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REINVENTING LUCKNOW Adopting Innovations for Sustainable Development & Liveability

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Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, is a celebration of life characterised by a unique amalgamation of 'Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb', medieval charm, and royal splendor, that strikes a harmonious accord with modernity. It is this very unique characteristic of the city that inspired many wordsmiths to reach the zenith of their creativity. The heritage structures with the tell-tale signs of the city's glorious past, the unmitigated tahzeeb of its inhabitants, the ingenious ways the people conduct their business in are all spellbinding. The city is always ready to assimilate change, which is at the core of its ability to not only survive but thrive in a fast-changing world. It is these abilities of Lucknow that have attracted people not just from across the state but from the entire country to make it their home. Thus, pushing the fast-paced urbanisation process in Lucknow to its limits, and yet the city has responded with its characterised flair for innovation. The Urban Innovation Summit Lucknow, 2019 is all about acknowledging and contributing towards making this cultural hub future-ready through ideas that are as unique as the city itself. This special issue of eGov magazine is dedicated to the efforts being made to transform Lucknow into a Smart, Sustainable, Liveable and Connected city. Our cover story talks about the various initiatives and projects launched under urban development programmes like Smart Cities Mission to give our readers a glimpse of how the 'City of Nawabs' will look like few years into the future. To gain better insights into the various policy initiatives, this special edition carries interviews of Nand Gopal Gupta, Minister for Registration, Court Stamp Fees and Civil Aviation, Government of Uttar Pradesh; Dr Indramani Tripathi, Municipal Commissioner, Lucknow Municipal Corporation & Chief Executive Officer, Lucknow Smart City Limited; Kumar Prashant, Secretary, IT & Electronics; Managing Director UPLC; Managing Director Uttar Pradesh Development Systems Corporation Ltd. and Project Director, eSuvidha and Alok Kumar Commissioner Food and Civil Supplies, Government of Uttar Pradesh. The magazine also carries the conference report of 3rd Smart City Summit Lucknow 2018, which was organised jointly with Lucknow Municipal Corporation and Lucknow Smart City Limited to find innovative ways to address various challenges in creating a sustainable city with citizen-centric governance structure. We hope that the bouquet of articles and interviews in this special edition will articulate the new vision of Lucknow and help the city reach the next level of urban growth.

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Decoding Lucknow’s Sustainable Urban Development and Livability

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DECODING LUCKNOWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SUSTAINABLE URBAN

DEVELOPMENT AND LIVABILITY RANKED FIRST IN THE SECOND ROUND OF SELECTION OF 13 SMART CITIES, LUCKNOW SMART CITY PROJECT COMMENCED FROM 2016 WITH THE FORMATION OF LUCKNOW SMART CITY LIMITED, THE SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLE (SPV).WITHIN FOUR YEARS OF THE LAUNCH OF SMART CITY MISSION, LUCKNOW IS IN THE PROGRESS OF TRANSFORMING THE ART CITY TO SMART CITY, WRITES SREETAMA DATTA ROY AND ARPIT GUPTA OF ELETS NEWS NETWORK (ENN).

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COVER STORY Four pillars of Lucknow Smart City – The Strategic Plan The four pillars on which the base of Lucknow Smart City’s strategic plan is laid are: Jeevant Lucknow (Livable Lucknow): Providing better and sustainable infrastructure facilities to citizens. Sugam Lucknow (Mobility Lucknow): Improvising the new age transport and mobility factorising the day-to-day life of citizens through technologically

Describing further on the smart mobility systems planned in the city, Dr Indramani Tripathi, Municipal Commissioner, Lucknow Municipal Corporation & Chief Executive Officer, Lucknow Smart City Limited says, “The ITMS would enable junction improvement, intelligent traffic signals using traffic sensors. There is a provision of variable message signs, pelican crossing, augmentation on and strengthening of the existing command centre.” He also adds, “There are smart solutions for existing parking spaces, an electronic

ucknow, the City of Nawabs is rapidly transforming towards a Smart City with focus towards a sustainable urban development. Ranked first in the second round of selection of 13 Smart Cities, Lucknow Smart City project commenced from 2016 with the formation of Lucknow Smart City Limited, the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV). With a primary aim to transform the Art City to Smart City, the SPV identified the potential areas of challenge and addressed the issues on a priority basis. Darashaw & Co. Pvt. Ltd., the official consultant of the Lucknow Smart City Limited created an action plan which was executed by the city officials and urban planners. The Lucknow Smart City not only helps in developing the city’s infrastructure, but the focus is on a sustainable and all inclusive development plan.

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enhanced Integrated Traffic Management System (ITMS), Smart Mobility Solutions among others. Swachh Lucknow (Clean Lucknow): Improving health, hygiene and sanitation practices for maintaining the wellness quotient for city’s citizens. Samruddh Lucknow (Prosperous Lucknow): Ensuring prosperity through leveraging on the historic city’s heritage, culture, handicraft, cuisine and connectivity to develop tourism which would further facilitate direct or indirect employment.

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ticketing system and ICT for city bus services. There is also provision for a GPS-based bus tracking system (automatic vehicle tracking system), CCTV cameras on board, on board display panels, automatic fare collection system and bus operation command centre, smart bus shelters, passenger information system, ticket vending machine and water ATMs.”

Innovative measures introduced for transforming Art City to Smart City According to the Lucknow Smart City Limited CEO, a number of projects are

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underway which contributes towards the vision of the Lucknow Smart City. The projects are classified into three categories based on the means of finance, which are Smart City Mission only (SCM), Public Private Partnership (PPP) and Convergence. The projects which have already been completed and implemented are based on IT/ICT, waste management, power generation, energy conservation among others.

IT & ICT Innovations by Lucknow Smart City WiFi Hotspots - Under the complete SCM projects, Lucknow Smart City Limited has installed WiFi hotspots across areas like Jhandewala Park Aminadab, Kargil Shaheed Park, Jhandi Park, Lal Bagh, Butler Park, Rampal Singh Park and Gandhi Setu to Ambedkar Setu, River Front. ICT for Bus Services - Within this project, GPS devices have been installed in all the buses of the city. The implementation of the ICT solution software has been made to improve the quality of transportation services. This further facilitates access to realtime arrival information to commuters.

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The One Lucknow Unified Smart Mobility Card enables citizens to use a single card at all the mobility locations including City Bus, Metro and City Parking etc. Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation has introduced unified mobility card for metro services which is integrated to services of Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) and Lucknow City Transport Services Limited (LCTSL).

Lucknow Smart City Limited has installed City Bus App ‘CHALO’ in January this year. One Lucknow Unified Smart Mobility Card - The One Lucknow Unified Smart Mobility Card enables citizens to use a single card at all the mobility locations including City Bus, Metro and City Parking etc. Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation has introduced unified mobility card for metro services which is integrated to services of Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) and Lucknow City Transport Services Limited (LCTSL). Safety and Surveillance Measures - Within this project, PTZ and CCTV cameras are installed across the city under the flagship project ‘Drishti’. “One PTZ camera and five CCTV cameras have installed in ABD area. Further SP MCR had identified 10 locations of which one falls in ABD area and sent to Reliance for installation of cameras free of cost,” states Lucknow Smart City Limited.

