State Level

State Level Monitoring

There shall be a State Level High Powered Steering Committee (HPSC) chaired by the Chief Secretary, which would steer the Mission Programme in its entirety. The HPSC will have representatives of State Government departments. The Mayor and Municipal Commissioner of the ULB relating to the Smart City would be represented in the HPSC. There would also be a State Mission Director who will be an officer not below the rank of Secretary to the State Government, nominated by the State Government. The State Mission Director will function as the Member-Secretary of the State HPSC. The indicative composition of HPSC is given below:

• Principal Secretary, Finance
• Principal Secretary, Planning
• Principal Secretary/Director, Town & Country Planning Department, State/UT Governments.
• Representative of MoUD.
• Select CEOs of SPVs in the State.*
• Select Mayors and Municipal Commissioners /Chief Executive of the ULBs, and Heads of the concerned State Line Departments.
• Secretary/Engineer-in-Chief or equivalent, Public Health Engineering Department.
• Principal Secretary, Urban Development – Member Secretary

The key responsibilities of the HPSC are given below.

• Provide guidance to the Mission and provide State level platform for exchange of ideas pertaining to development of Smart Cities.
• Oversee the process of first stage intra-State competition on the basis of Stage 1 criteria.
• Review the SCPs and send to the MoUD for participation in the Challenge.