Lok Sabha Question No. 2054 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-11
Subject: Status of Cities under Smart Cities Mission
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dr. Kirsan Namdeo, Shri Balwant Baswant Wankhade, Shri Anto Antony, Shri Tanuj Punia, Dr. Prashant Yadaorao Padole, Shri Joyanta Basumatary

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2054 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 11, 2025

## STATUS OF CITIES UNDER SMART CITIES MISSION

NO. 2054.

DR. KIRSAN NAMDEO:

SHRI BALWANT BASWANT WANKHADE:

SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

SHRI TANUJ PUNIA:

DR. PRASHANT YADAORAO PADOLE:

SHRI JOYANTA BASUMATARY:

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

- (a) the details of all the cities proposed under the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) since 2015, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the number and total value of Smart City projects that are still incomplete or delayed as on October 2025, city-wise and the reasons for such delays;
- (c) the number of cities now considered Smart Cities under SCM along with the  details  of  the  parameters  used  for  assessing  whether  the  identified cities meet the prescribed standards;
- (d) whether the Government has conducted any comparative assessment to analyse  the  manner  in  which  Smart  Cities  are  performing  on  various
- indicators relative to non-Smart cities;
- (e) if so, the details of the socio-economic outcomes that have emerged from this transformation beyond infrastructure creation; and
- (f) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  that  the  pending projects in these cities are expedited?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a) Government of India launched the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) on 25th June, 2015.   100  cities  under  SCM  were  selected  through  a  two-stage  selection process.  Out  of  the  cities  recommended  in  first  stage  by  the  respective State/UT  governments  for  the  second  stage  at  National  level,  100  cities were  selected  under  the  SCM  in  4  rounds  of  selection  that  started  from January  2016  to  June  2018.  Details  of  the  100  Smart  Cities  selected  in various rounds of Challenge is at Annexure-I.

- (b) Under SCM, a total 8064 projects amounting to ₹1,64,811 Cr were taken up since inception of the mission, out of which 7,741 worth ₹1,55,386 Cr have been completed. As reported by the States/ UTs on 01.12.2025, a total of 323 projects amounting to ₹9,425 Cr are ongoing. State/UT wise and Citywise details of ongoing projects under SCM is given at Annexure-II.

As reported by the States/UTs, the challenges encountered in implementing smart  city  projects  include, inter-alia,  legal  issues,  delay  in  obtaining clearances  from  different  departments,  land  acquisition,  construction  in hilly  areas,  challenges  in  vendor  and  resource  availability  in  small  & medium cities, centralization of decision making in few cities, utilization of full capacity of Integrated Command and Control Centres (ICCCs), etc.

- (c) The objective of SCM was not the development of entire city but to follow an  area-based  development  approach  through  retrofitting,  redevelopment, greenfield  development  and  a  Pan-city  initiative  in  which  smart  solutions are  applied  covering  larger  parts  of  the  city,  so  as  to  create  a  replicable model.  The  cities  under  SCM  are  being  developed  based  on  Smart  City Proposals  (SCPs)  received  from  States/UTs,  across  various  sectors,  viz., smart mobility, Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (WASH), smart governance, smart energy,  environment  etc.,  approved  by  High  Powered  Steering  Committee (HPSC) chaired by the Chief Secretary. Sector-wise details of projects along with percentage of completion under SCM is given at Annexure-III.
- (d) &    (e)  A  mid-term  evaluation  study  was  undertaken  by  'Niti  Aayog'  for 'Evaluation of Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  in  Urban  Transformation Sector'.  As  part  of  the  study,  SCM  was  evaluated,  and  the  report  was published in February 2021. Recently, NITI Aayog has initiated a Third-Party Assessment of the Mission.
- (f) Post the financial closure of SCM on 31 st  March, 2025, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has issued Advisory No 27 dated 10 th  June, 2025 to all States/ UTs. The  ongoing  projects are in different stages of implementation. The Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) have been advised to ensure that all ongoing projects under SCM must be completed under their stipulated time period not later than December, 2025.

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Annexure refer to in reply of part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2054  for  answer  on  December  11 th ,2025  regarding  Status  of  Cities  under Smart Cities Mission.