Waste Management Initiatives Integrated Solid Waste Management System – Under this project, door-todoor collection of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), Secondary Waste collection from

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solar power plant at Veerangana Avanti Bai Women Hospital and selling the power generated to the hospital at a tariff of Rs 3.91 per unit. Energy Efficient Street Lighting – Installation of energy efficient street lighting is managed based on real time requirement of light and automated controls that make adjustments based on conditions such as occupancy or daylight availability. The smart project also does real time tracking and management of street lights, automatic lighting and adjustment based on human presence and delivers automatic status updates or failure alerts to remote servers. designated points, Transportation of MSW from secondary collection points to Process Plant, O&M of Process Plant to produce Compost & RDF and setting up a 15 MW Waste-to-Energy Plant using RDF as fuel are enabled. Portable Compactor Transfer Station (PCTS) - A Portable Compactor is an integral Unit installed on street corners for localised garbage collection, comprising of a Compactor and a Container Body Mounted on a frame with rollers and is designed to be transported by specially designed Hook Loader Unit, which is driven to the

dumping ground/processing plant for discharge of compacted garbage. Waste ATMs – In an innovative measure, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation has installed Waste ATMs in eight locations across the city where people can deposit trash in the designated green and white kiosks and get Re 1 per plastic bottle, Rs 2 for a glass bottle, 50 paisa for a can and 20 paisa per wrapper, paper/cups.

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There are several projects in pipeline which are either in progress of tenders have been afloat. Some such projects are Integrated Traffic Management System (ITMS), Smart Parking, Smart Metering, improving sewerage and drainage systems, restoration of heritage building to name a few. The Lucknow Smart City Limited and Lucknow Municipal Corporation are analysing each project in pipeline and coming up with tentative timelines.

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According to Sanyukta Bhatia, Mayor, Lucknow, while the Government is being instrumental in implementing policies and plans towards Smart City Mission and has launched campaigns like Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, it is for the citizens to maintain a clean and sustainable ecosystem. She emphasised that the awareness should be there within the people and the zeal to keep the city clean and beautiful should be within the very conscience of the people. “We aim towards an all inclusive development and without the cooperation of all citizens, we cannot achieve our goal,” Bhatia says.

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USING TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE IMAGE OF UTTAR PRADESH

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Committed to improve government service delivery like registration of property and marriages, the Government of Uttar Pradesh has embarked upon many ambitious projects to upgrade not only the quality of services but also improving the image of the state by adopting modern technology, says Nand Gopal Gupta, Minister for Registration, Court Stamp Fees and Civil Aviation, Government of Uttar Pradesh, in an interview with Arpit Gupta of Elets News Network (ENN).

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percent automation in the registration process and speedy delivery of registered documents to the citizens of Uttar Pradesh. The purpose of PRERNA is to computerise the registration process in the state of Uttar Pradesh, in such a manner that the day-to-day activities of property registration can be streamlined.

What is your plan of action for implementation of ICT in the Stamps & Registration Department of Uttar Pradesh Government? The Stamps and Registration Department is one of the important departments of the Government of Uttar Pradesh, which generates the second largest amount of revenue to the state. Citizens are directly connected with its services; hence adoption of modern, online and advanced technologies would not only upgrade the quality of service but also improve the image of the state. We are currently working on a very ambitious project called PRERNA (Property Evaluation & Registration Application), which has been specially designed to reorient the Stamps and Registration Department towards 100

More than 40,000 lakh registries happen in a year in the state and nearly 2.5 crore people visit the registrar office in their area. The online system has been designed to eliminate the maladies affecting the conventional registration system by introducing electronic delivery of all registration services. This software will facilitate the citizens in a big way that they need to visit the registrar office for biometric verification only. Submission of documents and purchase of stamps can be done online.

Please explain how the marriage registration process has become easier with the introduction of e-Parinaypatra in the state? Marriage registration certificates are issued by the Stamps and Registration Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh to both husband and wife whose marriage has already been solemnised. It is a very simple, unique and first of its kind registration system in the country, where registrants get the marriage certificate online without going to the marriage registrarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office after their details are authenticated through Aadhaar. In e-Parinaypatra, the registrant has to apply online through departmental website http://igrsup.gov.in. In this process the details of husband and wife (like name, age, fathers name, address, email, mobile no. and photograph) are captured using Aadhaar. Online payment of registration fee is done though net banking. After the successful payment, marriage registration certificate in Hindi and English is sent to the registrants email/login instantly.

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air-connectivity? Under the Central government’s ambitious scheme Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN), the state government had decided to develop new airports in 12 major cities of the state under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS). Airports in Agra and Kanpur came up in the first phase. Under the second phase of RCS – UDAN, development of airport will take place in 10 cities — Allahabad, Aligarh, Azamgarh, Bareilly, Chitrakoot, Hindon, Jhansi, Moradabad, Sonbhadra and Shravasti. For air connectivity, two years ago, there were only three airports functional in the state. Today, along with these airports, we have functional airports in Prayagraj, Agra and Kanpur. The government is also developing the Jewar International Airport which is expected to have an annual passenger handling capacity of 60 lakh when it opens by March 2023.

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“In a bid to provide alternative and faster transport from farflung places to state capital Lucknow and to give impetus to regional connectivity, the state government has drafted a Civil Aviation Promotion Policy under which certain incentives will be extended to the airlines which will operate in these cities.” faster transport from far-flung places to state capital Lucknow and to give impetus to regional connectivity, the

state government has drafted a Civil Aviation Promotion Policy under which certain incentives will be extended to the airlines which will operate in these cities. These include reimbursement of state GST on tickets for the next three years, no parking charges or night halt charges of aircraft at government-run airports and other concessions. The government has decided to provide minimum land, if required, free of cost and free from all encumbrance for development of RCS airports. Government will also provide ambulance and medical facilities, bus connectivity with the nearby main city at RCS airports and publicity support for RCS routes. Security and fire services free of cost will be provided at RCS airports through appropriately trained personnel and standard equipment. Besides electricity, water and other utility services will be provided to airline operators at concessional rates.

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The ‘City of Nawabs’ famous for its ‘Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb’, Lucknow is gradually being transformed with strategic focus on liveability, mobility, cleanliness and prosperity of its citizens, bearing in mind the unique heritage and culture that the city is known for across the world. Dr Indramani Tripathi, Municipal Commissioner, Lucknow Municipal Corporation & Chief Executive Officer, Lucknow Smart City Limited, encapsulates the progress of various smart city projects, initiatives and innovations that are redefining the city, in an exclusive interview with Arpit Gupta of Elets News Network (ENN).

