Complete List of 98 Smart Cities in India @ Smart City Mission
Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu has announced the list of 98 cities as part of Smart City Mission. 13 crore population across 98 cities, which is 35% of urban population will be covered under the Smart City Mission. Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu top the list with 12 cities each. Smart City Mission is the pet project of PM Narendra Modi.
Uttar Pradesh has one slot vacant, while Jammu & Kashmir has sought time to send its recommendations. The Central Government has proposed to give financial support to Mission to the extent of Rs. 48,000 crores over 5 years.
Each smart city will get Rs 200 crore for the first year and Rs 100 crore every year for another four years. Itanagar, Patna, Shimla, Bengaluru and Kolkata are among the national capitals not declared as Smart Cities. However, New Town of Kolkata is in the list of Smart Cities.
Maximum Smart Cities come from the following states:
Uttar Pradesh – 12, Tamil Nadu – 12, Maharashta – 10, Madhya Pradesh – 7, Gujarat – 6, Karnataka – 6, Rajasthan – 4, West Bengal – 4, Punjab – 3, Bihar – 3, Andhra Pradesh – 3, Odisha – 2, Telangana – 2, Haryana – 2, Chhattisgarh – 2.
Here’s the Complete List of Smart Cities in India:
1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands – Port Blair
2. Andhra Pradesh –Vishakhapatnam , Tirupati, Kakinada
3. Arunchal Pradesh – Pasighat
4. Assam- Guwahati
5. Bihar- Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur, Bihar Sharif
6. Chandigarh – Chandigarh
7. Chhattisgarh – Raipur, Bilaspur
8. Daman & Diu – Diu
9. Dadra & Nagar Haveli – Silvassa
10. Delhi – New Delhi Municipal Council
11. Goa – Panaji
12. Gujarat – Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Dahod
13. Haryana –Karnal, Faridabad
14. Himachal Pradesh – Dharamshala
15. Jharkhand – Ranchi
16. Karnataka- Mangaluru, Belagavi, Shivamogga, Hubli-Dharward, Tumakuru, Davanegere
17. Kerala – Kochi
18. Lakshadweep– Kavaratti
19. Madhya Praesh – Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain,
20. Maharashtra – Navi Mumbai, Nashik, Thane, Greater Mumbai, Amravati, Solapur, Nagpur, Kalyan-Dombivali, Aurangabad, Pune
21. Manipur – Imphal
22. Meghalaya – Shillong
23. Mizoram – Aizawl
24. Nagaland – Kohima
25. Odisha – Bhubaneswar, Rourkela
26. Puducherry – Oulgaret
27. Punjab – Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar
28. Rajasthan – Jaipur, Udaipur, Kota, Ajmer
29. Sikkim – Namchi
30. Tamil Nadu – Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Dindigul, Thanjavur, Tiruppur, Salem, Vellore, Coimbatore, Madurai, Erode, Thoothukudi, Chennai
31. Telangana – Greater Hyderabad, Greater Warangal
32. Tripura – Agartala
33. Uttar Pradesh – Moradabad, Aligarh, Saharanpur, Bareilly, Jhansi, Kanpur, Allahabad, Lucknow, Varanasi, Ghaziabad, Agra, Rampur
34. Uttarakhand – Dehradun
35. West Bengal – New Town Kolkata, Bidhan Nagar, Durgapur, Haldia.