Smart Cities Mission


National Smart Cities Mission is 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. The Union Ministry of Urban Development is responsible for implementing the mission in collaboration with the state governments of the respective cities. The mission initially included 100 cities, with the deadline for completion of the projects set between 2019 and 2023.
On 7 September 2019, the 10,000-acre Aurangabad Industrial City in Aurangabad, Maharashtra was inaugurated as the first greenfield industrial smart city of India.

Description

Smart Cities Mission envisions developing an area within the 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. 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. As of January 2018, 99 cities have been selected to be upgraded as part of the Smart Cities Mission after they defeated other cities in the challenge.
It is a five-year program in which, except for West Bengal, all of the Indian states and Union territories are participating by nominating at least one city for the Smart Cities challenge. Financial aid will be given by the central and state governments between 2017–2022 to the cities, and the mission will start showing results from 2022 onwards.
Each city will create a Special Purpose Vehicle, headed by a full-time CEO, to implement the Smart Cities Mission. Centre and state government will provide funding to the company, as equal contribution of each. The company has to raise additional funds from the financial market as a debt or equity.

History

"100 Smart Cities Mission" was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 June 2015. A total of was approved by the Indian Cabinet for the development of 100 smart cities and the rejuvenation of 500 others. for the Smart Cities mission and a total funding of for the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation have been approved by the Cabinet.
In the 2014 Union budget of India, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley allocated for the 150 smart cities. However, only of the allocated amount could be spent until February 2015. Hence, the 2015 Union budget of India allocated only for the project.
The first batch of 20 cities was selected. Known as 20 Lighthouse Cities in the first round of the All India City Challenge competition, they will be provided with central assistance of each during this financial year followed by per year during the next three years. The Urban Development Ministry had earlier released each to mission cities for preparation of Smart City Plans.

Smart City Challenge

The Ministry of Urban Development program used a competition-based method as a means for selecting cities for funding, based on an area-based development strategy. Cities competed at the state level with other cities within the state. Then the state-level winner competed at the national level Smart City Challenge. Cities obtaining the highest marks in a particular round were chosen to be part of the mission.
The state governments were asked to nominate potential cities based on state-level competition, with overall cities across India limited to 100. In August 2015 the Ministry of Urban Development released the list of 98 nominees sent in by state governments.
All the participating cities from West Bengal have withdrawn from the Smart Cities Mission. Mumbai and Navi Mumbai from Maharashtra have also been withdrawn from the Smart Cities Mission.

List of cities nominated by states for the smart city challenge

There are 98 nominated by states national level smart cities challenge, based on state level competition. 100 cities were supposed to be nominated but Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh did not use one slot each.
S. No.Name of State/UTSmart Cities Challenge
Nominations Allocated		Names of Cities proposed by States
1Andhra Pradesh4Amaravati, Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, Tirupati
2Gujarat6Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Dahod
3Madhya Pradesh7Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Satna, Ujjain, Sagar
4Tamil Nadu12Chennai, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Erode, Madurai, Salem, Thanjavur, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruppur, Vellore
5Karnataka7Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Belagavi, Shivamogga, Hubbali-Dharwad, Tumakuru, Davanagere
6Kerala2Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram
7Telangana2Warangal, Karimnagar
8Maharashtra10
Thane, Kalyan-Dombivali, Nashik, Amravati, Solapur, Nagpur, Pune City, Aurangabad
9Uttar Pradesh12 Lucknow, Kanpur, Moradabad, Aligarh, Saharanpur, Bareilly, Jhansi, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Agra, Rampur, Padrauna
10Rajasthan4Jaipur, Udaipur, Ajmer, Kota
11Punjab1Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar
12Bihar4Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur, Biharsharif, Patna
13Haryana2Karnal, Faridabad
14Assam1Guwahati
15Odisha2Bhubaneshwar, Rourkela
16Himachal Pradesh1Dharamshala
17Uttarakhand1Dehradun
18Jharkhand1Ranchi
19Sikkim1Namchi
20Manipur1Imphal
21Andaman and Nicobar Islands1Port Blair
22Arunachal Pradesh1Pasighat
23Chandigarh1Chandigarh
24Chhattisgarh3Raipur, Bilaspur, Naya Raipur
25Dadra and Nagar Haveli1Silvassa
26Daman and Diu1Diu
27Delhi1New Delhi
28Goa1Panaji
29Lakshadweep1Kavaratti
30Meghalaya1Shillong
31Mizoram1Aizawl
32Nagaland1Kohima
33Puducherry1Oulgaret
34Tripura1Agartala
35Jammu and Kashmir2-

