Indian Cities selected by WEF for Smart Cities

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• The World Economic Forum picked 36 cities from 22 countries to be the pioneers of the smart cities project road map.                        
• These smart cities are being built under the Global Smart Cities Alliance of the G20.
• Four of the 36 cities selected are Indian cities. The four selected Indian cities are Bengaluru, Faridabad, Indore and Hyderabad.
• These 36 cities will implement five measures, including greater internet coverage, protection of privacy, accountability for cyber security, enhanced access to digital city facilities for the physically disabled and increased transparency of city data.

G20 Global Smart City Alliance:

The Global Smart City Alliance of the G20 was set up in June 2019 at the Osaka G20 Summit (held in 2019). India has joined the coalition as a founding member.
The key goal of the partnership is to accelerate best practise, to encourage greater transparency and to mitigate future risks and public confidence. 

The Pioneers of Change Summit, 2020:

The World Economic Forum will open the Pioneers of Progress Summit between 16 November 2020 and 20 November 2020.
The summit will concentrate on sustainable development, digital business, wellness, technology, financial innovation, modern job models and frontier technologies. The findings of the summit will be used to frame the smart cities road map.