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Nearly three years after its inception, how is Lucknow Smart City Ltd placed in terms of completing various projects undertaken as part of the Smart City Initiatives? On the basis of means of finance adopted, Lucknow Smart City projects have been broadly categorised into three distinct categories—Smart City Mission (SCM) projects, projects taken up under PPP Mode and Convergence Projects. The combined value of these projects, 66 in total—22 under SCM, 9 under PPP Mode, and 35 under Convergence—is Rs 1,977 crores. Two SCM projects, establishment of Wi-Fi hotspots and establishment of

Open Gyms, have already been completed, while work is in progress in 17 other projects. Under PPP Mode, four projects— Solid Waste Management - GPA & ICT for user charge collection, Smart Community bins, Solar Roof Top PV, energy efficient street lighting, public bike sharing have been completed. Work is in progress on projects like PNG network, public community toilets and beautification of Quaiserbagh chauraha. Under Convergence projects, 9 have been completed.

What challenges are being faced by Lucknow Smart City in terms of completing various projects?

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Some of the projects related to development of infrastructure and facilities at slums, road and junction improvement, pedestrian infrastructure and street furniture, and beautification of Globe Park to make it universally accessible for disabled have been delayed or disapproved due to various issues. But despite existing challenges, we have been able to complete projects worth Rs 283.61 crores including Smart City Surveillance System-Pan, ICT for city bus services, underground distribution cabling and relocation of transformers, solid waste management, restoration of Lal Baradari, energy efficient street lighting, among others.

Can you list some of the most impactful projects that have been completed so far? Under the flagship project “Drishti” Police Department has installed CCTV

video analytics with High Definition cameras across Lucknow. It will have features like Automatic Number Plate Recognition System, E-challan System, Video Analytics, etc. This project would ensure safety and security to citizens by providing 24/7 surveillance at important junctions in the city. The project will also allow post-incident investigation, while traffic information at the junctions will help reduce traffic congestions. Under the project Intelligent Communication Technology (ICT) for City Bus Services, GPS devices have been installed in all the city buses and a city bus app, “CHALO”, was launched on January 20, 2019. The project has been designed to enable the commuters and Lucknow City Transport Service Ltd (LTSCL) with real-time information of the buses. The webbased dashboard through a web link enables LTSCL to analyse real-time data and generate monthly report on

average time of travel per route, average speed per bus per route, etc. We have established WiFi Hotspot at six parks situated in ABD area, namely— Jhandewala Park in Aminabad, Kargil Shaheed Park, Jhandi Park in Lal Bagh, Butler Park, Rampal Singh Park, and Ghandhi Setu to Ambedkar Setu on River Front. Lucknow Smart City Ltd has also completed installation of open gym equipment at Jhandi Park and Dayanidhan Park.

What steps have been taken to address the waste management issues in Lucknow? The Integrated Solid Waste Management project, which envisages door-to-door collection of Municipal Solid Waste MSW), Secondary Waste collection from designated points, transportation of MSW from secondary collection points to process plant, O&M of process plant to produce compost & RDF, and setting up a 15-MW Wasteto-Energy Plant at Shivri using RDF as fuel, has been successfully implemented. Under the project, door-to-door MSW collection has started in all 8 zones of the city, and as many as 30 Mini Transfer Stations (PCTS) have been operationalised to eliminate 100 plus open dumps. Underground bins have been installed at four places with smart level sensors. Portable Compactor Transfer Stations

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have been acquired at the cost of Rs 3.25 crore. The advantages of the portable compactors include minimal foul smell as the garbage is compacted and kept in a closed container; the compactors are installed in covered area and are protected from rain; the leachate generated during compaction of the garbage is handled and does not allow breeding of mosquitoes and flies; the garbage is transferred to the dumping ground in a clean and hygienic manner; and leads to fewer cleanup problems as the trash is sealed in a container, among others.

Can you please elaborate on the innovations introduced in the areas of smart lighting, renewable power and energy efficiency? We have adopted Energy Efficient Street Lighting system to minimise energy usage of the city, which allows operating it as per the real-time field requirement and has features like automated controls that make adjustments based on conditions such as occupancy or daylight availability. Built at the cost of Rs 144 crores, it allows real-time tracking and management of street lights, automatic illumination adjustment based on human presence, and automatic status updates or failure alerts to remote server. A Power Purchase Agreement on RESCO Model was executed between

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Veerangana Avanti Bai Women Hospital and M/s Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions Pvt Ltd, (empaneled vendor of Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd (SECI, Govt of India Enterprise), on 28th April, 2018. The project involved setting up of a 178-KW roof top solar power plant at Veerangana Avanti Bai Women Hospital and selling the power generated by it to the hospital at the predetermined tariff of Rs 3.91 per unit. The project has now been completed, allowing the hospital to use solar power that is cheaper than grid power it was using previously. MVVNL is also implementing the Smart Metering project under Saubhagya Scheme, under which emphasis is on providing electricity connection to households through EESL. Procurement of meters for the project has been completed, while work of allocation, distribution and installation is in progress. As many as 57,278 smart meters have been installed till date.

Lucknow is known for its historic structures and buildings of cultural importance. What steps are being taken to preserve the rich heritage of the city? We have proposed working on a number of heritage projects including Chattar Manzil, Roshan Ud Dolah Kothi, Kothi Gulestaan-e-eram, and Darshan Vilas Kothi. The work is being done in

collaboration with the State Culture Department. More than Rs 152 crores will be spent on restoring these heritage structures to their former glory. Besides, the façade lighting of Charbagh Railway Station, Lucknow University and Shaheed Smarak has been initiated to promote night tourism and visibility of the heritage monuments.

Can you throw some light on the progress made in the Gomti River Front Development Project? Maintenance and development of Gomati River Front at the cost of Rs 27.35 crores was awarded to Lucknow Development Authority. It is an ongoing project, which envisages beautification, gardening and development of 8-km stretch on both the banks of Gomati River covering approx 300 acre of area. At least 90% of the area has to be developed as garden. The project includes development of Rose Garden, Lotus Valley, Medicine Park, Navgrah Vatika and Nakshatra Vatika. The project will also have areas dedicated to a Yoga kendra, kids’ zone, play grounds and meditation points. Besides improving the water and air condition of the area, it will further boost tourism in Lucknow generating revenue for various stakeholders.

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Second Edition of GBC to Bolster Investors’ Confidence in UP Second Ground Breaking Ceremony to be inaugurated by Hon’ble Home Minister Amit Shah on 28th July, 2019 is proposed to formally put on ground nearly 25% of the projects the leads of which were generated a year ago at the UP Investors Summit 2018.

n its endeavour to promote industrialisation and attract investments, Government of Uttar Pradesh organised the first-of-itskind UP Investors Summit in February 2018. The unprecedented success of the 2018 summit led to generation of investment intents worth more than Rs 4.28 lakh crores across sectors like Renewable Energy (16.8%), Infrastructure (15.4%), Power (14.7%), IT & Electronic Manufacturing (10.2%), Tourism (10.1%) etc.

In order to facilitate these investment intents, the State Government undertook strong initiatives and reforms. As a result, 81 projects worth more than Rs 60,000 crores were grounded within five months of holding the summit. Continuing to implement major sectorspecific policies and systemic and procedural business reforms, the State Government is now set to put on ground another 200+ projects worth more than Rs 60,000 crores. With this, the state government will ground nearly 25% of the leads generated a year ago at UP Investors Summit 2018.