Minister of Urban Development) Shri Venkaiah Naidu announced the selected top 20 from among the 98 nominated cities on 28 January 2016. Bhubaneswar topped the list of the top 20, followed by Pune and Jaipur.
RankingCities ShortlistedName of State/UT
1BhubaneswarOdisha
2PuneMaharashtra
3JaipurRajasthan
4SuratGujarat
5KochiKerala
6AhmedabadGujarat
7JabalpurMadhya Pradesh
8VisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh
9SolapurMaharashtra
10DavangereKarnataka
11IndoreMadhya Pradesh
12New DelhiNew Delhi
13CoimbatoreTamil Nadu
14KakinadaAndhra Pradesh
15BelagaaviKarnataka
16UdaipurRajasthan
17GuwahatiAssam
18ChennaiTamil Nadu
19LudhianaPunjab
20BhopalMadhya Pradesh

2nd Round winners – Selection of 13 Smart Cities

S. No.Name of CityName of State/UT
1Lucknow Uttar Pradesh
2Bhagalpur Bihar
3Faridabad Haryana
4Chandigarh Chandigarh
5Raipur Chhattisgarh
6RanchiJharkhand
7Dharamasala Himachal Pradesh
8Warangal Telangana
9Panaji Goa
10Agartala Tripura
11ImphalManipur
12Port Blair Andaman & Nicobar
13New Town Kolkata*West Bengal

* New Town Kolkata has withdrawn from the Smart Cities Mission after the Bengal government decided to withdraw all cities from the competition. It has rejected 1,000 crore to be given for development of the city as smart city.

3rd round winners – Selection of 27 Smart Cities

In this round state capital cities Patna, Thiruvananthapuram, Bengaluru, Amaravati, Itanagar, Gangtok, Shimla, Naya Raipur were allowed to compete in the Smart Cities challenge above and beyond the quota allocated to the state. It has also allowed the governments of Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh to nominate two cities each — Jammu and Srinagar, and Rae Bareli and Meerut respectively — in contravention of the rules. Overall 110 cities will compete for the 100 slots.
The following is the third smart city list:
S. No.Cities ShortlistedName of State/UT
1AmritsarPunjab
2KalyanMaharashtra
3UjjainMadhya Pradesh
4TirupatiAndhra Pradesh
5NagpurMaharashtra
6MangaloreKarnataka
7VelloreTamil Nadu
8ThaneMaharashtra
9GwaliorMadhya Pradesh
10AgraUttar Pradesh
11NashikMaharashtra
12RourkelaOdisha
13KanpurUttar Pradesh
14MaduraiTamil Nadu
15TumakuruKarnataka
16KotaRajasthan
17ThanjavurTamil Nadu
18NamchiSikkim
19JalandharPunjab
20ShimogaKarnataka
21SalemTamil Nadu
22AjmerRajasthan
23VaranasiUttar Pradesh
24KohimaNagaland
25Hubli-DharwadKarnataka
26AurangabadMaharashtra
27VadodaraGujarat

4th round winners – Selection of 30 Smart Cities

The following are the cities included in the Smart Cities Mission in 4th round:
Pimpri-Chinchwad replaced Navi Mumbai as a nomination from Maharashtra for the Smart Cities Mission.
S. No.Name of CityName of State/UT
1ThiruvananthapuramKerala
2Naya RaipurChhattisgarh
3RajkotGujarat
4AmravatiMaharashtra
5PatnaBihar
6KarimnagarTelangana
7MuzaffarpurBihar
8PuducherryPondicherry
9GandhinagarGujarat
10SrinagarJammu and Kashmir
11SagarMadhya Pradesh
12KarnalHaryana
13SatnaMadhya Pradesh
14BangaloreKarnataka
15ShimlaHimachal Pradesh
16DehradunUttarakhand
17JhansiUttar Pradesh
18Pimpri ChinchwadMaharashtra
19BilaspurChhattisgarh
20PasighatArunachal Pradesh
21JammuJammu and Kashmir
22DahodGujarat
23ThoothukudiTamil Nadu
24TiruchirappalliTamil Nadu
25TirunelveliTamil Nadu
26TiruppurTamil Nadu
27AizawlMizoram
28PrayagrajUttar Pradesh
29AligarhUttar Pradesh
30GangtokSikkim

5th round winners – Selection of 9 Smart Cities

There is now a total of 99 cities which have been added to the Smart Cities Mission.
The following are the cities included in the 5th round:
S. No.Name of citiesName of State/UT
1ErodeTamilnadu
2SaharanpurUttar Pradesh
3MoradabadUttar Pradesh
4BareillyUttar Pradesh
5ItanagarArunachal Pradesh
6SilvassaDadra and Nagar Haveli
7DiuDaman and Diu
8KavarattiLakshadweep
9Bihar SharifBihar

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