Projects in 18 Smart Cities get financial and technical support
French Development Agency (AFD), KreditanstaltfürWiederaufbau (KfW) and the European Union (EU) are partners with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and National Institurojecte of Urban Affairs (NIUA) in the ‘City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain 2.0 (CITIIS 2.0)’ which was approved on 31 May 2023.
CITIIS 2.0 has been conceived by the in partnership with a four-year programme, said the Minister of State in the MoHUA Kaushal Kishore in a written reply in the Lok Sabha 3 Aug 2023.
CITIIS 2.0 has 3 major components:
Component-1: Financial and technical support for up to 18 Smart Cities for projects promoting circular economy with focus on Integrated Waste Management.
Component-2: Support to all States/Union Territories (UTs) for Climate action.
Component-3: Interventions at National level to support scale-up across all cities and towns.
Twelve cities were selected under CITIIS 1.0 program through a challenge process.
Meanwhile, the National Project Management Unit based at NIUA conducts regular visits to project sites and provides necessary support through capacity building and peer-to-peer learning to ensure effective implementation of the program, he said.
Each project under CITIIS 1.0 was assigned a domestic expert and an international mentor to provide detailed on-site guidance in implementation of the project.
Additionally, periodic reviews are conducted by the Government at the level of the program Apex Committee headed by the Joint Secretary & Mission Director (SCM), MoHUA. Fiinews.com
