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Our Strategy

Cities have become the hub of India’s knowledge economy, propelling an innovation ecosystem. To cater to the ever-rising aspirations of citizens along with ever reducing resources at disposal, data has emerged as an important asset for solving complex urban challenges and improving the quality of life. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched the DataSmart Cities Strategy under the National Urban Digital Mission to enable cities to create a culture of data. The Strategy outlines the 3 foundational pillars – People, Process and Platform – to promote data-driven governance for evidence-based planning, performance measurement, innovation and co-creation.

Data Maturity Assessment Framework

In the path towards creation of culture of data in cities, the Data Maturity Assessment Framework (DMAF) has been developed. The intent of DMAF is to provide a comprehensive set of indicators under its 2 pillars – Systemic and Sectoral which will help assess the city's readiness towards utilising data. DMAF is designed to help cities undergo a process of self-evaluation and embrace a data culture.

Our Journey

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has recognized the importance of data for Indian Cities and is undertaking impactful initiatives to pave the path for establishment of governance structures, revamping the internal processes to ensure data manageability, and construction of platforms for publishing data for use by all cohorts of the data ecosystem.

OCT 2022

Launch of ICCC Microsite for data related use cases
SEP 2022

Launch of City Data Officer (CDO) Handbook
AUG 2022

100 Integrated Command and Control Centres (ICCCs) launched under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
JUL 2022

Data Collection started for Urban Outcomes Framework
APR 2022

• Launch of Urban Outcomes Framework
• Launch of AI Playbook for Cities and AI Use Case Compendium
• Launch of Assessment and Monitoring Platform for Liveable, Inclusive and Future-ready urban India (AMPLIFI)
JAN 2022

Open Data Week conducted
DEC 2021

GIS hackathon conducted
JUNE 2021

Release of DMAF Cycle 2 Results
MAY 2021

Completion of DMAF validations
MARCH 2021

Launch of NUDM, IUDX 2.0
FEB 2021

65 CDOs certified under MoHUA -TataTrusts Data Training
JAN 2021

Launch of Smart Cities Open Data Portal (SCODP) 2.9
DEC 2020

Release of guidance documents – Designing a City Data Policy, Conducting Hackathons & Building Data Alliances
NOV 2020

Launch of CDO Capacity Building Training Program, DMAF Cycle 2
JULY 2020

Water and Sanitation Assessment for smart cities
JUNE 2020

Launch of The Urban Learning Internship Program (TULIP)
MARCH 2020

Completion of IUDX pilots in Pune & Varanasi
FEB 2020

Setup and operationalization of Data Analytics and Management Unit (DAMU)
DEC 2019

Ministry concludes IUDX pilot in Pune and initiates IUDX pilot in Varanasi
SEP 2019

Ministry announces City Data Maturity Scores and Certificates for first cycle (May-Aug)
SEP 2019

First cycle of DMAF concluded
JULY 2019

3,000+ Datasets and 30+ Data Stories uploaded by Smart Cities
JUNE 2019

• 500+ Hours of Capacity Building conducted through VCs and Regional Workshops for City Data Officials
• Climate Maturity Assessment kickstarted for 100 Smart Cities
MAY 2019

Data Maturity Assessment (DMAF) kickstarted for 100 Smart Cities
APRIL 2019

Mission Data Officer appointed for 100 Smart Cities
MARCH 2019

Indian Urban Observatory inaugurated at Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
FEB 2019

DataSmart Cities Strategy and Smart Cities Open Data Portal launched for 100 Smart Cities
JAN 2019

100 City Data Officers appointed by Smart Cities
DEC 2018

• Steering Committee set up to finalize DataSmart Cities Strategy
• MoU signed with IISc to pilot Indian Urban Data Exchange

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Our Platforms

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India Urban Data Exchange (IUDX)

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Smart Cities Open Data Portal

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India Urban Observatory

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AMPLIFI

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Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC)

Our Resources

ICCC Maturity Assessment Framework (IMAF) 2.0

Urban Outcomes Framework Part 1

AI Playbook for Cities: Harnessing the Potential of Artificial Intelligence

DataSmart Cities: Empowering Cities Through Data

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Blogs

Management of property tax collection

Surat Municipal Corporation has taken various measures to increase property tax recovery, including implementation of a Property Tax System. The data generated through this, along with Geo Coordinated boundaries of Zones, Wards and Sub-Wards, is used for better monitoring and management of property tax. City-wide coloured maps are created on real-time basis to understand the tax recovery patterns in the entire area. These help city authorities to understand where immediate attention is required. Provision to trigger SOPs is provided to notify concerned officers to take necessary action.

Surat Theme: Property Tax

Improving traffic rules compliance using data analysis

Under the Safe and Secure Ahmedabad project, 130 zero-tolerance junctions have been designed in order to bring traffic discipline and to punish offenders for any violation through its automated E-Challan system. This is done using the 6,500+ surveillance cameras with Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) and Red-Light Violation Detection (RLVD) facility located throughout the city. Since July 2018, over 22.5 lakh E-Challans have been dispatched for Red-Light Violation, from which over INR 13 Cr. has been collected as a result.

Ahmedabad Theme: Public Transport

Smart Maps for location-based intelligence

Smart Map Bhopal is envisioned as a city level GIS portal that acts as a one-stop destination for citizens, businesses and government departments to discover, consume and share information about Bhopal city. Smart Map Bhopal, a web application, functions across various devices and is a platform where all departments can contribute their set of available data. On one hand, these maps help citizens in locating various services and on the other support government in planning and decision making.

Bhopal Theme: GIS

Leaders
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Manohar Lal

Minister, MoHUA

“As cities begin to implement 'smart' solutions, data becomes a significant asset and enabler for data driven Governance, leading to urban transformation. The future of Governance is data-driven and Indian cities are beginning to adopt this change in their functioning.”

Katikithala Srinivas

Secretary, MoHUA

“Smart cities are looking to leverage data generated by systems and processes deployed in cities for curating business intelligence and improving their operational efficiency. Bringing data in ‘focus’ ensures a move towards outcome-based planning in governance.”