Madhya Pradesh emerged as the top performing state under the fourth edition of the India Smart Cities Award Contest (ISAC), organised under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Smart Cities Mission to upgrade the country’s cities. Indore retained its top position, bagging the National Smart City Award. The Central government declared the 66 winners of the fourth edition of the India Smart Cities Award Contest (ISAC) on Friday, which was launched in April 2022 at the Smart Cities-Smart Urbanisation event in Surat. 

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Among states, Tamil Nadu was at the second position, and Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh shared the third spot jointly. Among cities, Surat and Agra followed Indore at the second and third positions respectively. 

Chandigarh won the Union Territory award. 

In the previous edition of the contest, held in 2020, Uttar Pradesh was declared the best state whereas Surat and Indore were joint winners in the city category.

President Droupadi Murmu will felicitate the winners of ISAC 2022 awards on September 27, 2023, in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, according to an official statement. 

There were five categories of awards: 

Category No. of winners
Project Award  35
Innovation Award 6
National/Zonal City Award 13
State/UT Award  5
Partner Award  7
 
Here’s the complete list of 66 winners: 
 
Award name Winner
Built Environment 1. Coimbatore: Model Roads, Restoration and Rejuvenation of Lakes
Built Environment 2. Indore: Riverfront Development (Stretch 1 from Rambagh bridge to Krishnapura Chhatri)
Built Environment 3. New Town Kolkata: Landscape Redevelopment of Neem Banani Park and other Green Open Spaces
Built Environment 3. Kanpur: Modernisation and Development of Palika Sports Stadium
Culture 1. Ahmedabad: Revamping and up keep of heritage structure and development of the heritage tourism using technology
Culture 2. Bhopal: Restoration of heritage buildings near Sadar Manzil precinct under Heritage Walk Project
Culture 3. Thanjavur: Conservation of Ponds – Ayyankulam
Economy 1. Jabalpur: Incubation Centre
Economy 2. Indore: Value Capture Financing (VCF)
Economy 3. Lucknow: Rojgar Training Centre
Governance 1. Chandigarh: E Governance Services for Chandigarh Smart City
Governance 2. Pimpri Chinchwad: Smart Sarathi app
Governance 3. Jabalpur: Implementation of 311 App
Governance 3. Udaipur: Smart City Application
ICCC Business Model 1. Ahmedabad: Traffic Management through ICCC
ICCC Business Model 2. Surat: Revenue Generation from different sources through ICCC
ICCC Business Model 3. Agra: Revenue generation through ICCC and Carbon emission reduction
ICCC Business Model 3. Gwalior: Intelligent traffic management system
Mobility 1. Chandigarh: Public Bike Sharing (PPP) along with cycle tracks
Mobility 2. New Town Kolkata: Promoting Non-Motorized Transport
Mobility 3. Sagar: Intelligent Traffic Management System improving road safety
Sanitation 1. Indore: Gobardhan Bio-CNG Plant
Sanitation 2. Kakinada: Solid Waste Management System
Sanitation 3. Ahmedabad: Door-to-door waste collection monitoring 
Sanitation 3. Chandigarh: Provision of SCADA for Solid Waste Management
Social Aspects 1. Vadodara: Implementation of Hospital Management Information System (HMIS)
Social Aspects 2. Agra: Smart Health Centers (PPP) and Upgradation of municipal schools
Social Aspects 3. Raipur: B.P Pujari School - Upgradation of Hindi Medium Schools to School of Excellence in English Medium
Social Aspects 3. Thoothukudi: Smart Classroom and E-Monitoring
Urban Environment 1. Indore: Air quality improvement and Ahilya Van along with Vertical Garden
Urban Environment 2. Shivamogga: Development of Conservancies in Package-2
Urban Environment 3. Jammu: E-auto for old city
Water 1. Indore: Saraswati and Kahn Lifeline Project (SANKALP), Rainwater Harvesting – “WATER PLUS TO WATER SURPLUS” and Rejuvenation of Lakes, Wells and Stepwells
Water 2. Agra: Proving 24/7 water supply to ABD area along with smart water meters and SCADA systems
Water 3. Rajkot: Rejuvenation of Atal Sarovar
Innovative Idea Award 1. Hubbali Dharwad: Open Space Upgradation 2 - Nalla Renovation and Green Corridor
Innovative Idea Award 2. Surat: Self Sustaining of Public gardening Canal Pathway (Corridor)
Innovative Idea Award 3. Raipur: Nalanda Parisar (Oxy Reading Zone Library)
Covid Innovation Award 1. Surat: Covid 19 Response Category - Multiple Initiatives
Covid Innovation Award 2. Indore: Covid 19 Response Category - Multiple Initiatives
Covid Innovation Award 3. Agra: Covid 19 Response Category - Multiple Initiatives
Partner Award: Industry (Infrastructure) 1. L&T
Partner Award: Industry (Infrastructure) 2. Enviro Control Private
Partner Award: Industry (Infrastructure) 3. LC Infra Projects Pvt. Ltd.
Partner Award: Industry (MSI) 1. L&T Construction- Smart World Division
Partner Award: Industry (MSI) 2. NEC
Partner Award: Industry (MSI) 3. Honeywell Automation India Limited
Partner Recognition: PMC PwC India
Zonal Smart City Award (Eastern Zone) Ranchi
Zonal Smart City Award (Eastern Zone) Bhubaneswar
Zonal Smart City Award (Northeast Zone) Kohima
Zonal Smart City Award (Northeast Zone) Namchi
Zonal Smart City Award (Northern Zone) Varanasi
Zonal Smart City Award (Northern Zone) Udaipur
Zonal Smart City Award (Southern Zone) Coimbatore
Zonal Smart City Award (Southern Zone) Belagavi
Zonal Smart City Award (Western Zone) Ahmedabad
Zonal Smart City Award (Western Zone) Solapur
National Smart City Award 1. Indore
National Smart City Award 2. Surat
National Smart City Award 3. Agra
UT Award 1. Chandigarh
State Award 1. Madhya Pradesh
State Award 2. Tamil Nadu
State Award 3. Rajasthan
State Award 3. Uttar Pradesh
 

What is PM Narendra Modi’s Smart Cities Mission?

Launched in June 2015, the Smart Cities Mission is aimed at providing core infrastructure, clean and sustainable environment and a decent quality of life to their citizens through the application of smart solutions. 
 
It is a transformational mission aimed to bring about a paradigm shift in the practice of urban development in the country. 
 
Of the total proposed projects under the Smart Cities Mission, 6,041 (76 per cent) projects worth Rs 1,10,635 crore have been completed and the remaining 1,894 projects worth Rs 60,095 crore will be completed by June 30, 2024, according to an official statement.
 
The India Smart Cities Award Contest recognises and rewards the cities, projects and innovative ideas that are promoting sustainable development across the 100 smart cities, which have taken up projects across a host of sectors related to areas such as mobility, energy, water, sanitation, solid waste management, vibrant public spaces, social infrastructure, smart governance. 

The selection process of Smart City awards

The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs had received 845 nominations for the ISAC 2022 from 80 qualifying smart cities, evaluated in five stages:  
  • A pre-screening of the 845 proposals took place in this stage; 423 proposals moved to the next stage
  • Top 12 proposals were identified for each award category 
  • Each proposal proponent made a presentation to a panel of subject experts; a total of six proposals were moved to the next stage for each category 
  • The six proposals made an elaborate presentation to a jury 
  • Top 3 proposals were identified for each award category