**Executive Summary**
This report details the progress of the Smart Cities Mission based on a September 2025 NITI Aayog evaluation and subsequent assessments by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). Key milestones include a 93% project completion rate and the full implementation of Integrated Command and Control Centres (ICCCs) across 100 cities. The document highlights the transition toward knowledge sharing through the "Making City Smart" reference guide circulated to states for broader implementation.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Mission Performance and Alignment**
* The Mission demonstrates strong alignment with national urban priorities, citizen needs, and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
* Out of ,8063 total projects, 93% have been completed.
* Mission outcomes include measurable improvements in urban liveability, mobility, safety, and environmental conditions.
**ICCC Maturity and Assessment**
* Integrated Command and Control Centres (ICCCs) have achieved a 100% completion rate.
* MoHUA conducted two cycles of self-assessment using the ICCC Maturity Assessment Framework (IMAF 2.0).
* The IMAF 2.0 evaluates ICCCs across ten pillars, including infrastructure, cybersecurity, data lifecycle management, governance, and stakeholder engagement.
* Assessment results were shared with all 100 Smart Cities to identify operational gaps and enable mid-course corrections.
**Knowledge Sharing and Scaling**
* The Central Government supports the development of unique pilot projects to serve as "lighthouses" for other cities.
* A comprehensive learning document titled ‘Making City Smart’ has been prepared and circulated to all states.
* All documentation regarding pilot projects and mission experiences is available to the public on the Ministry’s portal.
**Impact Analysis**
**100 Smart Cities**
**Impact**
Cities have received specific feedback regarding the maturity of their ICCC operations across ten critical pillars, allowing them to identify specific technical and governance gaps.
**Action Required**
City administrations must use the IMAF 2.0 assessment results to implement mid-course corrections and improve the efficiency of their ICCC operations.
**State Governments**
**Impact**
States have been provided with a formal reference framework based on the experiences of the initial 100 Smart Cities.
**Action Required**
States are requested to use the ‘Making City Smart’ document as a reference to scale smart city initiatives and projects to other cities within their jurisdictions.
**Central Government (MoHUA)**
**Impact**
The Ministry acts as a facilitator for urban transformation by documenting successes and maintaining a public repository of best practices.
**Action Required**
The Ministry must continue to support cities in developing lighthouse projects and ensure all learning documents remain accessible on the public portal for nationwide use.
Key Entities Referenced
Smart Cities Mission: An urban transformation initiative focused on national priorities and citizen needs, achieving significant project completion rates and alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA): The primary ministry responsible for implementing the Smart Cities Mission and conducting self-assessment exercises for urban infrastructure.
Integrated Command and Control Centres (ICCCs): Central technological hubs established in 100 Smart Cities to improve urban liveability, mobility, safety, and environmental outcomes.
ICCC Maturity Assessment Framework (IMAF 2.0): A structured self-assessment tool used by MoHUA to evaluate the operational maturity and efficiency of Integrated Command and Control Centres.
NITI Aayog: The government policy think tank that evaluated the Smart Cities Mission, concluding its strong performance and contribution to urban transformation.
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
PROGRESS UNDER SMART CITIES MISSION
Posted On: 30 MAR 2026 5:44PM by PIB Delhi
NITI Aayog in its report titled ‘Evaluation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes in Package 4 – Urban
Transformation and Skill Development’ published in September 2025, has concluded that the Smart Cities
Mission demonstrates strong alignment with national urban priorities and citizen needs, contributing
significantly to multiple United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. As per the report, the mission
has achieved a high project completion rate of 93% of 8,063 projects and 100% completion of Integrated
Command and Control Centres (ICCCs), leading to measurable improvements in urban liveability,
mobility, safety, and environmental outcomes.
Further, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has conducted a comprehensive self
assessment exercise under the ICCC Maturity Assessment Framework (IMAF 2.0) in two cycles. IMAF
2.0 serves as a structured self assessment tool designed to evaluate the maturity of ICCCs across ten
defined pillars such as infrastructure, use cases, cybersecurity, data lifecycle management, governance
team management, business plan, inter-departmental coordination, stakeholder engagement and adoption
of innovation to enable mid course corrections for enhanced efficiency and impact. The results of the
assessment were shared individually with all 100 Smart Cities to help them understand gaps and improve
their ICCC operations.
One of the major roles of Central Government throughout the Smart Cities Mission has been to support
the cities in developing unique pilot projects as lighthouses, documenting them, so that they can be
implemented in other cities. All these documents are on the public domain on the Ministry’s portal.
Ministry has also prepared the document learning from the experiences across hundred cities named
‘Making City Smart’, which has been circulated to all states, requesting them to use this as a reference
document to other cities in their respective states.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs, Shri Tokhan Sahu in a
written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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