## List of 100 Smart Cities selected in Various Rounds of Challenge

| SN   | Jan-16             | SN   | May-16             | SN   | Sep-16             | SN   | Jun-17             | SN   | Jan-18             |
|------|--------------------|------|--------------------|------|--------------------|------|--------------------|------|--------------------|
|      | 97 cities competed |      | 23 cities competed |      | 63 cities competed |      | 45 cities competed |      | 15 cities competed |
|      | Round 1            |      | Fast Track         |      | Round 2            |      | Round 3            |      | Round 4            |
| 1    | Bhubaneswar        | 1    | Lucknow            | 1    | Amritsar           | 1    | Thiruvananthapuram | 1    | Silvassa           |
| 2    | Pune               | 2    | Warangal           | 2    | Kalyan-Dombivali   | 2    | Rajkot             | 2    | Erode              |
| 3    | Jaipur             | 3    | Dharamshala        | 3    | Ujjain             | 3    | Naya Raipur        | 3    | Diu                |
| 4    | Surat              | 4    | Chandigarh         | 4    | Tirupati           | 4    | Amaravati          | 4    | Biharsharif        |
| 5    | Kochi              | 5    | Raipur             | 5    | Nagpur             | 5    | Patna              | 5    | Bareilly           |
| 6    | Ahmadabad          | 6    | NT Kolkata         | 6    | Mangaluru          | 6    | Karimnagar         | 6    | Itanagar           |
| 7    | Jabalpur           | 7    | Bhagalpur          | 7    | Vellore            | 7    | Muzaffarpur        | 7    | Moradabad          |
| 8    | Visakhapatnam      | 8    | Panaji             | 8    | Thane              | 8    | Puducherry         | 8    | Saharanpur         |
| 9    | Solapur            | 9    | Port Blair         | 9    | Gwalior            | 9    | Gandhinagar        | 9    | Kavaratti          |
| 10   | Davanagere         | 10   | Imphal             | 10   | Agra               | 10   | Srinagar           | 10   | Shillong*          |
| 11   | Indore             | 11   | Ranchi             | 11   | Nashik             | 11   | Sagar              |      |                    |
| 12   | NDMC               | 12   | Agartala           | 12   | Raurkela           | 12   | Karnal             |      |                    |
| 13   | Coimbatore         | 13   | Faridabad          | 13   | Kanpur             | 13   | Satna              |      |                    |
| 14   | Kakinada           |      |                    | 14   | Madurai            | 14   | Bengaluru          |      |                    |
| 15   | Belagavi           |      |                    | 15   | Tumakuru           | 15   | Shimla             |      |                    |
| 16   | Udaipur            |      |                    | 16   | Kota               | 16   | Dehradun           |      |                    |
| 17   | Guwahati           |      |                    | 17   | Thanjavur          | 17   | Tiruppur           |      |                    |
| 18   | Chennai            |      |                    | 18   | Namchi             | 18   | Pimpri-Chinchwad   |      |                    |
| 19   | Ludhiana           |      |                    | 19   | Jalandhar          | 19   | Bilaspur           |      |                    |
| 20   | Bhopal             |      |                    | 20   | Shivamogga         | 20   | Pasighat           |      |                    |
|      |                    |      |                    | 21   | Salem              | 21   | Jammu              |      |                    |
|      |                    |      |                    | 22   | Ajmer              | 22   | Dahod              |      |                    |
|      |                    |      |                    | 23   | Varanasi           | 23   | Tirunelveli        |      |                    |
|      |                    |      |                    | 24   | Kohima             | 24   | Thoothukudi        |      |                    |
|      |                    |      |                    | 25   | Hubballi-Dharwad   | 25   | Tiruchirappalli    |      |                    |
|      |                    |      |                    | 26   | Aurangabad         | 26   | Jhansi             |      |                    |
|      |                    |      |                    | 27   | Vadodara           | 27   | Aizawl             |      |                    |
|      |                    |      |                    |      |                    | 28   | Prayagraj          |      |                    |
|      |                    |      |                    |      |                    | 29   | Aligarh            |      |                    |
|      |                    |      |                    |      |                    | 30   | Gangtok            |      |                    |

Annexure refer to in reply of part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2054 for  answer  on  December  11 th ,  2025  regarding  Status  of  Cities  under Smart Cities Mission.

