Welcome to
Empowering cities through data
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.
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- MAY 2021
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- DEC 2020
- NOV 2020
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- FEB 2020
- DEC 2019
- SEP 2019
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- MAY 2019
- APRIL 2019
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- FEB 2019
- JAN 2019
- DEC 2018
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OCT 2022
Launch of ICCC Microsite for data related use cases
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SEP 2022
Launch of City Data Officer (CDO) Handbook
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AUG 2022
100 Integrated Command and Control Centres (ICCCs) launched under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
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JUL 2022
Data Collection started for Urban Outcomes Framework
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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
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DEC 2021
GIS hackathon conducted
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JUNE 2021
Release of DMAF Cycle 2 Results
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MAY 2021
Completion of DMAF validations
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MARCH 2021
Launch of NUDM, IUDX 2.0
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FEB 2021
65 CDOs certified under MoHUA -TataTrusts Data Training
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JAN 2021
Launch of Smart Cities Open Data Portal (SCODP) 2.9
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DEC 2020
Release of guidance documents – Designing a City Data Policy, Conducting Hackathons & Building Data Alliances
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NOV 2020
Launch of CDO Capacity Building Training Program, DMAF Cycle 2
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JULY 2020
Water and Sanitation Assessment for smart cities
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JUNE 2020
Launch of The Urban Learning Internship Program (TULIP)
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MARCH 2020
Completion of IUDX pilots in Pune & Varanasi
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FEB 2020
Setup and operationalization of Data Analytics and Management Unit (DAMU)
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DEC 2019
Ministry concludes IUDX pilot in Pune and initiates IUDX pilot in Varanasi
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SEP 2019
Ministry announces City Data Maturity Scores and Certificates for first cycle (May-Aug)
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SEP 2019
First cycle of DMAF concluded
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JULY 2019
3,000+ Datasets and 30+ Data Stories uploaded by Smart Cities
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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
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APRIL 2019
Mission Data Officer appointed for 100 Smart Cities
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MARCH 2019
Indian Urban Observatory inaugurated at Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
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FEB 2019
DataSmart Cities Strategy and Smart Cities Open Data Portal launched for 100 Smart Cities
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JAN 2019
100 City Data Officers appointed by Smart Cities
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DEC 2018
• Steering Committee set up to finalize DataSmart Cities Strategy
• MoU signed with IISc to pilot Indian Urban Data Exchange
Our Platforms
Our People
![Minister-Img](https://dsc.smartcities.gov.in/./uploads/staticPageImg/Minister_1724042051Picture2.png)
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.”
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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.”
Pune
Rahul Prataprao Jagtap
rjagtap[at]punecorporation[dot]org
Kohima
Kezhochole Rhetso
cdo[dot]kohima[at]gmail[dot]com
Gandhinagar
Bhagat Isha
gnrsmartcity[dot]it[at]gmail[dot]com
Kakinada
GS Chakravarthy
cdokakinada[at]gmail[dot]com
Bhopal
Jitendra Singh Rathore
jitendra[dot]rathore[at]smartbhopal[dot]city
Pimpri-Chinchwad
Mr Nilkanth Pomann
n[dot]poman[at]pcmcindia[dot]gov[dot]in