Lok Sabha Question No. 868 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: Cities Selected under Smart City Mission
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Bhagirath Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 868

TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 02, 2021

CITIES SELECTED UNDER SMART CITY MISSION

NO. 868.  SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a)  the  names of the cities selected under Smart City Mission in the State of Rajasthan, phase-wise;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  budgetary  allocation  under  the  said  Mission, State-wise;
- (c) whether necessary funds have been allocated to Ajmer to develop as a smart city under the said Mission;
- (d) if so, the details of the fund allocated and utilised so far;
- (e) whether the Smart City Project in Ajmer city is in a position to be completed on time; and
- (f)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  action  taken  against  the officials  responsible  for  the  delay  including  the  efforts  are  being made  by  the  Government  for  the  same  and  the  details  of  the progress report of the said work?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a) to (f): Government of India launched the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) on  25  June  2015.  100  Smart  cities  have  been  selected  through  4 rounds of competition from January 2016 to June 2018.  4 cities in the State  of  Rajasthan  i.e.,  Ajmer,  Jaipur,  Kota  &  Udaipur  have  been selected for development as Smart Cities. Smart City-wise details of selection, progress of projects, funds released by Central Government & utilization thereof are given in Annexure-I.

The  period of implementation  of SCM  has  been  extended  upto June  2023  and  all  Smart  Cities,  including  Ajmer,  are  expected  to complete their projects within the stipulated time.

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## Annexure-I in reply to Parts (a) to (f) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. † 868 for answer on 2.12.2021 regarding Cities Selected under Smart City Mission asked by Shri Bhagirath Choudhary, Hon'ble MP.

## Status of projects of Smart Cities in Rajasthan

| Smart City/ Round of Selection   | DPR Stage       | DPR Stage   | Tender Stage    | Tender Stage   | Work Order Stage   | Work Order Stage   | Work Completed   | Work Completed   | Total    |          |
|----------------------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------|------------------|----------|----------|
| Smart City/ Round of Selection   | No. of Projects | Amount      | No. of Projects | Amount         | No. of Projects    | Amount             | No. of Projects  | Amount           | Projects | Amount   |
| Ajmer (Round-2, September, 2016) | 2               | 18.89       | 0               | 0.00           | 49                 | 1,127.17           | 126              | 1,086.92         | 177      | 2,232.98 |
| Jaipur (Round-1, January, 2016   |                 |             | 25              | 516.70         | 79                 | 1,244.38           | 50               | 1,461.70         | 154      | 3,222.78 |
| Kota (Round-2, September, 2016)  | 7               | 46.75       | 1               | 20.00          | 30                 | 1,157.97           | 45               | 954.68           | 83       | 2,179.4  |
| Udaipur (Round-I, January, 2016) | 2               | 60.09       | 5               | 13.59          | 27                 | 942.65             | 100              | 726.56           | 134      | 1,742.89 |
| Total                            | 11              | 125.73      | 31              | 550.29         | 185                | 4,472.17           | 321              | 4,229.86         | 548      | 9,378.05 |

(Amount in ₹ crore )

## Status of funds released by Central Government and utilization thereof by Smart Cities in Rajasthan

(Amount in ₹ crore )

| Smart City   | Funds released by Central Government under SCM   | Funds utilized by Smart City   |
|--------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Ajmer        | 392.00                                           | 294.00                         |
| Jaipur       | 392.00                                           | 309.50                         |
| Kota         | 392.00                                           | 289.40                         |
| Udaipur      | 490.00                                           | 390.43                         |
| Total        | 1,666.00                                         | 1,283.33                       |