CITIES INVESTMENTS TO INNOVATE INTEGRATE AND SUSTAIN (CITIIS)

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• An all-India Challenge named CITIIS (Cities Investments to Innovate Integrate and Sustain) was launched in July 2018 in partnership with Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and European Union.
  
  
• A Loan of EUR 100 million will be extended by Agence Française de Développement (AFD), which shall be given as a grant to Smart Cities for implementation of 15 innovative projects selected through the All-India Challenge.
  
  
• The projects would be in four sectors – sustainable mobility, public open spaces, urban governance & ICT and social and organizational innovation in low-income settlements.