National Level

National Level Monitoring

National level monitoring will be of two type:

1. Apex Committee
2. National Mission Directorate

Apex Committee

An Apex Committee (AC), headed by the Secretary, MoUD and comprising representatives of related Ministries and organisations will approve the Proposals for Smart Cities Mission, monitor their progress and release funds. This Committee will meet periodically, as considered necessary. The AC will consist of the following indicative members:

• Secretary, Housing and Poverty Alleviation - Member
• Secretary (Expenditure) - Member
• Joint Secretary, Finance, MoUD - Member
• Director, NIUA - Member
• Chief Planner, Town and Country Planning - Member
• Select Principal Secretaries of States - Member
• Select CEOs of SPVs - Member
• Mission Director - Member Secretary

The Representatives of stakeholders like UN Habitat, World Bank, TERI, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Centre for Smart Cities (CSC), Bangalore or other bilateral and multilateral agencies and urban planning experts may be invited with the approval of Chair.

The AC will provide overall guidance and play an advisory role to the Mission and its key responsibilities are given below.

• Review the list of the names of Cities sent by the State Governments after Stage 1.
• Review the proposals evaluated by panel of experts after Stage 2.
• Approve the release of funds based on progress in implementation.
• Recommend mid-course correction in the implementation tools as and when required.
• Undertake quarterly review of activities of the scheme including budget, implementation and co-ordination with other missions/ schemes and activities of various ministries.

National Mission Directorate

There will be a National Mission Director, not below the rank of Joint Secretary to Government of India and who will be the overall in-charge of all activities related to the Mission. A Mission Directorate will take support from subject matter experts and such staff as considered necessary. The key responsibilities of the Mission Directorate are given below.

1. Develop strategic blueprint and detailed implementation roadmap of the Smart Cities Mission, including the detailed design of the City Challenge.
2. Coordinate across Centre, States, ULBs and external stakeholders in order to ensure that external agencies are efficiently used for preparation of SCP, DPRs, sharing of best practices, developing Smart Solution, etc.
3. Oversee Capacity building and assisting in handholding of SPVs, State and ULBs. This includes developing and retaining a best practice repository (Model RFP documents, Draft DPRs, Financial models, land monetization ideas, best practices in SPV formation, use of financial instruments and risk mitigation techniques) and mechanism for knowledge sharing across States and ULBs (through publications, workshops, seminars).