Smart Cities in India—Business Opportunities in Pune City, 2017
Strong manufacturing base in Pune drives the need for improving governance and ease of doing business
01-Aug-2017
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The Government of India (GoI) launched the 100 Smart City Mission in April 2015; the plan is to implement this through area based approaches. Cities have been selected through a City Challenge Competition. Pune has been selected for Smart city development since the city is the 2nd biggest software hub in India and is among the top five FDI investment destinations in India. The Smart city proposal has identified projects worth INR 2,380 Cr., with a major share of projects in traffic and transportation sectors.
This Industry Dockets aims at assessing opportunities identified in the Smart city proposal and recommends the go-to-market approaches for Services, Advisory, OEMs and project implementation agencies.
Scope & Limitations
Pune is among the fastest implementers of projects under the Smart Cities Mission in India
The Pune Municipal Corporation, a forward looking agency, is focussed on results and implementation
In 2030, India’s cities will be home to 600 Mn people, presenting immense opportunities and challenges
Government of India rolled out the Smart City Mission in 2015 to partly address urbanization needs
Ministry of urban development has charted a roadmap to boost implementation of the 100 Smart City projects
The ministry has devised a financing model to boost implementation of the 100 SMART cities projects
A strong manufacturing base in Pune drives the need for improving governance & ease of doing business
Vision & themes of the Pune Smart City proposal support steps to improve ease of doing business
Governance structure for project implementation has broad representation from various departments
The Pune Smart City corporation has initiated sizeable projects in fast track mode
Projects worth ~INR 14,000 Cr. have been scheduled to be completed in the short- to medium-terms
Sector-wise opportunities in Pune Smart City Proposal
Transportation and energy sectors offer sizable opportunities in the Pune Smart City project
Further, along the value chain the OEM segment offers high value opportunities greater than INR 100 Cr.
Go-to-market approaches for private players to participate in Smart city projects in India have been identified…
…and evaluation of the projects has been carried out to determine the go-to-market approach
Ease and Priority of implementation drive direct procurement contracts
Pune Smart city project is in the matured stage of implementation and presents long-term opportunities for OEMs
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