## State/UT wise and City-wise details of ongoing projects under SCM

(amount in ₹ crore )

| State/ City             | Total            | Total            | Completed        | Completed        | Ongoing          | Ongoing          |
|-------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| State/ City             | Project (in No.) | Amount (in ₹ Cr) | Project (in No.) | Amount (in ₹ Cr) | Project (in No.) | Amount (in ₹ Cr) |
| Andaman Nicobar Islands | 18               | 511              | 9                | 72               | 9                | 439              |
| Port Blair              | 18               | 511              | 9                | 72               | 9                | 439              |
| Andhra Pradesh          | 280              | 6589             | 249              | 5739             | 31               | 850              |
| Amaravati               | 19               | 903              | 14               | 746              | 5                | 157              |
| Kakinada                | 92               | 1908             | 80               | 1731             | 12               | 177              |
| Tirupati                | 104              | 2083             | 92               | 1649             | 12               | 433              |
| Visakhapatnam           | 65               | 1695             | 63               | 1613             | 2                | 82               |
| Arunachal Pradesh       | 75               | 1032             | 63               | 753              | 12               | 279              |
| Itanagar                | 32               | 521              | 25               | 422              | 7                | 99               |
| Pasighat                | 43               | 512              | 38               | 331              | 5                | 180              |
| Assam                   | 21               | 755              | 20               | 746              | 1                | 9                |
| Guwahati                | 21               | 755              | 20               | 746              | 1                | 9                |
| Bihar                   | 152              | 5243             | 142              | 4907             | 10               | 336              |
| Bhagalpur               | 27               | 1504             | 26               | 1494             | 1                | 10               |
| Biharsharif             | 61               | 1449             | 56               | 1236             | 5                | 213              |
| Muzaffarpur             | 30               | 860              | 26               | 748              | 4                | 112              |
| Patna                   | 34               | 1430             | 34               | 1430             | 0                | 0                |
| Chandigarh              | 97               | 2694             | 97               | 2694             | 0                | 0                |
| Chandigarh              | 97               | 2694             | 97               | 2694             | 0                | 0                |
| Chhattisgarh            | 520              | 4454             | 503              | 4112             | 17               | 342              |
| Atal Nagar              | 52               | 944              | 52               | 944              | 0                | 0                |
| Bilaspur                | 126              | 1766             | 115              | 1529             | 11               | 237              |
| Raipur                  | 342              | 1745             | 336              | 1639             | 6                | 106              |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli  | 29               | 853              | 12               | 416              | 17               | 437              |
| Silvassa                | 29               | 853              | 12               | 416              | 17               | 437              |
| Daman and Diu           | 52               | 1148             | 43               | 1093             | 9                | 55               |
| Diu                     | 52               | 1148             | 43               | 1093             | 9                | 55               |
| Delhi                   | 127              | 997              | 121              | 884              | 6                | 113              |
| NDMC                    | 127              | 997              | 121              | 884              | 6                | 113              |
| Goa                     | 51               | 1051             | 47               | 1014             | 4                | 37               |
| Panaji                  | 51               | 1051             | 47               | 1014             | 4                | 37               |
| Gujarat                 | 359              | 11507            | 356              | 11268            | 3                | 239              |
| Ahmedabad               | 70               | 2655             | 69               | 2626             | 1                | 29               |

