Smart Cities Mission

Indian government plan for urban development

Smart Cities Mission

Country| India
Prime Minister(s)| Narendra Modi
Ministry| Ministry of Urban Development
Key people| Manohar Lal Khattar, Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
Roopa Mishra (Joint Secretary & Mission Director)[1]
Launched| 25 June 2015; 9 years ago (2015-06-25)
Closed| 31 March 2025; 2 months ago (2025-03-31)[2]
Funding| ₹203,979 crore (US$24 billion)[3]
Website| smartcities.gov.in
Smart pole in Vizag set up as part of Smart Cities mission

Smart Cities Mission was an urban renewal and retrofitting program by the Government of India with the mission to develop smart cities across the country, making them citizen-friendly and sustainable.[4] The Union Ministry of Urban Development is responsible for implementing the mission in collaboration with the state governments of the respective cities. The mission was planned to include 100 cities, with the project completion deadline between 2019 and 2023. As of January 2025[update], 7479 out of a total of 8058 tendered projects have been completed, utilizing ₹150,002 crores out of the total tendered amount of ₹164,368 crore.[5] In 2017, the Ministry of Urban Development was merged with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation to form the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).[6] The project was officially shut down on March 31, 2025.[7]

## Description

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Smart Cities Mission envisions developing areas within selected cities in the country as model areas based on an area development plan, which is expected to have a rub-off effect on other parts of the city and nearby cities and towns.[8] Cities will be selected based on the Smart Cities challenge, where cities will compete in a countrywide competition to obtain the benefits from this mission. It is a five-year program in which financial aid will be given by the central government to the cities.[9] The Ministry of Urban Development used a competition-based method as a means for selecting cities for funding.[10] The state governments were asked to nominate potential cities with the overall count across India limited to 100.[11] A hundred cities have been selected so far to be upgraded as part of the Smart Cities Mission.[12][13] Each city will create a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) headed by a CEO to implement the projects under mission.[14]

## History

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the launch of Smart Cities Mission in 2015

The mission was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 June 2015.[15] In the 2015 Union budget of India, ₹2,020 crore (US$240 million) was allocated for the smart cities mission.[16] The mission was further allocated ₹3,215 crore (US$380 million) in the 2016, ₹4,000 crore (US$470 million) in 2017, ₹6,169 crore (US$730 million) in 2018, ₹6,450 crore (US$760 million) in 2019, ₹6,136 crore (US$730 million) in 2020 and ₹6,118 crore (US$720 million) in the 2021.[17] The project was extended and was allocated ₹14,100 crore (US$1.7 billion) in the 2023 Union budget of India and a further ₹16,000 crore (US$1.9 billion) in the 2023 Union budget of India.[18] As of September 2023[update], a total of 7960 projects worth ₹171,432 crore (US$20 billion) crore have been tendered. [6] The project was officially shut down on March 31, 2025.[7]

## List of cities

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In 2015, 98 cities were nominated for the smart cities challenge, based on a state-level competition.[19] A hundred cities were supposed to be nominated but Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh did not use one of their allotted slots.[20] All the participating cities from West Bengal,[21] along with Mumbai and Navi Mumbai from Maharashtra, withdrew their nominations.[22]

List of nominated cities (2016)  State/UT | Count  | Cities

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Uttar Pradesh | 13  | Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Moradabad, Prayagraj, Rampur, Raebareli, Saharanpur, Varanasi
Tamil Nadu | 12  | Chennai, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Erode, Madurai, Salem, Thanjavur, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruppur, Vellore
Maharashtra | 8  | Amravati, Aurangabad, Kalyan-Dombivali, Nagpur, Nashik, Pune, Solapur, Thane,
Karnataka | 7  | Belagavi, Bengaluru, Davanagere, Hubbali-Dharwad, Mangaluru, Shimoga, Tumakuru,
Madhya Pradesh | 7  | Indore, Jabalpur, Bhopal, Gwalior, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain,
Gujarat | 6  | Ahmedabad, Dahod, Gandhinagar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara
Andhra Pradesh | 4  | Amaravati, Kakinada, Tirupati, Visakhapatnam
Bihar | 4  | Bhagalpur, Biharsharif, Muzaffarpur, Patna
Rajasthan | 4  | Ajmer, Jaipur, Kota, Udaipur
Chhattisgarh | 3  | Bilaspur, Naya Raipur, Raipur
Punjab | 3  | Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana
Kerala | 2  | Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram
Haryana | 2  | Faridabad, Karnal
Odisha | 2  | Bhubaneshwar, Rourkela
Sikkim | 2  | Gangtok, Namchi
Telangana | 2  | Karimnagar, Warangal
Arunachal Pradesh | 1  | Pasighat
Assam | 1  | Guwahati
Goa | 1  | Panaji
Himachal Pradesh | 1  | Dharamshala
Jharkhand | 1  | Ranchi[23]
Manipur | 1  | Imphal
Meghalaya | 1  | Shillong
Mizoram | 1  | Aizawl
Nagaland | 1  | Kohima
Tripura | 1  | Agartala
Uttarakhand | 1  | Dehradun
Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1  | Port Blair
Chandigarh | 1  | Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 1  | Silvassa
Daman and Diu | 1  | Diu
Delhi | 1  | New Delhi
Jammu and Kashmir | 1  | Srinagar
Lakshadweep | 1  | Kavaratti
Puducherry | 1  | Oulgaret

