Lok Sabha Question No. 475 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-25
Subject: Cities Selected under SCM
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Bhagirath Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *475

TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 25, 2019

## CITIES SELECTED UNDER SCM

No. 475.   SHRI BHAGIRATH CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  names  of  cities  of  Rajasthan  selected  among  the  major  100 cities  of  the  country  by  the  Government  under  the  Smart  Cities Mission  (SCM)  along  with  the  phases  in  which  these  cities  have been selected;
- (b) the names of cities of the country where work has been started after allocation of budget under the said Mission, State-wise;
- (c) whether necessary budget was allocated for Ajmer city also after its selection for development as smart city under the said Mission, if so, the funds allocated and spent so far thereon along with the period during which such funds were allocated;
- (d) whether the work in Ajmer city has almost been stalled due to the laxity of administrative officers;
- (e) if so, the action being taken by the Government to implement the project at the earliest?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *475  FOR  ANSWER  ON  25.07.2019 REGARDING 'CITIES SELECTED UNDER SCM'.

- (a): 4  cities  of  Rajasthan  selected  among  the  100  Smart  Cities  are Jaipur, Udaipur, Ajmer and Kota. The details of selection are as below:
- (b): Works have been started in all 100 Smart Cities. The State-wise list of cities is attached at Annex-1.
- (c)  to  (e):  As  per  Smart  Cities  Mission(SCM)  Guidelines,  Central Government  allocates  Rs.  500  crore  to  every  city  over  the Mission period and releases in instalments. An equal amount of Rs. 500 crore, on a matching basis, is to be provided by the State Government/Urban Local Body(ULB). Balance funds required for the  implementation of Smart City  Proposals (SCP) are arranged through  convergence  with  different  Schemes/Missions  of  the Central/State  Governments,  loans,  land  value  capture,  PublicPrivate Partnerships(PPPs) and local bodies' own resources.

|   S.No. | City    |   Round | Selection as Smart City   |
|---------|---------|---------|---------------------------|
|       1 | Jaipur  |       1 | January, 2016             |
|       2 | Udaipur |       1 | January, 2016             |
|       3 | Ajmer   |       2 | September, 2016           |
|       4 | Kota    |       2 | September, 2016           |

The implementation of the Smart Cities Mission at the city level is  done  by  a  Special  Purpose  Vehicle  (SPV)  created  for  the purpose. The SPVs plan, appraise, approve,  implement, manage, operate, monitor and evaluate their Smart City projects.

Government  of  India  has  released  a  total  of  Rs.  196  crore  to Ajmer (Rs. 2 crore in 2015-16, Rs. 92 crore in 2016-17 and Rs. 102 crore in 2017-18). So far, city SPV has reported utilization of Rs. 93.54 crore.

As on 19 th  July, 2019, 80 projects worth Rs. 909 crore have been tendered; out of this, works have been grounded for construction for 69 projects of Rs. 846 crore; and  29 projects of Rs. 129 crore have been completed by Ajmer Smart City.

Ministry  is  regularly  interacting  with  the  States  /  Smart  Cities through video conferences, review meetings, field visits, regional workshops  etc.  at  various  levels  to  assess  the  performance  of the  cities  and  to  handhold  them  for  improving  the  same.  Apart from the guidance of domain experts participating in the regional workshops, cities also benefit from peer-to-peer learning during these  interactions.  At  the  national  level,  the  implementation  of Smart Cities Mission is being monitored by an Apex Committee headed by Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.  At State level, State level High Powered Steering Committee (HPSC) chaired  by  the  Chief  Secretary  has  been  established  to  review the  progress  of  its  Smart  Cities.  Further,  Government  Nominee Directors of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, on the Boards of  SPVs,  are    monitoring  the  progress  in  respective  cities  on  a regular basis.

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## Annex-I to part  (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.  *475 for 25.07.2019 by Shri Bhagirath Chaudhary, regarding 'Cities Selected under SCM'.

