Mission.
IntroduceAnswer exactly what the question asks.
Demand-wise check
- 1Background: rapid urbanisation, slums, poor water, sanitation, transport, pollution, weak municipal finances≈35 words
- 2Objectives: core infrastructure, decent quality of life, clean and sustainable environment, smart solutions≈35 words
- 3Strategy: area-based development (retrofitting, redevelopment, greenfield) plus pan-city smart solutions; challenge-based selection; SPVs≈35 words
- 4Funding and convergence with AMRUT, PMAY, Swachh Bharat≈35 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Urban quality-of-life snapshotMission objectivesStrategy componentsFundingConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Skipping the background part
- Critiquing the mission at length when the question asks to introduce it
Draw this
- Flowchart: Smart City → area-based (3 types) + pan-city
Value addition
- DataCensus 2011: urban population 37.7 crore (31.1%), with about 6.5 crore people living in slums.Census 2011
- SchemeSmart Cities Mission launched June 2015 for 100 cities; Centre's support about Rs 48,000 crore (around Rs 100 crore per city per year).MoHUA, 2015
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 38 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 13 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 29 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 13 ↗Same syllabus reference
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