Smart cities: Progress and Problems in India

The urge of urbanization is increasing at a rapid rate worldwide. It ensues the emergence and use of various digital technologies like Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Big data Analytics, Intelligent computing etc. The one important and most hyped application of such technologies is Smart Cities. This concept revitalizes the whole city by strengthening its core competencies. It automates every sector like transportation, homes, traffic, agriculture, water and electricity supply, waste management, health, education etc. This notion is implementing in various parts of the world leading to the new level of urbanization. The perception of this powerful approach in India is presented in this paper. The current stage of this project and the possible roadblocks in implementing it in Indian scenario is also discussed in this manuscript.