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"Initiatives to set up 100 Smart Cities in thecountry by 2022 are underway and beingimplemented at a very fast pace," the ministersaid.

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NEW DELHI: The union urbandevelopment ministry will finalise the list of100 smart cities across the country by theend of this month, said minister VenkaiahNaidu. The list is likely to be sent to thecabinet next month.

With an aim to strengthen and revitaliseurban local bodies (ULBs), the governmenthas introduced a citychallenge system forselecting smart cities on the basis of urbanamenities, demographic profile andfinancial situation especially the portionspent on municipal salaries.

"Initiatives to set up 100 Smart Cities in thecountry by 2022 are underway and beingimplemented at a very fast pace," theminister said at the Session on "Urbanization & Smart Cities: Realizing the InvestmentPotential" at the CII National Conference & Annual Session 2015 focusing on " BuildingIndia: A Shared Responsibility".

The minister further assured the industry that out of the total corpus of 14th FinanceCommission, some grant would also be allocated to ULBs in order to improve andenhance their financial condition.

Reiterating his government's stand on the ambitious programme of development of 100smart cities, he added that the financial resources would be the key to steer this massiveagenda ahead.

"It would also be imperative to have smart leadership not only at the helm of centralgovernment but also at the municipal level who can take bold decisions in every urbanarea and more importantly, smart people who are willing to support smart leaders inexecution of the designated plans," he said.

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He's also the brain behind the 2.18 million squarefeet Cisco Smart Campus in Bengaluru thathouses eight glassandconcrete buildingsshowcasing a digitally connected and sustainableenvironment where 8,500odd techies don't havean assigned workplace.

The campus ecosystem resembles a smart cityand is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi'sbig idea of digitising India by setting up 100 smartcities.

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