Centre seeks public investment in building smart cities
The Dollar Business Bureau The Union Minister of Urban Development, Venkaiah Naidu on Friday laid stress over Public-Private-People Partnership (4P) and Smart Leadership, Smart Governance, Smart Technologies and Smart People (4S), as key processes towards successful urban management and achievement of Smart Cities initiative. Addressing the ‘Consultation Workshop with States and Stakeholders’ being organized by his Ministry, Naidu said building smart cities is all about 4S and 4P. Stating that the Public-Private-People Partnership is the best destination in meeting the resource challenges, Naidu called the people to become partners in the city development by willing to pay for the value addition to the services and enforce accountability. Attracting investments, adoption of technology platforms to reduce human-human interface, ensuring online delivery of services and ...
