Topics Covered: Population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies.
City Innovation Exchange (CiX):
Context:
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched a City Innovation Exchange (CiX).
What is it?
- The CiX will connect cities to innovators across the national ecosystem to design innovative solutions for their pressing challenges.
- The platform will ease the discovery, design & validation of solutions through a robust, transparent and user-centric process that will reduce barriers for innovators and cities to discover fitting solutions.
- Built on the concept of ‘open innovation’, the platform will help in the flow of ideas ‘outside in and inside out, enhancing the skills and capacity required to deliver smart urban governance.
Significance of the platform:
- The platform brings together Citizens-Organisations -Academic Businesses-Government to co-create solutions for the future of Urban India.
- The platform will help cities in adopting solutions that will enhance the quality of life for their residents. Moreover, it will significantly improve the Ease of Doing Business.
- It will also be a significant addition to the growing innovation ecosystem of India as it focuses on fostering innovative practices in cities.
InstaLinks:
Prelims Link:
- About CiX.
- Objectives.
- Features.
- About Smart Cities Mission.
Mains Link:
Discuss the challenges involved in the implementation of the Smart Cities Mission.
Sources: PIB.
