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Detailed explanation-1: -The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has ranked Bhopal, India, as the best smart city for the year 2022. It’s the largest city in Madhya Pradesh and has a population of over 2.5 million.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Smart Cities Mission, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs won the Platinum Icon in the Digital India Awards 2022 for their initiative “DataSmart Cities: Empowering Cities through Data” under the ‘Data Sharing and Use for Socio Economic Development’ category. The award was announce on 19th December 2022.

Detailed explanation-3: -Smart city digital capability ranking worldwide 2022 In 2022, the leading global digital city on the index ranking shown here was Copenhagen with a score of 80.3. Seoul, Beijing, Amsterdam, and Singapore rounded out the top 5 for the best digital cities.

Detailed explanation-4: -The conference Smart Cities, Smart Urbanization organized during 18-20 April 2022 at Surat (one of India’s leading Smart Cities) portends to be a watershed event - a confluence of ideas, innovations and partnerships to inform the future trajectory of smart urban development in India.