FINANCIALEXPRESS MAR-2017 The Indian government plans to develop 100 smart cities in the country. It has earmarked R7,060 crore in the current budget where IoT would play a key role in developing such cities. This could lead to a quick expansion of IoT in the country. Also, the launch of the Digital India programme by the government, aims at ‘transforming India into a digital empowered society and knowledge economy which will provide the required impetus for development of the IoT industry in the country.