Lok Sabha Question No. 2014 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-14
Subject: Number of Smart Cities
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Joshi

- (a)
- (b)
- (c)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2014

## TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 14, 2023

## NUMBER OF SMART CITIES

## NO.   2014. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

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

- the number of smart cities approved in Rajasthan;
- the amount of funds spent on these smart cities so far;
- the details of all the smart cities; and
- (d) the proposed future action plan of the Ministry with regard to the said smart cities?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d) : 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. In the State of Rajasthan, 4 cities i.e., Ajmer, Jaipur, Kota and Udaipur have been selected for development  as  Smart  Cities.  Details  of progress  in Smart  Cities of Rajasthan is given below :

(Amount ₹ in crore)

| Smart City   | Funds Releas ed   | Utilizat ion thereof   | Ongoing projects   | Ongoing projects   | Completed projects   | Completed projects   | Total projects   | Total projects   |
|--------------|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|------------------|------------------|
|              | (GoI+ State)      | (GoI+ State)           | No. of Projec ts   | Amount             | No. of Projec ts     | Amou nt              | No. of Projec ts | Amou nt          |
| Rajasthan    | Rajasthan         | Rajasthan              | Rajasthan          | Rajasthan          | Rajasthan            | Rajasthan            | Rajasthan        | Rajasthan        |
| Ajme r       | 942.00            | 877.51                 | 19                 | 477.54             | 159                  | 1,746. 04            | 178              | 2,223. 58        |
| Jaipu r      | 940.00            | 873.07                 | 15                 | 176.23             | 156                  | 2,353. 08            | 171              | 2,529. 31        |
| Kota         | 942.65            | 885.35                 | 6                  | 76.46              | 81                   | 2,077. 35            | 87               | 2,153. 81        |
| Udai pur     | 990.00            | 917.01                 | 3                  | 134.72             | 138                  | 1,584. 99            | 141              | 1,719. 71        |
| Total        | 3,814.6 5         | 3,552.9 4 (93%)        | 43                 | 864.95             | 534                  | 7,761. 46            | 577              | 8,626. 41        |

(Source: SCM Geospatial Management Information System (GMIS) as on 27 November 2023)

The period of implementation of SCM has been extended upto June 2024 and all  Smart  Cities,  including  those  in  Rajasthan,  are  expected  to  complete their projects within the stipulated time.

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