Parliament Question: Status of Cities under Smart Cities Mission

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2054 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 11, 2025 STATUS OF CITIES UNDER SMART CITIES MISSION NO. 2054. DR. KIRSAN NAMDEO: SHRI BALWANT BASWANT WANKHADE: SHRI ANTO ANTONY: SHRI TANUJ PUNIA: DR. PRASHANT YADAORAO PADOLE: SHRI JOYANTA BASUMATARY: Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state: (a) the details of all the cities proposed under the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) since 2015, State/UT-wise; (b) the number and total value of Smart City projects that are still incomplete or delayed as on October 2025, city-wise and the reasons for such delays; (c) the number of cities now considered Smart Cities under SCM along with the details of the parameters used for assessing whether the identified cities meet the prescribed standards; (d) whether the Government has conducted any comparative assessment to analyse the manner in which Smart Cities are performing on various indicators relative to non-Smart cities; (e) if so, the details of the socio-economic outcomes that have emerged from this transformation beyond infrastructure creation; and (f) the steps being taken by the Government to ensure that the pending projects in these cities are expedited? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU) (a) Government of India launched the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) on 25th June, 2015. 100 cities under SCM were selected through a two-stage selection process. Out of the cities recommended in first stage by the respective State/UT governments for the second stage at National level, 100 cities were selected under the SCM in 4 rounds of selection that started from January 2016 to June 2018. Details of the 100 Smart Cities selected in various rounds of Challenge is at Annexure-I. …2/--2- (b) Under SCM, a total 8064 projects amounting to ₹1,64,811 Cr were taken up since inception of the mission, out of which 7,741 worth ₹1,55,386 Cr have been completed. As reported by the States/ UTs on 01.12.2025, a total of 323 projects amounting to ₹9,425 Cr are ongoing. State/UT wise and City- wise details of ongoing projects under SCM is given at Annexure-II. As reported by the States/UTs, the challenges encountered in implementing smart city projects include, inter-alia, legal issues, delay in obtaining clearances from different departments, land acquisition, construction in hilly areas, challenges in vendor and resource availability in small & medium cities, centralization of decision making in few cities, utilization of full capacity of Integrated Command and Control Centres (ICCCs), etc. (c) The objective of SCM was not the development of entire city but to follow an area-based development approach through retrofitting, redevelopment, greenfield development and a Pan-city initiative in which smart solutions are applied covering larger parts of the city, so as to create a replicable model. The cities under SCM are being developed based on Smart City Proposals (SCPs) received from States/UTs, across various sectors, viz., smart mobility, Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (WASH), smart governance, smart energy, environment etc., approved by High Powered Steering Committee (HPSC) chaired by the Chief Secretary. Sector-wise details of projects along with percentage of completion under SCM is given at Annexure-III. (d) & (e) A mid-term evaluation study was undertaken by ‘Niti Aayog’ for ‘Evaluation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes in Urban Transformation Sector’. As part of the study, SCM was evaluated, and the report was published in February 2021. Recently, NITI Aayog has initiated a Third-Party Assessment of the Mission. (f) Post the financial closure of SCM on 31st March, 