### Selected cities

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On 28 January 2016, a batch of 20 cities known as "lighthouse cities" were selected in the first round of the All India City Challenge competition for which an assistance of ₹200 crore (US$24 million) each during the first year followed by ₹100 crore (US$12 million) per year during the next three years was announced.[24] 13 cities were added as an extension in May 2016.[25] 27 cities were added in September 2016, 30 in June 2017, nine in January 2018 and one in June 2018.[26][27][28][13]

Bhopal

Bhubaneswar

Pune

Jaipur

Surat

Ludhiana

Kochi

Ahmedabad

Jabalpur

Visakhapatnam

Solapur

Davangere

Indore

New Delhi

Coimbatore

Kakinada

Belagavi

Udaipur

Guwahati

Chennai

Lucknow

Bhagalpur

Faridabad

Chandigarh

Raipur

Ranchi

Dharamasala

Warangal

Panaji

Agartala

Imphal

Port Blair

Amritsar

Kalyan

Ujjain

Tirupati

Nagpur

Mangaluru

Vellore

Thane

Gwalior

Agra

Nashik

Rourkela

Kanpur

Madurai

Tumakuru

Kota

Thanjavur

Namchi

Jalandhar

Shimoga

Salem

Ajmer

Varanasi

Kohima

Hubli

Aurangabad

Thiruvananthapuram

Vadodara

Thoothukudi

Tirunelveli

Naya Raipur

Rajkot

Amaravati

Patna

Karimnagar

Muzaffarpur

Puducherry

Gandhinagar

Bilaspur

Pasighat

Jammu

Dahod

Aizawl

Prayagraj

Jhansi

Pimpri Chinchwad

Tiruchirappalli

Dehradun

Shimla

Bengaluru

Tiruppur

Gangtok

Aligarh

Satna

Karnal

Sagar

Srinagar

Erode

Saharanpur

Moradabad

Bareilly

Itanagar

Silvassa

Diu

Kavaratti

Bihar Sharif

Shillong

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Smart cities[29]

List of selected cities  Phase  | Year  | Count  | Cities

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Phase I  | January 2016  | 20  | Bhubaneswar, Pune, Jaipur, Surat, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Jabalpur, Visakhapatnam, Solapur, Davangere, Indore, New Delhi, Coimbatore, Kakinada, Belagavi, Udaipur, Guwahati, Chennai, Ludhiana, Bhopal
Phase I (Ext.)  | May 2016  | 13  | Chandigarh, Bhagalpur, Faridabad, Lucknow, Raipur, Ranchi, Dharamasala, Warangal, Panaji, Agartala, Imphal, Port Blair
Phase II  | September 2016  | 27  | Amritsar, Kalyan, Ujjain, Tirupati, Nagpur, Mangalore, Vellore, Thane, Gwalior, Agra, Nashik, Rourkela, Kanpur, Madurai, Tumakuru, Kota, Thanjavur, Namchi, Jalandhar, Shimoga, Salem, Ajmer, Varanasi, Kohima, Hubli-Dharwad, Aurangabad, Vadodara
Phase III  | June 2017  | 30  | Thiruvananthapuram, Naya Raipur, Rajkot, Amaravati, Patna, Karimnagar, Muzaffarpur, Puducherry, Gandhinagar, Srinagar, Sagar, Karnal, Satna, Bengaluru, Shimla, Dehradun, Jhansi, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Bilaspur, Pasighat, Jammu, Dahod, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruppur, Aizawl, Prayagraj, Aligarh, Gangtok
Phase IV  | January 2018  | 10  | Erode, Saharanpur, Moradabad, Bareilly, Itanagar, Silvassa, Diu, Kavaratti, Bihar Sharif
Phase IV (Ext.)  | June 2018  | 1  | Shillong

## References

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1. ^ "Team, Smart cities". Government of India. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
2. ^ Raman, P. (1 April 2025). "An Unceremonious End to Modi's Smart Cities Mission". The Wire. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
3. ^ "Total proposed investment in 99 smart cities to be Rs.203979 crores". 19 January 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
4. ^ Mission Statement and Guidelines – Smart Cities (PDF) (Report). Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
5. ^ "Smart Cities Mission Achievements". pib.gov.in. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
6. ^ a b Dashboard of Smart Cities Mission (Report). Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
7. ^ a b "Smart Cities Mission set to end on March 31, but 7% projects likely to go on". The Indian Express. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
8. ^ "Smart City project: We start small so that it can be replicated, says govt". Indian Express. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
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10. ^ "Challenges :: Smart Cities Mission". Government of India. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
11. ^ Smart cities in each state (PDF) (Report). Government of India. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
12. ^ "9 more cities added to Smart City Mission, total now 99". Times of India. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
13. ^ a b "Despite slow execution, TN gets most smart cities; M.P. tops in project completion". Business Line. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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