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Towards this, Second Ground Breaking Ceremony on 28th July, 2019 is proposed to formally launch all these projects for necessary activities leading to completion of the proposed projects in Lucknow, and is expected to have participation of 2,000 industrialists. It will be a full day event, wherein State Government will be inviting investments in key potential sectors like Agro & Food Processing, Electric Mobility, Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing, IT & Electronics Manufacturing, Tourism & Film, Renewable Energy, etc. The event will be inaugurated by Hon’ble Home Minister of India, Shri Amit Shah ji. The objective of the ceremony is to not only bolster the confidence of the investors in the State but also to send a strong positive signal to the business community about the proactive approach of the State Government. Thus justifying the motto: ‘UP – Powering New India.’ This culture of felicitating such projects is expected to further incentivise the private sector for fast-paced implementation of

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industrial projects in the State. During the event, it is proposed that Hon’ble Home Minister of India will digitally ground break these projects followed by digital effects and then screening of a movie on Ground Breaking. Thereafter, during the event, through mutual and inclusive participation at various sessions, would open new doors of opportunities to transform the face of development in Uttar Pradesh and eventually contribute towards the holistic development of the nation, simultaneously benefitting the business fraternity on a dynamic scale.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are in a transitional phase to transform Uttar Pradesh into an IT and Electronics enabled stateâ&#x20AC;? Despite starting the IT infrastructure late in Uttar Pradesh, we have been able to implement the digital transformation at a rapid pace, says Kumar Prashant, Secretary, IT & Electronics; Managing Director UPLC; Managing Director Uttar Pradesh Development Systems Corporation Ltd. and Project Director, eSuvidha in an exclusive interview with Arpit Gupta of Elets News Network (ENN).

The Government of Uttar Pradesh has recently launched the Chief Minister Helpline. How effective has it been so far in engaging with the citizens? Earlier, the citizens had to visit Tehsil offices or District Headquarters if they had to redress their grievances or register complaints. This caused much inconvenience to the citizens belonging to rural areas, who had to travel almost 70 to 80 kilometres from the district or Tehsil Headquarters. The purpose of launching the Helpline was to ease the process for the citizens by enabling complaint registration through a phone call. A toll free number, 1076 was created. A centralised call centre was established in Gomti Nagar, Lucknow. There is a capacity of receiving 80,000 calls and making 55,000 outbound calls in a day. The centre has been made functional and was inaugurated by the Chief Minister. Prior to that, it was running on beta version, in which we were receiving around 18,00020,000 calls each day, out of which 2,000-3,000 calls were grievance related. On the day of inauguration, we received more than one lakh calls. At present, we are receiving around 60,000 calls, of which around 20,000 calls are grievance related. One important aspect of this Helpline is that, it does not redress calls related to ongoing court cases. We have also integrated the calls with 100 (Police), 102 (Ambulance) and 1090 (Women Helpline) numbers as well.

Kumar Prashant

Which are the major areas in which maximum grievance calls are received?

Secretary, IT & Electronics; Managing Director UPLC; Managing Director Uttar Pradesh Development Systems Corporation Ltd. and Project Director, eSuvidha

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So far we have received maximum grievance calls in the Food Department. The calls are generally related to the delivery of ration

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or improper issuance of ration cards etc. This is followed by Revenue and Taxation Department along with Land Acquisition related issues followed by Home Department such as FIR or investigations. There are two major policies, UP IT & Startup policy and Electronics and Manufacturing policy. Please throw some light on these policies in terms of scope of investment in the state. At present, the IT Department has launched four policies. The Startup policy has been separated from that of the IT policy owing to the massive transformation in the Startup ecosystem. We have also launched a Data Centre policy. The objective of these policies is to promote and attract investors as much as possible. We are generating an ecosystem of start-ups and incubators. We encourage the youth to set up their businesses or to present their ideas. Under the Data Centre policy, we aim to secure the existing data by creating local cloud-based Data Centre. Generally the host Cloud-based Data Centres are companies like Amazon or Google. Owing to the third party hosting of Data, there is a threat looming over the data privacy. As far as investments are concerned, we have signed MoUs on investment of Rs 55,000 crore in the recently held groundbreaking ceremony. On ground, we have already received investment

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of Rs 59,000 crore. In the upcoming groundbreaking ceremony, we are likely to receive investment worth Rs 15,000 crore. We have received investment offers of Rs 17,000 crore from companies which will participate in the groundbreaking ceremony and sign MoUs. Earlier, our Electronic & Manufacturing policy was limited to Noida and Greater Noida only. We have put efforts to eradicate the regional imbalances and making the policy more lucrative for investors based in Poorvanchal or Bundelkhand or Central UP (Lucknow) areas. At present, western Uttar Pradesh areas such as Noida and Greater Noida have already saturated. Hence, we are making offers which are more lucrative. We are offering incentives based on revenue as well as non-revenues. Within revenue, there are factors like capital subsidy, interest

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subsidy, subsidy in land duty and rebate in State GST. The non-revenue incentives include subsidy in filing for patents, reimbursement of fee for skill development training of stuffs to name a few.

Are you also looking at creating employment opportunities for the Uttar Pradesh citizens along with the incoming investment opportunities? Yes, definitely. We have already created over two lakh job opportunities in the IT and Electronics department in either direct or indirect modes. Companies like TCS and HCL have invested in our state and have recruited the software professionals from Uttar Pradesh. Apart from that, these companies also work on creating software solutions, for which they take help of ancillary

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departments of the state. They also train and develop the skill sets of the people, which further creates indirect employment opportunities.

IT is a central and nodal zone which works in tandem with various departments. How has been your experience of working in this department? How would you rate the e-service penetration within the citizens? Despite starting the IT infrastructure late in Uttar Pradesh, we have been able to implement the digital transformation at a rapid pace. As far as e-service penetration is concerned, we have installed common service centres in the rural areas. We provide over 250 online services across 34 departments. We have received positive response from the citizens. Some of the basic services include issuance of caste certificates, domicile certificate, birth and death certificate etc. Other services include eSuvidha centres, which includes single window Utility Bill payment options. The service is being expanded to Eastern, Central and Southern Uttar Pradesh. At present, we are receiving payment of Utility Bills of approximately Rs 300 crore per month. Within the scheme of PMGDIsha (Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan), we had a target of providing digital literacy to six crore citizens. Through this, we are not only offering the digital literacy, but also creating awareness about the

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egovernance policies and schemes of the state to the citizens through the online or eSuvidha centres.

How has been the overall implementation of the Uttar Pradesh IT department and what are your plans in pipeline to further enhance egovernance in the state? We are in the process of creating an outline and vision for the state’s Digital progress. For that, we have hired a

“Despite starting the IT infrastructure late in Uttar Pradesh, we have been able to implement the digital transformation at a rapid pace. As far as e-service penetration is concerned, we have installed common service centres in the rural areas.”