2025, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has issued Advisory No 27 dated 10th June, 2025 to all States/ UTs. The ongoing projects are in different stages of implementation. The Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) have been advised to ensure that all ongoing projects under SCM must be completed under their stipulated time period not later than December, 2025. *****Annexure-I Annexure refer to in reply of part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2054 for answer on December 11th,2025 regarding Status of Cities under Smart Cities Mission. List of 100 Smart Cities selected in Various Rounds of Challenge SN Jan-16 SN May-16 SN Sep-16 SN Jun-17 SN Jan-18 97 cities 23 cities 63 cities competed 45 cities competed 15 cities competed competed competed Round 1 Fast Track Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 1 Bhubaneswar 1 Lucknow 1 Amritsar 1 Thiruvananthapuram 1 Silvassa 2 Pune 2 Warangal 2 Kalyan-Dombivali 2 Rajkot 2 Erode 3 Jaipur 3 Dharamshala 3 Ujjain 3 Naya Raipur 3 Diu 4 Surat 4 Chandigarh 4 Tirupati 4 Amaravati 4 Biharsharif 5 Kochi 5 Raipur 5 Nagpur 5 Patna 5 Bareilly 6 Ahmadabad 6 NT Kolkata 6 Mangaluru 6 Karimnagar 6 Itanagar 7 Jabalpur 7 Bhagalpur 7 Vellore 7 Muzaffarpur 7 Moradabad 8 Visakhapatnam 8 Panaji 8 Thane 8 Puducherry 8 Saharanpur 9 Solapur 9 Port Blair 9 Gwalior 9 Gandhinagar 9 Kavaratti 10 Davanagere 10 Imphal 10 Agra 10 Srinagar 10 Shillong* 11 Indore 11 Ranchi 11 Nashik 11 Sagar 12 NDMC 12 Agartala 12 Raurkela 12 Karnal 13 Coimbatore 13 Faridabad 13 Kanpur 13 Satna 14 Kakinada 14 Madurai 14 Bengaluru 15 Belagavi 15 Tumakuru 15 Shimla 16 Udaipur 16 Kota 16 Dehradun 17 Guwahati 17 Thanjavur 17 Tiruppur 18 Chennai 18 Namchi 18 Pimpri-Chinchwad 19 Ludhiana 19 Jalandhar 19 Bilaspur 20 Bhopal 20 Shivamogga 20 Pasighat 21 Salem 21 Jammu 22 Ajmer 22 Dahod 23 Varanasi 23 Tirunelveli 24 Kohima 24 Thoothukudi 25 Hubballi-Dharwad 25 Tiruchirappalli 26 Aurangabad 26 Jhansi 27 Vadodara 27 Aizawl 28 Prayagraj 29 Aligarh 30 GangtokAnnexure-II Annexure refer to in reply of part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2054 for answer on December 11th, 2025 regarding Status of Cities under Smart Cities Mission. State/UT wise and City-wise details of ongoing projects under SCM (amount in ₹ crore) Total Completed Ongoing State/ City Project (in Amount Project Amount Project (in Amount No.) (in ₹ Cr) (in No.) (in ₹ Cr) No.) (in ₹ Cr) Andaman Nicobar 18 511 9 72 9 439 Islands Port Blair 18 511 9 72 9 439 Andhra Pradesh 280 6589 249 5739 31 850 Amaravati 19 903 14 746 5 157 Kakinada 92 1908 80 1731 12 177 Tirupati 104 2083 92 1649 12 433 Visakhapatnam 65 1695 63 1613 2 82 Arunachal Pradesh 75 1032 63 753 12 279 Itanagar 32 521 25 422 7 99 Pasighat 43 512 38 331 5 180 Assam 21 755 20 746 1 9 Guwahati 21 755 20 746 1 9 Bihar 152 5243 142 4907 10 336 Bhagalpur 27 1504 26 1494 1 10 Biharsharif 61 1449 56 1236 5 213 Muzaffarpur 30 860 26 748 4 112 Patna 34 1430 34 1430 0 0 Chandigarh 97 2694 97 2694 0 0 Chandigarh 97 2694 97 2694 0 0 Chhattisgarh 520 4454 503 4112 17 342 Atal Nagar 52 944 52 944 0 0 Bilaspur 126 1766 115 1529 11 237 Raipur 342 1745 336 1639 6 106 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 29 853 12 416 17 437 Silvassa 29 853 12 416 17 437 Daman and Diu 52 1148 43 1093 9 55 Diu 52 1148 43 1093 9 55 Delhi 127 997 121 884 6 113 NDMC 127 997 121 884 6 113 Goa 51 1051 47 1014 4 37 Panaji 51 1051 47 1014 4 37 Gujarat 359 11507 356 11268 3 239 Ahmedabad 70 2655 69 2626 1 29Dahod 36 985 36 985 0 0 Gandhinagar 43 1046 41 836 2 210 Rajkot 71 2184 71 2184 0 0 Surat 87 2694 87 2694 0 0 Vadodara 52 1943 52 1943 0 0 Haryana 161 2136 139 1559 22 577 Faridabad 44 929 34 758 10 171 Karnal 117 1207 105 802 12 406 Himachal Pradesh 291 1552 272 1294 19 257 Dharamshala 80 656 64 454 16 202 Shimla 211 896 208 840 