Lok Sabha Question No. 121 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: Smart Cities Mission
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, MAHEISH GIRRI, P.P. CHAUDHARY, KESHAV PRASAD MAURYA, YOGI ADITYANATH, MUKESH RAJPUT, SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH, PARASURAMAN K., RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, K. C. VENUGOPAL, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH, MEKAPATI RAJAMOHAN REDDY, DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, B.N. CHANDRAPPA, GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ, NAGARAJAN P., CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL, RODMAL NAGAR, RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVNTHI), SUNIL KUMAR SINGH, LALLU SINGH, JAGDAMBIKA PAL, DALPAT SINGH PARASTE, RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS, KALIKESH NARAYAN SINGH DEO, C. N. JAYADEVAN, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, SUKENDER REDDY GUTHA, PR. SENTHILNATHAN, RITI PATHAK, SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE, K. MARAGATHAM, Shrirang Appa Barne, DILIP KUMAR MANSUKHLAL GANDHI, RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA, KAMLA DEVI PATLE, DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL, R. VANAROJA, T. RADHAKRISHNAN, KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, NARANBHAI KACHHADIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 121

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 24, 2016

## SMART CITIES MISSION

## No. 121     SHRI NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

DR. PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI B.N. CHANDRAPPA:

SHRI P. NAGARAJAN:

SHRI K.C. VENUGOPAL:

SHRI MAHEISH GIRRI:

SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

SHRI MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVANTHI):

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

DR. C.GOPALAKRISHNAN:

SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

SHRI D.K. SURESH:

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

SHRI DALPATH SINGH PARASTE:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI K. PARASURAMAN:

DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

SHRI P. KARUNAKARAN:

SHRI DUSHYHANT CHAUTALA:

SHRI KESHAV PRASAD MAURYA:

SHRI LALLU SINGH:

SHRI RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO:

SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY:

SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI M. RAJA MOHAN REDDY:

SHRI YOGI ADITYA NATH:

SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

SHRI MUKESH RAJPUT: SHRI SATAV RAJEEV: SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH: SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS: SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGH DEO: SHRI C.N. JAYADEVAN: SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT: SHRI GUTHA SUKENDER REDDY: SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN: SRIMATI RITI PATHAK: DR SUBHASH BHAMRE: SHRIMATI K. MARAGATHAM: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: SHRI DILIPKUMAR MANSUKHLAL GANDHI: SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA: SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE: SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL: SHRIMATI VANAROJA R.: SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN: SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY KOTHA: SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL: SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has announced first batch of cities to be developed  as  smart  cities  and  if  so,  the  names  of  such  cities along with the criteria followed for selection of these cities;
- (b) the ratio of funds to be shared by the Union, State Governments and urban agencies for development of these cities along with the details of funds provided/likely to be provided, city and State-wise;
- (c) the details of works likely to be undertaken in selected cities and the  details  of  benefits  that  will  accrue  to  general  public  along with the role of municipalities or municipal  corporations  in development of smart cities;
- (d) whether foreign countries have shown interest in this regard and if so, the names of such foreign countries along with the names of cities to which foreign assistance will be provided or is likely to be provided; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken to develop the smart cities in a time bound manner and the time by which the other remaining cities are likely to be announced?

## ANSWER DEVELOPMENT

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a): Yes madam. A list of 20 winning cities selected to be taken up for development as Smart Cities is at Annexure-I. The criteria for selection in Stage 2 of the Challenge were - City Level Criteria (Vision and goals, Strategic plan, Citizen  engagement  and Baseline, Key Performance Indicators, self-assessment and potential for improvement), Area-Based Development (Smartness of  proposal,  Citizen  engagement,  Results  orientation,  Process followed and Implementation framework, including feasibility and financial  plan)  and  Pan-  City  Solution  (Smartness  of  solution, Citizen  engagement,  Results  orientation,  Process  followed  and Implementation framework, including feasibility and costeffectiveness).
- (b): The Smart City Mission will be operated as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme  (CSS)  and  the  Central  Government  proposes  to  give financial support to the Mission to the extent of Rs. 48,000 crore over five years i.e. on an average Rs. 100 crore per city per year. An equal amount, on a matching basis, will have to be contributed by the State/ULB. In the first year of implementation, Government of India has proposed to give Rs. 194 crore to each winning  city  followed  by  Rs.  98  crore  every  year  for  the  next
- three year.
- (c): The  details  of  works  likely  to  be  undertaken  and  the  Cityspecific benefits to general public in the selected 20 cities are given in the Smart City Proposals (SCPs) submitted by 20 Cities. These  SCPs  have  already  been  uploaded  on  the  Ministry's website (www.smartcities.gov.in). According to Mission
- Guidelines,  the  implementation  of  the  Mission  at  the  city  level will  be  done  by  a  Special  Purpose  Vehicle  (SPV)  in  which  the municipal  body  and  the  State/UT  will  have  a  50:50  equity shareholding.
- (d): Three Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) have been signed between United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA); and the State of Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh to support the development of Vishakhapatnam, Ajmer and Allahabad respectively as Smart Cities. Under the Grant Agreement,  USTDA  will  provide  USD  164,765  for  Smart  City Master  Planning  and  Sector-  specific  Smart  City  Infrastructure Project  Plans  for  Vishakhapatnam.  In  addition  to  this,  three MoUs between Agence Francaise De Developpement (AFD) and the  State/UT  of  Puducherry,  Maharashtra  and  Chandigarh  have been  signed  to  facilitate  the  development  of  Smart  Cities  in Puducherry,  Nagpur  and  Chandigarh.    Moreover,  the  following countries have also shown interest to participate in the development of Smart Cities:
- i) Spain;
- ii) Canada;
- iii) Germany;
- iv) China;
- v) Singapore;
- vi) United Kingdom; and
- vii) South Korea
- (e):  The Smart City Proposals (SCPs) of 20 winning cities contain the implementation plans in which various activities to be taken up in a time bound manner are given. The implementation plan of 20 Smart Cities are in the SCPs and are available on the Ministry's website (www.smartcities.gov.in). In the Mission, upto 40 cities will be funded in each of the next two years.

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Annexure-1 List of 20 winning cities under Smart Cities Mission

|   Rank No. | Name of State/UT   | Name of City   |   Score (%) |
|------------|--------------------|----------------|-------------|
|          1 | Odisha             | Bhubaneswar    |       78.83 |
|          2 | Maharashtra        | Pune           |       77.42 |
|          3 | Rajasthan          | Jaipur         |       73.83 |
|          4 | Gujarat            | Surat          |       68.16 |
|          5 | Kerala             | Kochi          |       66.98 |
|          6 | Gujarat            | Ahmadabad      |       66.85 |
|          7 | Madhya Pradesh     | Jabalpur       |       63.03 |
|          8 | Andhra Pradesh     | Visakhapatnam  |       61.12 |
|          9 | Maharashtra        | Solapur        |       60.83 |
|         10 | Karnataka          | Davanagere     |       59.93 |
|         11 | Madhya Pradesh     | Indore         |       59.89 |
|         12 | Delhi              | NDMC           |       59.63 |
|         13 | Tamil Nadu         | Coimbatore     |       58.74 |
|         14 | Andhra Pradesh     | Kakinada       |       58.19 |
|         15 | Karnataka          | Belagavi       |       57.99 |
|         16 | Rajasthan          | Udaipur        |       57.91 |
|         17 | Assam              | Guwahati       |       57.66 |
|         18 | Tamil Nadu         | Chennai        |       56.16 |
|         19 | Punjab             | Ludhiana       |       55.84 |
|         20 | Madhya Pradesh     | Bhopal         |       55.47 |