Consultancy, PricewaterhouseCoopers. Among the other initiatives, we have launched State Wide Area Network (SWAN-2) across the state. We have assigned the task to Airtel, which has 885 Points of (POPs) at our Block Headquarters, Tehsil Headquarters and District Headquarters. The endeavour is to connect the main offices of Uttar Pradesh through a broadband connection of 10 MBPS through fibre optic cables. We are also in process of expanding our State Data Centres. We have got 40 acre land allocation from UPDPL to build a new State Data Centre. Apart from this, we have also deployed biometric attendance system at all government offices and educational institutes. We expect to mitigate the challenge of low attendance among government employees. Another initiative is Aadhaar linked services for our citizens. The percentage of Aadhaar enrolment has increased from 80 to 90 percent. Checking the authenticity of the Aadhaar cards is also on priority. Foundations of Software Technology Parks have been laid in cities like Meerut, Agra and Gorakhpur and are in process at Varanasi. Software Parks house software firms, incubators for start-ups etc. With these schemes, we will be able to transform Uttar Pradesh into an IT and Electronics enabled state. We are in a transition phase at present, but with the State government’s effort, we would soon be able to realise the vision.

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ODOP— A Growth Booster for Small Businesses in Uttar Pradesh Launched with an objective to promote traditional cottage and handicraft industry and entrepreneurship, the One District One Product scheme is facilitating many small businesses in Uttar Pradesh to realise their dreams of going global.

rom working at other enterprises for petty wages to providing employment to 18 people, Kamal Kumar Kardam’s life took a 360 degree turn after he decided to visit DIEPC office in Agra and apply for a Rs 20-lakh loan under the Prime Minister’s Self-Employment Scheme through Union Bank. The officers of DIEPC office informed Kardam, a supplier of leather goods, that the leather products from Agra had been identified and marked under the One District One Product (ODOP) scheme. Uttar Pradesh became the first state in the country to implement the ODOP scheme, which was launched by the Central government to provide the much-needed impetus to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) and cottage industries. Kardam, like many other entrepreneurs, registered with the e-commerce website Amazon to market and sell his products and since then there is no looking back. The story of Kardam, and that of many others like him, is the story of hope, self-reliance and success

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that needed a slight nudge to start unfolding the way it has. Uttar Pradesh is a treasure trove of unique products and crafts including leather goods, carpets, textiles, pearls, furniture, glassware, brassware, woodworks, iron and steel articles, and machinery equipment, among others. However despite being the second largest job creator in the state after agriculture, MSMEs and cottage industries would often be found grappling with the lack of funding, marketing know-how and platforms to showcase their offerings. It was against this backdrop that the Uttar Pradesh Government, led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, launched the ODOP scheme. Besides boosting traditional cottage and handicraft industry and entrepreneurship, the ODOP scheme has the unique feature of creating job opportunities with low capital investment. Given that each district of

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the state has a unique identity in the form of its traditional craft, the scheme also has a great potential to help small entrepreneurs expand their businesses and turn exporters. Therefore, it is in this light that Uttar Pradesh ODOP E-Marketing Initiative assumes significance. Activities taken up under this initiative includes conducting training for nodal officers, conducting workshops for weavers/artisans and MSMEs and onboarding sellers on e-commerce platforms like Amazon for discoverability of sellers and products by small businesses. The initiative has opened up new avenues for growth of traditional industries like terracotta from Gorakhpur, carpets from Bhadohi and leather products from Kanpur and Agra. As part of this initiative, Uttar Pradesh government celebrated ‘Small Business Day’ last year on December 16 with dedicated visibility across media channels as well as online platforms to promote small businesses from the state. Bolstered by exhibitions, technical sessions, workshops under ODOP, small entrepreneurs from Uttar Pradesh can now dream big by making their products global.

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Smart Cities Mission: EMPOWERING CITIES FOR INTEGRATED SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT Smart Cities Mission has been a first in many ways amongst the various Missions launched for urban development in the country. For example, under this Mission, for the first time cities were selected through a process of competition under the guiding principles of cooperative and competitive federalism, writes Arpit Gupta of Elets News Network (ENN).

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ndia’s Smart Cities Mission was launched by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi 4 years ago on June 25, 2015. The main objective of the Mission is to promote cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and application of ‘Smart Solutions’. The focus is on sustainable and inclusive development and to create replicable model which will act like a lighthouse to other aspiring cities. The process of selection of 100 smart cities was based on the principle of Cooperative and competitive federalism —all cities were given equal opportunity to enter through All India Challenge conducted in four rounds. Technology is one of the many instruments that smart

cities are adopting to solve urban challenges. Inclusiveness is built into the mission to ensure that each and every citizen benefits from the urban transformation that is taking place in the smart cities. Each Smart City has been encouraged to formulate its own concept, vision, mission and plan (proposal) which is appropriate to its local context, resources and level of ambition. Smart Cities Mission has been a first in many ways amongst the various Missions launched for urban development in the country. For example, under this Mission, for the first time cities were selected through a process of competition under the guiding principles of cooperative and competitive federalism. For the first time,

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cities created their proposals based on an extensive exercise of citizen consultation and therefore the proposals truly reflected the hopes and aspirations of their citizens. For the first time, an independent institutional mechanism in the form of aSpecial Purpose Vehicle (SPV) has been created to ensure integrated implementation of urban projects. For the first time, convergence with various other Missions within theMinistry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) as well as other Ministries and leveraging of resources through various sources like PPP, debts, land monetisation, etc, was built into the design of the Mission. Principles Guiding Smart Cities Smart cities in common parlance are understood to be cities that use appropriate technologies for improving quality of lives of their citizens. Our Smart Cities are woven around the following 6 principles: 1. Citizen at the core: Citizens and the communities are at the centre of development; 2. More from Less: Being conscious of resource constraints, they have to generate more impact/outcomes from use of less resources- energy, finance and others; 3. Cooperative and competitive federalism: Cities are selected through competition in two stage challenges at State and Central levels; 4. Integration, innovation, sustainability: It is not merely about the use of technology, but creation of integrated infrastructure and services. 5. Technology is means, and not the goal: Careful selection of technologies, relevant to the context of particular cities, built around specific needs of their communities is important for the cities to work out solutions; and 6. Inclusiveness is a guiding philosophy: Cities are for the people and hence they have to be built around the principles of inclusiveness. Broadly,

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Smart Cities address three core issues: Liveability, Economic-ability and Sustainability.

Impact on Citiezen’s Lives Mission’s impacts on citizens’ lives can be grouped in four thematic areas: Ease of Living, Smart Governance, Connected Communities, and Urban Resilience. Some examples of how ‘Smart Cities’ projects are making a difference in citizens’ lives are as follows: l Ease of Living: Pune has transformed neglected urban spaces into social hubs thereby creating active neighbourhoods through Placemaking projects. Public Bike sharing

projects in Coimbatore, Bhopal and Pune are helping the sustainable transport agenda and also creating a greener healthier city. l Smart Governance: Intelligent Traffic Management Systems in the cities of Ahmedabad, Surat and Visakhapatnam is making travel within the city seamless and more efficient. l Connected Communities: Smart Class room projects in NDMC, Kakinada, and Jabalpur are transforming schools through smart classrooms with marked improvement in results through better learning management and regular training of teachers. Lighthouse Project in Pune is

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imparting essential skills to allow poor urban youth earn their livelihood and contribute to the society. B- Nest Incubation Centre inBhopal is fostering an environment of entrepreneurship in the City, which will lead to greater innovation and employment. l Urban Resilience: Waste to Energy Plant in Jabalpur is incinerating waste and producing power for thousands of households and reducing the city’s carbon footprint. Smart Water Management in Ahmedabad is driving efficiency in use of scarce resources through SCADA implementation saving tax-payers money and saving precious water.