3 56 Jammu and Kashmir 288 6604 279 6365 9 239 Jammu 127 2969 123 2841 4 128 Srinagar 161 3634 156 3524 5 111 Jharkhand 26 1847 26 1847 0 0 Ranchi 26 1847 26 1847 0 0 Karnataka 917 13819 899 13464 18 355 Belagavi 217 2780 212 2722 5 58 Bengaluru 57 1054 56 1031 1 23 Davanagere 128 1976 127 1947 1 30 Hubballi-Dharwad 81 1950 79 1835 2 115 Mangaluru 105 2580 96 2450 9 130 Shivamogga 112 1381 112 1381 0 0 Tumakuru 217 2099 217 2099 0 0 Kerala 177 3003 172 2905 5 98 Kochi 98 1761 96 1734 2 27 Thiruvananthapuram 79 1243 76 1171 3 72 Lakshadweep 12 289 8 11 4 278 Kavaratti 12 289 8 11 4 278 Madhya Pradesh 788 15129 774 14567 14 562 Bhopal 82 2791 82 2791 0 0 Gwalior 84 1633 80 1406 4 227 Indore 231 3751 231 3751 0 0 Jabalpur 130 2197 130 2197 0 0 Sagar 80 1782 78 1607 2 175 Satna 86 1363 81 1236 5 127 Ujjain 95 1613 92 1580 3 33 Maharashtra 347 16980 330 15505 17 1476 Aurangabad 47 2835 45 2690 2 145 Kalyan-Dombivali 19 1245 16 721 3 524 Nagpur 47 1768 40 1588 7 180 Nashik 53 3197 51 3012 2 185 Pimpri-Chinchwad 25 1304 24 1172 1 132 Pune 55 3333 55 3333 0 0Solapur 49 1587 49 1587 0 0 Thane 52 1712 50 1402 2 310 Manipur 27 513 23 346 4 167 Imphal 27 513 23 346 4 167 Meghalaya 13 517 10 453 3 64 Shillong 13 517 10 453 3 64 Mizoram 45 508 32 278 13 230 Aizawl 45 508 32 278 13 230 Nagaland 40 689 40 689 0 0 Kohima 40 689 40 689 0 0 Odisha 107 3589 104 3427 3 162 Bhubaneswar 32 2072 31 2057 1 15 Rourkela 75 1518 73 1370 2 147 Puducherry 80 595 70 328 10 267 Puducherry 80 595 70 328 10 267 Punjab 204 4486 189 4143 15 342 Amritsar 44 1911 41 1800 3 111 Jalandhar 78 1186 74 1023 4 163 Ludhiana 82 1389 74 1320 8 68 Rajasthan 579 8640 575 8548 4 92 Ajmer 179 2224 178 2209 1 15 Jaipur 170 2545 168 2483 2 63 Kota 87 2154 86 2139 1 15 Udaipur 143 1717 143 1717 0 0 Sikkim 55 1661 50 1473 5 189 Gangtok 29 744 26 691 3 52 Namchi 26 917 24 781 2 136 Tamil Nadu 729 17952 726 17924 3 28 Chennai 49 1104 48 1097 1 7 Coimbatore 72 1455 72 1455 0 0 Erode 55 1304 55 1304 0 0 Madurai 16 1900 16 1900 0 0 Salem 114 1861 114 1861 0 0 Thanjavur 103 997 102 989 1 8 Thoothukudi 75 1039 75 1039 0 0 Tiruchirappalli 83 1548 83 1548 0 0 Tirunelveli 81 1817 81 1817 0 0 Tiruppur 28 2833 28 2833 0 0 Vellore 53 2096 52 2083 1 13 Telangana 168 2895 140 2478 28 417 Greater Warangal 119 1800 103 1499 16 302 Karimnagar 49 1095 37 979 12 115 Tripura 77 808 77 808 0 0 Agartala 77 808 77 808 0 0Uttar Pradesh 893 21161 887 20901 6 260 Agra 62 2369 62 2369 0 0 Aligarh 52 1830 51 1731 1 100 Bareilly 88 1476 88 1476 0 0 Jhansi 78 1868 78 1868 0 0 Kanpur 91 3060 90 3012 1 48 Lucknow 103 2126 102 2115 1 11 Moradabad 41 1503 41 1503 0 0 Prayagraj 146 2295 145 2250 1 45 Saharanpur 115 1292 113 1235 2 57 Varanasi 117 3342 117 3342 0 0 Uttarakhand 33 1144 32 939 1 205 Dehradun 33 1144 32 939 1 205 West Bengal 226 1460 225 1435 1 25 New Town Kolkata 226 1460 225 1435 1 25 Total 8064 164811 7741 155386 323 9425 As reported by States / UTs as on Dec 1, 2025.Annexure-III Annexure refer to in reply of part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2054 for answer on December 11th, 2025 regarding Status of Cities under Smart Cities Mission. Sector-wise details of projects under SCM Total Projects Completed Projects Ongoing Projects S. % Sectors Projects Cost Projects Cost Projects Cost No. Completion (No.) (₹ crore) (No.) (₹ crore) (No.) (₹ crore) 1 ICCC 0 0 100 11,775 100 11,775 100% 2 Smart Mobility 1,734 41,652 1,651 38,753 83 2,899 95% 3 Smart Energy 695 14,324 685 14,006 10 318 99% 4 WASH 1,547 49,625 1,478 47,627 69 1,998 96% 5 PPP 197 9,277 194 9,190 3 87 98% Vibrant Public 6 Spaces 1,405 12,249 1,348 11,235 57 1,013 96% Economic 7 Infrastructure 933 13,004 882 11,827 51 1,177 95% Social 8 Infrastructure 899 13,023 874 12,558 25 465 97% Smart 9 Governance 682 17,815 661 16,762 21 1,053 97% 10 Environment 151 2,714 148 2,452 3 262 98%