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Emerging Trends in the Indian Economy

ICSE · Class 9 · Economics

Summary of Emerging Trends in the Indian Economy for ICSE Class 9 Economics. Key concepts, important points, and chapter overview.

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Overview

The chapter explains three major changes in India’s economic development: Smart Cities Mission, Digital India, and Skill India. These initiatives focus on better urban life, digital services, and skill-based employment. Together, they show how technology, infrastructure, governance, and training are

Key Concepts

The Smart Cities Mission was launched

The Smart Cities Mission was launched on 25 June 2015 to develop 100 smart cities across India. A smart city uses information and communication techno

A smart city may be defined

A smart city may be defined as the promotion of a city considering the requirement of local economy and needs of common people of a particular city.

The four pillars are institutional infrastructure

The four pillars are institutional infrastructure, physical infrastructure, social infrastructure, and economic infrastructure.

Important features include technology and data

Important features include technology and data use, smart governance, smart mobility, smart environment, smart living, smart infrastructure, safety an

Smart cities are needed for better

Smart cities are needed for better quality of life, sustainable environment, efficient urban mobility, improved governance, citizen engagement, econom

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the meaning and need of Smart Cities Mission, Digital India, and Skill India.
  • Recognise the main features and objectives of a smart city.
  • Identify the key areas, progress, and challenges of Digital India.
  • Understand the purpose of Skill India and its major schemes.
  • See how these programmes are connected to economic growth, employment, and better living standards.

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