The 100 cities under the Mission have proposed to execute 5,151 projects worth Rs. 2,05,018 crores in 5 years from their respective dates of selection. Financial innovation is built in the design of their capital investment plans. The distribution of funding envisaged from different sources is as follows: l Current progress: All 100 Smart cities

have established their SPVs, constituted their City Level Advisory Forum (CLAF) and all cities have appointed Project Management Consultants (PMCs). l More than 3,600 projects worth

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catapult the mission to the next stage of development. Some of these key initiatives include:

India Smart Cities Fellowship Programme The India Smart Cities Fellowship Program announced on 9th July 2018, is designed to cultivate young leaders, strengthen their understanding of Indian urban sector and prepare them for greater leadership roles in future.

Ease of Living Index 2019 and Municipal Performance Index 2019 The first framework on ‘Ease of Living’ (EoL) Index for cities was launched in June 2017 with the objective of framing an index to enable a shift to data driven approach in urban planning and management and promote healthy competition among cities.

around Rs 1,35,000 crore have been tendered which is about 70% of the total value of projects. Close to 3000 projects worth Rs 90,000 crore have been grounded or completed. l The number of projects tendered in SCM has accelerated by 170% since June 2018. Similarly, the total amount of work started in the Mission has increased by almost 200% since June, 2018. Most of these projects are innovative and/or are happening in our country for the very first time. Some of these key projects being developed are as follows: l Smart Command and Control Centres in 16 cities have been completed and are operational, while it is under development in 45 cities,10 cities have issued tenders. l Smart Roads in 25 cities have been completed and are operational, while it is under development in 60 cities. 37 cities have issued tenders. l Smart Solar in 15 cities have been

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completed and are operational, while it is under development in 37 cities. 8 cities have issued tenders. l Smart Wastewater in 10 cities have been completed and are operational, while it is under development in 50 cities. 19 cities have issued tenders. l Smart Water projects in 24 cities have been completed and are operational, while it is under development in 56 cities. 29 cities have issued tenders.

As a part of improving the index, a new edition The Ease of Living Index 2019, more focussed on outcomes, aims to assess the ease of living of citizens across three pillars--Quality of Life, Economic Ability and Sustainability.

ClimateSmart Cities Assessment Framework 2019 This Framework is first-of-its-kind public assessment framework on climate relevant parameters, including those of the recently launched National Clean Air Programme. The objective is to provide a clear roadmap for the cities and in effect, urban India as a whole, towards combating Climate Change while planning their actions within the city including investments.

New Initiatives

DataSmart Cities Strategy, Assessment Framework and Open Data, India Urban Data Exchange (IUDX) Portals

The Mission has launched several new initiatives that will not only ensure integrated development across various aspects of urban development but also

The mission has launched a suite of measures to make cities ‘Data Smart’ so that they can realize the full potential of

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technology interventions and innovation ecosystems in cities. The Smart Cities Open Data Portal is a step towards effective execution of the Data Smart Strategy. The Smart Cities Open Data Portal is a platform where the Smart Cities can share their data which can then be used by all stakeholders in the Smart Cities Ecosystem. IUDX is an open source software platform that will facilitate secure and authenticated exchange of data amongst various data platforms, 3rd party applications, data producers and consumers, both within a city to begin with, and scaled up across cities eventually at a national level, in a uniform & seamless way.

National Urban Innovation Stack (NUIS)

NULP is content neutral, scalable and multi-channel platform which can be used for producing and delivering capacity building programmes through a 360 degree approach.

Consultation Paper on City GDP Measurement Framework

India Urban Observatory A state-of-the-art India Urban Observatory has become operational atMoHUA. The Observatory will plug into various sources of data from cities both from real-time and archival sources for generating insights through analytics for cities, academia, industry and governments. This will greatly contribute towards evidence based decision making and policy making.

and NIUA. The total size of the programme is 100 Million Euros. It was open to all the 100 smart cities. During the Challenge process for selection of projects, 36 Smart cities submitted a total of 67 proposals belonging to various themes. 13 Projects from 13 Smart Cities were selected.The CITIIS awards were given away during the 2nd Apex Conference of Smart City CEOs on 26 February 2019.

One City One Impact There is no standardised methodology available for estimating city level GDP. Measuring city GDP enables cities to do improve their socio-economic and infrastructure planning. To develop a such framework for Indian cities, a consultation paper on framework for city GDP has been brought out and a technical committee is working to finalise the methodology.

Smart Cities Digital Payment Awards-2018

NUIS aims to catalyse transformative collaboration in the urban ecosystem through establishing a shared digital public resource.

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Capacity Building Frameworks on the National Urban Learning Platform (NULP)

The Smart Cities Digital Payments Awards (SCDPA) 2018 ‘100 days Challenge in 100 Smart Cities’ was launched on 9th July 2018 as part of the initiatives of MoHUA to promote ease of living for India’s urban residents.

City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain (CITIIS) Challenge City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain (CITIIS) was launched on 9th July, 2018 by the Smart Cities Mission, MoHUA in partnership with AFD, EU

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One City One Impact is a 100 days programme of the Smart Cities Mission envisaged to encourage 100 smart cities to take up at least one impactful initiative which can be completed in 100 days and results in quantifiable and impactful outcome. The thematic area to be covered under this programme comprises of Inclusion, Environment,

Cleanliness, Economy and Water. It is estimated that nearly 2.7 crore citizens will be directly benefitted from this programme.

Conclusion The Mission is moving full steam ahead. As on 12 July 2019, more than 5000 projects worth over ₹ 2 lakh crore are at various stages of implementation. The Mission is proving to be a game-changer in this regard. Not only is it directly improving citizens’ quality of life, it is also contributing to transforming the country into a digitally empowered society and a knowledge economy.

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BASED PDS HAS USHERED IN

Transparency,

PLUGGED PILFERAGE’

Alok Kumar

Commissioner Food and Civil Supplies, Government of Uttar Pradesh

There are many urban districts where more than 95 percent of the transactions have taken place through Aadhaar. Although the new system has started functioning in rural areas recently, the figures we are getting are quite encouraging, says Alok Kumar, Commissioner Food and Civil Supplies, Government of Uttar Pradesh, in an interview with Arpit Gupta of Elets News Network (ENN).

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distributed under PDS in a particular district since morning today. Likewise, we can access district-wise monthly data on food grain distribution from across the State. It may include identifying distribution-wise top five or bottom five districts in the State, or the analysis of sales patterns in various districts over a period of time.

