Professional Documents
Culture Documents
The central government has released the list of 98 cities that will be developed as smart cities.
The list includes the capitals of 24 states. The following table gives the list of smart cities
announced by the government.
Sl No.
Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Pasighat
Assam
Guwahati
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Bilaspur
Silvassa
Diu
10
Delhi (NDMC)
11
Goa
Panaji
12
Gujarat
13
Haryana
Faridabad, Karnal
14
Himachal Pradesh
Dharamshala
15
Jharkhand
Ranchi
16
Karnataka
17
Kerala
Kochi
18
Lakshadweep
Kavaratti
19
Madhya Pradesh
20
Maharashtra
21
Manipur
Imphal
22
Meghalaya
Shillong
23
Mizoram
Aizwal
24
Nagaland
Kohima
25
Odisha
Raurkela, Bhubaneshwar
26
Punjab
27
Puducherry
Oulgaret
28
Rajasthan
29
Sikkim
Namchi
30
Tamil Nadu
31
Telangana
32
Tripura
Agartala
33
Uttarakhand
Dehradun
34
Uttar Pradesh
35
West Bengal
Two more cities are yet to be announced. Jammu and Kashmir is yet to send its nomination.
Also, one more city from Uttar Pradesh is yet to be announced.
Smart city scheme
The central government had launched the smart city mission on 25th June this year. According
to the program, each state was allowed to nominate a certain number of smart cities. Uttar
Pradesh had the highest number of nominations with 13 cities, followed by Tamil Nadu with 12
and Maharashtra with 10 cities. The cities are selected via a city challenge competition where
they would be graded against certain criteria. Out of the 100 smart cities, 20 will be developed
this year and 40 each will be developed in subsequent years.
Source: CommonFloor.com
For Latest Updates on Real Estate Updates, Property News and Cities Infrastructure
Developments Visit: http://www.commonfloor.com/guide