The Smart Cities Mission and City Planning in India

Meshram, D.S.; Meshram, Swati

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“…The urban population is expected to increase from 31.8 per cent in 2011 to 38.6 per cent by 2036, and this urban growth would account for over three-fourths (73 per cent) of the total population increase in the country (National Commission on Population, 2019). Although they only occupy 3 per cent of the country's land, Indian cities account for about 60 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP; UN, 2018), which is estimated to increase beyond 70 per cent by 2030 (Mishra, 2021;Rajan & Bhagat, 2021). By having a $5 trillion economy by 2026 and a $40 trillion economy by 2047, India aspires to become a 'global economic powerhouse' and its cities will have to play a crucial role in the journey (NITI Aayog & Asian Development Bank, 2022).…”

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Epistemic Violence Embedded in Urban Policy: Locating Internal Migrants in Pune’s Smart City Mission

Rajput

2024

Urbanisation

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This article argues that the fundamental cause for migrants’ exclusion, precarity and the othering process in the ‘smart city’ lies in the epistemic violence against them, embedded in the Smart City Mission itself, which develops the knowledge framework of ‘inclusion and exclusion’. An epistemology constructs and shapes the knowledge and ideas of smart cities and the power structures which consequently influence urban government functionaries, urban planners and officials of the Smart City Mission Project Corporation. This constructed knowledge and perception of the smart city serves the interests of the ‘middle-class citizen’ by giving overwhelming importance to smart technologies and infrastructure growth. On the other hand, it systematically disadvantages internal migrants by excluding them at several levels. This epistemic violence has successfully distorted the reality of the existence and contribution of migrants in cities and portrayed a picture of ‘feel-good cities’ pleasing their middle-class citizens. At the same time, it deflects inclusion-directed interventions which would have had a significant positive impact on the lives of the migrants. It normalises the miseries of migrants and validates the salience of urban policy in protecting migrants’ rights. Consequently, migrants experience multiple and interconnected forms of violence and victimhood in their everyday life and remain unheard.

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Epistemic Violence Embedded in Urban Policy: Locating Internal Migrants in Pune’s Smart City Mission

Rajput

2024

Urbanisation

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Epistemic Violence Embedded in Urban Policy: Locating Internal Migrants in Pune’s Smart City Mission

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