How is Aadhaar transforming the PDS in Uttar Pradesh? Aadhar-enabled Public Distribution System (PDS) through Point of Sale (PoS) machines is a game changer for Uttar Pradesh. The process of using Aadhaar for distributing commodities has now been completed in the rural areas of Uttar Pradesh. Earlier, it was completed only in urban areas of the state. Through the portal – https://mis. uppds.com/ – we are able to monitor the PDS across the state at any time. For example, by simply logging on to the website, which is in public domain, I can access the information on how much food grains have been

This new system has ushered in transparency. So, distribution through ePoS which is linked to Aadhaar ensures that a genuine person has collected the food grains at Fair Price Shop (FPS). Currently, around 80 percent of the ration cards have been linked with Aadhaar. Therefore, we make efforts to ensure that the distribution through Aadhaar doesn’t

go below that percentage. A proxy cannot be ascertained as a genuine beneficiary, but as per the Supreme Court’s direction we have to allow distribution of commodities without biometrics as there have been issues of mismatch of fingerprints, especially in the case of manual labourers. So, we have found a solution by starting scanning of iris for authentication. Our data is also able to reflect that how much ration has been issued after iris authentication is done at FPSs. We also send block engineers to train PFS owners in iris authentication.

Can you brief us about the initiatives the Department has

“We are fitting our supply vehicles with GPS to monitor their location or route diversions to stop various malpractices. We automatically receive alerts when the driver stops the vehicle or takes a different route than the predetermined one.” undertaken to further improve PDS in Uttar Pradesh? We are fitting our supply vehicles with GPS to monitor their location or route diversions to stop various malpractices. We automatically receive alerts when the driver stops

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the vehicle or takes a different route than the predetermined one.

Command and Control Centre for monitoring PDS.

Other initiatives we are taking include the introduction of electronic weighing scale of 5-MT capacity at block go-downs. Some of these scales have already been installed in some warehouses. This has been done to address the complaints of FPS owners that they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get the delivery of their full quantity of commodities.

Other states have also adopted the Command and Control Centre method for monitoring PDS. But the number of such states is very small. For example, the Telangana Government has used this system effectively to monitor PDS in the State.

We are in the process of installing CCTV cameras at every marketing warehouse. This too is being planned to plug the pilferages in PDS. Another initiative in the pipeline is to provide a 50-kg capacity weighing scale at the FPSs and integrate it to the PoS.

UP is one of the few states in the country which is using

What kind of changes wee you able to observe after implementing these initiatives? General public is assured that every month they would receive commodities they are entitled to, although there are few challenges that remain. For example, we are trying to address the issue of people getting the food grains at FPSs at the right price.

There are many urban districts where more than 95 percent of the transactions have taken place through Aadhaar. Although the new system has started functioning in rural areas recently, the figures we are getting are quite encouraging. So far as Aadhaar seeding is concerned, Uttar Pradesh has 13 crore 50 lakh beneficiaries and 3 crore 50 lakh ration cards, which is a huge number. Out of a total of 12 crore 71 lakh Aadhaar numbers fed into the system developed by NIC, 11 crore 9 lakhs, or almost 85 percent of the total, have been validated, which is a big achievement. The system is evolving as per the requirements. People can seed their Aadhaar numbers on their own from our Common Service Centres. In terms of purchasing paddy and wheat we have set a record of more than 100 percent. But this year, the purchasing of wheat has marginally come down as the market price of wheat is good and almost equivalent to MSP. Against the target of 55 lakh tonnes, we have achieved 35 lakh tonnes and we are still left with few days to June 25 to take it further. Our work is to ensure the purchasing from farmers is done as per the MSP.

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SPOTLIGHT: WATER CONSERVATION

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“DM Heera Lal mentions that under the Banda KhetTalaw Yojna, in the fiscal year 2019-20, as many as 2500 ponds are slated to be built. These ponds would be machine-built, meant to store the rainwater for harvesting agricultural farms.” 32

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Banda DM Heera Lal launches Campaign to Curb Water Crisis In a bid to fight the water crisis of Banda, Uttar Pradesh, District Magistrate Heera Lal has launched a campaign to conserve and revive water bodies including ponds and wells. The district perennially suffers from water scarcity, hampering the lives of the citizens.

he tagline of the campaign is ‘Kuwon-Talabo me paani layenge, Banda ko khushhaal banayenge’ (we will revive the wells and ponds and make Banda prosperous). The objective of the campaign is to improve the ground water level and save potable water.

The District Magistrate has appealed the farmers, “Farmers with more than

five acre land must build their own pond to irrigate their farms.” This step would help save and recycle water. DM Heera Lal mentions that under the Banda Khet-Talaw Yojna, in the fiscal year 2019-20, as many as 2500 ponds are slated to be built. These ponds would be machine-built, meant to store the rainwater for harvesting agricultural farms.

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As per the mandates stated by the administrative body, the ponds should be located in the recharge zone. There should be regular cleaning of the ponds and the inlet of the pond has to be constructed in such a way that soil or other particles do not get mixed with the water. The height of the pond should be at least one foot higher than the maximum water level. There should be at least three inlets in the ponds and the ponds should be cleaned every two to three years. For the restoration of wells, the primary step is to clean the well, even if it is not in use. DM Heera Lal mentions, “Wells and their surroundings should be cleaned in every two to three months. The base of the wells should be elevated.” The guidelines also state that there should be a shade on the well in order to avoid the water to get contaminated. Also, regular chores like cleaning, washing, feeding domestic animals should be done away from the wells. Talking about the significance of the campaign, A K Singh, Deputy Director Agriculture, Banda says, “In order to secure our present and future, we must rejuvenate and revive ponds and wells in a collective way. There has to be collective and continuous effort in order to achieve this.” Prior to launching the campaign, the DM had also inspected several wells of the city along with the Jal Sansthan and Nagar Palika authorities. Leveraging Rain Water Harvesting to curb water shortage According to Heera Lal, the average rainfall in the Bundelkhand district is 902 milimetre, which is higher than that of Punjab and Haryana, which is 636 milimetre and 563 milimetre respectively. The reason why the other two states could tackle the water crisis despite low rainfall is rainwater harvesting.

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“Owing to lack of proper infrastructure, a large portion of rain water flows away untilised, which, if stored and treated, can solve the water crisis to some extent,” Heera Lal said. The DM has suggested Shaft Digging near well or hand pump to conserve the rain water. “Even trees help us store and conserve water. Hence, plant as many trees as possible in your vicinity,” he said. Sharing further details about the initiatives to conserve water in Banda, Heera Lal stated, “On one hand we are building check dams, small and big ponds to conserve water and on the other hand we are using irrigation techniques like drip and sprinkler irrigation to ensure that less water is used for irrigation.”. Accolades received by Banda DM for the initiative The initiative taken by Banda DM Heera Lal has been awarded in the Water Project category of the Smart Cities India Awards 2019. The award ceremony was held on May 24 in New

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Delhi. On receiving the award, Heera Lal has congratulated the people involved in this campaign and has appealed that now focus on the revival of wells and ponds in the next phase of this campaign and save them from the water crisis by saving them alive. He said that bigger works can also be done easily with public participation, so we are confident of this campaign. Accomplishments of the previous initiativese Talking about the accomplishments of the water conservation initiatives implemented earlier, Heera Lal said, “We have constructed shafts to enable the storage of 3,930 kilolitres of water, of which 1,10,001 kilolitres water can be stored at the ground level.” He added, “We also need to change our approach towards utilising water resources as we can earn money but it is very difficult to earn water. There is a need to prepare a water security plan and water budget to assess the availability and the rate with which to spend this important resource.”