| Dahod              |   36 |   985 |   36 |   985 |   0 |    0 |
|--------------------|------|-------|------|-------|-----|------|
| Gandhinagar        |   43 |  1046 |   41 |   836 |   2 |  210 |
| Rajkot             |   71 |  2184 |   71 |  2184 |   0 |    0 |
| Surat              |   87 |  2694 |   87 |  2694 |   0 |    0 |
| Vadodara           |   52 |  1943 |   52 |  1943 |   0 |    0 |
| Haryana            |  161 |  2136 |  139 |  1559 |  22 |  577 |
| Faridabad          |   44 |   929 |   34 |   758 |  10 |  171 |
| Karnal             |  117 |  1207 |  105 |   802 |  12 |  406 |
| Himachal Pradesh   |  291 |  1552 |  272 |  1294 |  19 |  257 |
| Dharamshala        |   80 |   656 |   64 |   454 |  16 |  202 |
| Shimla             |  211 |   896 |  208 |   840 |   3 |   56 |
| Jammu and Kashmir  |  288 |  6604 |  279 |  6365 |   9 |  239 |
| Jammu              |  127 |  2969 |  123 |  2841 |   4 |  128 |
| Srinagar           |  161 |  3634 |  156 |  3524 |   5 |  111 |
| Jharkhand          |   26 |  1847 |   26 |  1847 |   0 |    0 |
| Ranchi             |   26 |  1847 |   26 |  1847 |   0 |    0 |
| Karnataka          |  917 | 13819 |  899 | 13464 |  18 |  355 |
| Belagavi           |  217 |  2780 |  212 |  2722 |   5 |   58 |
| Bengaluru          |   57 |  1054 |   56 |  1031 |   1 |   23 |
| Davanagere         |  128 |  1976 |  127 |  1947 |   1 |   30 |
| Hubballi-Dharwad   |   81 |  1950 |   79 |  1835 |   2 |  115 |
| Mangaluru          |  105 |  2580 |   96 |  2450 |   9 |  130 |
| Shivamogga         |  112 |  1381 |  112 |  1381 |   0 |    0 |
| Tumakuru           |  217 |  2099 |  217 |  2099 |   0 |    0 |
| Kerala             |  177 |  3003 |  172 |  2905 |   5 |   98 |
| Kochi              |   98 |  1761 |   96 |  1734 |   2 |   27 |
| Thiruvananthapuram |   79 |  1243 |   76 |  1171 |   3 |   72 |
| Lakshadweep        |   12 |   289 |    8 |    11 |   4 |  278 |
| Kavaratti          |   12 |   289 |    8 |    11 |   4 |  278 |
| Madhya Pradesh     |  788 | 15129 |  774 | 14567 |  14 |  562 |
| Bhopal             |   82 |  2791 |   82 |  2791 |   0 |    0 |
| Gwalior            |   84 |  1633 |   80 |  1406 |   4 |  227 |
| Indore             |  231 |  3751 |  231 |  3751 |   0 |    0 |
| Jabalpur           |  130 |  2197 |  130 |  2197 |   0 |    0 |
| Sagar              |   80 |  1782 |   78 |  1607 |   2 |  175 |
| Satna              |   86 |  1363 |   81 |  1236 |   5 |  127 |
| Ujjain             |   95 |  1613 |   92 |  1580 |   3 |   33 |
| Maharashtra        |  347 | 16980 |  330 | 15505 |  17 | 1476 |
| Aurangabad         |   47 |  2835 |   45 |  2690 |   2 |  145 |
| Kalyan-Dombivali   |   19 |  1245 |   16 |   721 |   3 |  524 |
| Nagpur             |   47 |  1768 |   40 |  1588 |   7 |  180 |
| Nashik             |   53 |  3197 |   51 |  3012 |   2 |  185 |
| Pimpri-Chinchwad   |   25 |  1304 |   24 |  1172 |   1 |  132 |
| Pune               |   55 |  3333 |   55 |  3333 |   0 |    0 |

