Lok Sabha Question No. 6297 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-04-02
Subject: Progress achieved under Smart Cities Mission
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Dulu Mahato, Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab, Shri Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, Shri Yogender Chandolia, Shri Ravindra Shukla Alias Ravi Kishan, Shri Ramesh Awasthi, Shri Vishnu Dayal Ram, Shri Pradeep Kumar Singh, Shri Balabhadra Majhi, Smt. Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Shri Tejasvi Surya, Shri Praveen Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6297

TO BE ANSWERED ON APRIL 02, 2026

## PROGRESS ACHIEVED UNDER SMART CITIES MISSION

NO. 6297.

SHRI VISHWESHWAR HEGDE KAGERI:

SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

SHRI RAMESH AWASTHI:

SHRI TEJASVI SURYA:

SHRI DULU MAHATO:

SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI:

SMT. KAMALJEET SEHRAWAT:

SHRI YOGENDER CHANDOLIA:

SHRI RAVINDRA SHUKLA ALIAS RAVI KISHAN:

SHRI PRAVEEN PATEL:

SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

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

- (a) whether the Government has undertaken any assessment of the progress achieved under the Smart Cities Mission (SCM), particularly with regard to completion of projects relating to urban mobility, integrated command and  control  centres,  water  supply  and  waste  management  across  the country including in areas falling under Nabarangpur Lok Sabha Constituency and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  replicate  the  best  practices  and technology solutions developed under SCM to strengthen urban governance and service delivery in other Urban Local Bodies and cities across the country including those in Nabarangpur Lok Sabha Constituency and if so, the details thereof?

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a): 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.

- (b): 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.

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