## State-wise list of Smart Cities

| S.No.   | Name of State/UT/City    |
|---------|--------------------------|
|         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |
| 1       | Port Blair               |
| 2       | Amaravati                |
| 3       | Kakinada                 |
| 4       | Tirupati                 |
| 5       | Vishakhapatnam           |
|         | Arunachal Pradesh        |
| 6 7     | Itanagar                 |
|         | Pasighat                 |
| 8       | Guwahati                 |
| 10 11   | Biharsharif              |
| 12      | Muzaffarpur              |
|         | Patna                    |
| 13      | Chandigarh               |
| 14      | Bilaspur                 |
| 15      | Atal Nagar (Naya Raipur) |
| 16      | Raipur Dadra and Nagar   |
|         | Haveli                   |
| 17      | Silvassa                 |
| 18      | Diu                      |
|         | Delhi                    |
|         | New Delhi Municipal      |
| 19      | Council Goa              |
| 20      | Panaji                   |

| S.No.   | Name of State/UT/City   |
|---------|-------------------------|
|         | Gujarat                 |
| 21      | Ahmedabad               |
| 22      | Dahod                   |
| 23      | Gandhinagar             |
| 24      | Rajkot                  |
| 25      | Surat                   |
| 26      | Vadodara                |
|         | Haryana                 |
| 27      | Faridabad               |
| 28      | Karnal                  |
|         | Himachal Pradesh        |
| 29      | Dharamshala             |
| 30      | Shimla                  |
|         | Jammu and Kashmir       |
| 31      | Jammu                   |
| 32      | Srinagar                |
|         | Jharkhand               |
| 33      | Ranchi                  |
|         | Karnataka               |
| 34      | Belagavi                |
| 35      | Bengaluru               |
| 36      | Davanagere              |
| 37      | Hubballi-Dharwad        |
| 38      | Mangaluru               |
| 39      | Shivamogga              |
| 40      | Tumakuru                |
|         | Kerala                  |
| 41      | Kochi                   |
| 42      | Thiruvananthapuram      |
|         | Lakshadweep             |
| 43      | Kavaratti               |
|         | Madhya Pradesh          |
| 44      | Bhopal                  |
| 45      | Gwalior                 |
| 46      | Indore                  |
| 47      | Jabalpur                |

| S.No.   | Name of State/UT/City   |
|---------|-------------------------|
| 48      | Sagar                   |
| 49      | Satna                   |
| 50      | Ujjain                  |
|         | Maharashtra             |
| 51      | Aurangabad              |
| 52      | Kalyan-Dombivali        |
| 53      | Nagpur                  |
| 54      | Nashik                  |
| 55      | Pimpri-Chinchwad        |
| 56      | Pune                    |
| 57      | Solapur                 |
| 58      | Thane                   |
|         | Manipur                 |
| 59      | Imphal                  |
|         | Meghalaya               |
| 60      | Shillong                |
|         | Mizoram                 |
| 61      | Aizawl                  |
|         | Nagaland                |
| 62      | Kohima                  |
|         | Odisha                  |
| 63      | Bhubaneswar             |
| 64      | Rourkela                |
|         | Puducherry              |
| 65      | Puducherry              |
|         | Punjab                  |
| 66      | Amritsar                |
| 67      | Jalandhar               |
| 68      | Ludhiana                |
|         | Rajasthan               |
| 69      | Ajmer                   |
| 70      | Jaipur                  |
| 71      | Kota                    |
| 72      | Udaipur                 |
|         | Sikkim                  |
| 73      | Gangtok                 |

| S.No.   | Name of State/UT/City   |
|---------|-------------------------|
| 74      | Namchi                  |
|         | Tamil Nadu              |
| 75      | Chennai                 |
| 76      | Coimbatore              |
| 77      | Erode                   |
| 78      | Madurai                 |
| 79      | Salem                   |
| 80      | Thanjavur               |
| 81      | Thoothukudi             |
| 82      | Tiruchirappalli         |
| 83      | Tirunelveli             |
| 84      | Tiruppur                |
| 85      | Vellore                 |
|         | Telangana               |
| 86      | Karimnagar              |
| 87      | Warangal                |
|         | Tripura                 |
| 88      | Agartala                |
|         | Uttar Pradesh           |
| 89      | Agra                    |
| 90      | Aligarh                 |
| 91      | Prayagraj (Allahabad)   |
| 92      | Bareilly                |
| 93      | Jhansi                  |
| 94      | Kanpur                  |
| 95      | Lucknow                 |
| 96      | Moradabad               |
| 97      | Saharanpur              |
| 98      | Varanasi                |
|         | Uttarakhand             |
| 99      | Dehradun                |
|         | West Bengal             |
| 100     | New Town Kolkata        |