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The 3rd Smart City Summit Lucknow begins with lamp lighting ceremony in presence of Erik Af Hällström, Minister Counsellor/Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Finland; Sanyukta Bhatia, Mayor, Lucknow; Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Minister for Tourism & Family Welfare, Government of Uttar Pradesh; Anil Garg, Divisional Commissioner, Lucknow & Chairman, Lucknow Smart City Limited; SK Singh, Director Urban, NITI Aayog, Government of India; Jai Pratap Singh, Minister of Excise and Prohibition, Government of Uttar Pradesh and Dr Ravi Gupta, Founder & CEO, Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd.

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Exploring Best Innovative Practices to Develop the ideal Smart City Model Elets Technomedia conducted the 3rd Smart City Summit, Lucknow on November 30, 2018, to discuss and deliberate on the progress of Smart City projects at Uttar Pradesh, with a focal point on Lucknow. Through an array of keynote addresses, panel discussions and presentations, the speakers, which included policy makers, urban developers as well as the industry experts, delved on the challenges and opportunities of the Smart City Mission of Lucknow, vis-à-vis, Uttar Pradesh. The inaugural session dealt with Roadmap to Smart Lucknow, Smarter Uttar Pradesh. The Panel Discussions were on E-Governance & Digital Initiatives For Safe and Secure Cities, Role Of Financial Institutions In Making Smart Cities & Housing Projects and Restoring The Glory Of Old City – Heritage Projects. The Summit also awarded and felicitated the policy makers or industry experts who have made exemplary contribution towards urban development.

The inaugural session speakers Dr Indramani Tripathi, Pradeep Sachdeva, Erik Af Hällström, Sanyukta Bhatia, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Jai Pratap Singh, Anil Garg, SK Singh, and Dr Ravi Gupta, Founder & CEO, Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd. launch the Egov magazine – Lucknow Unravelling Growth Opportunities Through UP’s Urban Transformation.

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ROADMAP TO SMART LUCKNOW - SMARTER UTTAR PRADESH

National and international level Policy makers and urban developers illuminate the stage with their insightful views on Lucknow's transformation from Art City to Smart City.

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RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI Minister for Tourism & Family Welfare, Government of Uttar Pradesh

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We have divided Lucknow in four zones, namely, Jeevant Lucknow, Sugam Lucknow, Swachh Lucknow and Samridhh Lucknow. Our aim is to make Lucknow well known across the world for its metro network, Safe City Initiatives and Smart City Lucknow. Lucknow is progressing towards this aim. The building of Smart City Lucknow Command & Control System has been set up. We are on the verge of implementing the e-centric services such as Government to Citizens, by integrating these in the centralised Command & Control system.

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S K SINGH

Divisional Commissioner, Lucknow & Chairman, Lucknow Smart City Limited

Director Urban, NITI Aayog, Government of India

Today, the Government has taken up Smart City Mission project across India to develop the urban areas of the country. In my opinion, we should start from the scratch, by developing the villages first. As the Gram Pradhan, I have taken certain initiatives for the development of my village. I have prepared a plan to develop the roadways, and installed LED lighting to save energy.

Starting from the 90s, there has been a massive migration from the rural areas to that of the urban areas. Bank of Baroda has strengthened the rural operations. In the rural branches, we are not only offering agriculture loans, craft loans etc but also worked towards employment generation. We are also promoting Housing loans in the rural areas as well. At Bank of Baroda, we are extensively practicing the Swachh Bharat campaign across branches.

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PRADEEP SACHDEVA

Gram Pradhan, Hasuri Ausanpur, District Sidharth Nagar, Uttar Pradesh

The projects undertaken in the Smart City projects or the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) mission are developed towards a business model. Based on our recent surveys in Uttar Pradesh, we could see that there has been a lot of development in the Smart Cities as compared to two years back. While there is lot of challenges, there is no dearth of opportunities as well.

Deputy General Manager, Bank of Baroda (BOB), Lucknow region

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E-GOVERNANCE & DIGITAL INITIATIVES FOR SAFE AND SECURE CITIES

Panelists launching eGov Magazine during the session themed 'E-Governance & Digital Initiatives for Safe and Secure Cities', which saw participation from Dr Indramani Tripathi, Municipal Commissioner, Lucknow and CEO, Lucknow Smart City Ltd.; Erik Af Hällström, Minister Counsellor/Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Finland; Naveen Mahajan, Secretary, MSME Department, Government of Rajasthan; Anjum Parwez, Secretary (M&UDA), Urban Development Department, Government of Karnataka; S Ramrathitthinam, CEO, Muthoot Homefin; Aman Thareja, Director – Sales (Government & Defence), Symantec; Neeraj Kushwaha, Founder & Director, Technosys Security Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Dignitaries launching eGov Magazine at the 3rd Smart City Summit Lucknow 2018.

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ROLE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN MAKING SMART CITIES & HOUSING PROJECTS

Panellists gather on the stage after an insightful discussion on Role of Financial Institutions in Making Smart Cities & Housing Projects. Sushil Giri, Chief Finance Officer, Shalimar Corp Ltd.; Vivek Pratap Singh, Regional Sales Head, Muthoot Finance; Sonali Giri, Municipal Commissioner, Amritsar Municipal Corporation; B Purushartha, Divisional Commissioner, Jalandhar; Rajesh Mehtani, U.P Housing & Development Board; Puneet Kumar Vidyarthi, General Manager and Head, Rural, JCB India Limited; Puneet Kumar Pandey, Financial Expert, Lucknow Smart City were the panelists among others.

PRESENTATIONS

Andra Vamsi, Additional Registrar, Cooperatives & Banking, Government of Uttar Pradesh delivers a presentation on the transformation of Lucknow, the City of Nawabs over the years. Vamsi also talks on the development measures taken by the Uttar Pradesh Government and how we need to promote the city as a premium tourist destination.

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Faiz Ahmed, Business Development Manager, Sekisui SPR, presents on the role of Sekisui SPR in creating Smart Lucknow city. He talks about how technology is leveraged for Sewer Rehabilitation.

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RESTORING THE GLORY OF OLD CITY – HERITAGE PROJECTS

Panel discussion on Restoring the Glory of Old City – Heritage Projects - participated by Mahendra Kumar, Director (Rolling Stock & Systems), Lucknow Metro Rail; Navin Piplani, Principal Director, INTACH Heritage Academy, Delhi; B Venkatesham, Secretary, Youth Advancement, Tourism & Culture Department, Government of Telangana among others

AWARDS & FELICITATION

Elets Technomedia awarded and felicitated the esteemed speakers of the 3rd Urban Development Summit Lucknow on their exemplary contribution towards creating Smart Cities or being instrumental for the urban development in his/her respective area.

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