| Solapur          |   49 |   1587 |   49 |   1587 |   0 |   0 |
|------------------|------|--------|------|--------|-----|-----|
| Thane            |   52 |   1712 |   50 |   1402 |   2 | 310 |
| Manipur          |   27 |    513 |   23 |    346 |   4 | 167 |
| Imphal           |   27 |    513 |   23 |    346 |   4 | 167 |
| Meghalaya        |   13 |    517 |   10 |    453 |   3 |  64 |
| Shillong         |   13 |    517 |   10 |    453 |   3 |  64 |
| Mizoram          |   45 |    508 |   32 |    278 |  13 | 230 |
| Aizawl           |   45 |    508 |   32 |    278 |  13 | 230 |
| Nagaland         |   40 |    689 |   40 |    689 |   0 |   0 |
| Kohima           |   40 |    689 |   40 |    689 |   0 |   0 |
| Odisha           |  107 |   3589 |  104 |   3427 |   3 | 162 |
| Bhubaneswar      |   32 |   2072 |   31 |   2057 |   1 |  15 |
| Rourkela         |   75 |   1518 |   73 |   1370 |   2 | 147 |
| Puducherry       |   80 |    595 |   70 |    328 |  10 | 267 |
| Puducherry       |   80 |    595 |   70 |    328 |  10 | 267 |
| Punjab           |  204 |   4486 |  189 |   4143 |  15 | 342 |
| Amritsar         |   44 |   1911 |   41 |   1800 |   3 | 111 |
| Jalandhar        |   78 |   1186 |   74 |   1023 |   4 | 163 |
| Ludhiana         |   82 |   1389 |   74 |   1320 |   8 |  68 |
| Rajasthan        |  579 |   8640 |  575 |   8548 |   4 |  92 |
| Ajmer            |  179 |   2224 |  178 |   2209 |   1 |  15 |
| Jaipur           |  170 |   2545 |  168 |   2483 |   2 |  63 |
| Kota             |   87 |   2154 |   86 |   2139 |   1 |  15 |
| Udaipur          |  143 |   1717 |  143 |   1717 |   0 |   0 |
| Sikkim           |   55 |   1661 |   50 |   1473 |   5 | 189 |
| Gangtok          |   29 |    744 |   26 |    691 |   3 |  52 |
| Namchi           |   26 |    917 |   24 |    781 |   2 | 136 |
| Tamil Nadu       |  729 |  17952 |  726 |  17924 |   3 |  28 |
| Chennai          |   49 |   1104 |   48 |   1097 |   1 |   7 |
| Coimbatore       |   72 |   1455 |   72 |   1455 |   0 |   0 |
| Erode            |   55 |   1304 |   55 |   1304 |   0 |   0 |
| Madurai          |   16 |   1900 |   16 |   1900 |   0 |   0 |
| Salem            |  114 |   1861 |  114 |   1861 |   0 |   0 |
| Thanjavur        |  103 |    997 |  102 |    989 |   1 |   8 |
| Thoothukudi      |   75 |   1039 |   75 |   1039 |   0 |   0 |
| Tiruchirappalli  |   83 |   1548 |   83 |   1548 |   0 |   0 |
| Tirunelveli      |   81 |   1817 |   81 |   1817 |   0 |   0 |
| Tiruppur         |   28 |   2833 |   28 |   2833 |   0 |   0 |
| Vellore          |   53 |   2096 |   52 |   2083 |   1 |  13 |
| Telangana        |  168 |   2895 |  140 |   2478 |  28 | 417 |
| Greater Warangal |  119 |   1800 |  103 |   1499 |  16 | 302 |
| Karimnagar       |   49 |   1095 |   37 |    979 |  12 | 115 |
| Tripura          |   77 |    808 |   77 |    808 |   0 |   0 |
| Agartala         |   77 |    808 |   77 |    808 |   0 |   0 |

As reported by States / UTs as on Dec 1, 2025.

| Uttar Pradesh    |   893 |   21161 |   887 |   20901 |   6 |   260 |
|------------------|-------|---------|-------|---------|-----|-------|
| Agra             |    62 |    2369 |    62 |    2369 |   0 |     0 |
| Aligarh          |    52 |    1830 |    51 |    1731 |   1 |   100 |
| Bareilly         |    88 |    1476 |    88 |    1476 |   0 |     0 |
| Jhansi           |    78 |    1868 |    78 |    1868 |   0 |     0 |
| Kanpur           |    91 |    3060 |    90 |    3012 |   1 |    48 |
| Lucknow          |   103 |    2126 |   102 |    2115 |   1 |    11 |
| Moradabad        |    41 |    1503 |    41 |    1503 |   0 |     0 |
| Prayagraj        |   146 |    2295 |   145 |    2250 |   1 |    45 |
| Saharanpur       |   115 |    1292 |   113 |    1235 |   2 |    57 |
| Varanasi         |   117 |    3342 |   117 |    3342 |   0 |     0 |
| Uttarakhand      |    33 |    1144 |    32 |     939 |   1 |   205 |
| Dehradun         |    33 |    1144 |    32 |     939 |   1 |   205 |
| West Bengal      |   226 |    1460 |   225 |    1435 |   1 |    25 |
| New Town Kolkata |   226 |    1460 |   225 |    1435 |   1 |    25 |
| Total            |  8064 |  164811 |  7741 |  155386 | 323 |  9425 |

Annexure refer to in reply of part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2054 for  answer  on  December  11 th ,  2025  regarding  Status  of  Cities  under Smart Cities Mission.

## Sector-wise details of projects under SCM

| S. No.                    | Sectors   | Total Projects   | Total Projects   | Completed Projects   | Completed Projects   | Ongoing Projects   | Ongoing Projects   | % Completion   |
|---------------------------|-----------|------------------|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|
| S. No.                    | Sectors   | Projects (No.)   | Cost (₹ crore)   | Projects (No.)       | Cost (₹ crore)       | Projects (No.)     | Cost (₹ crore)     | % Completion   |
| 1 ICCC                    | 100       | 11,775           |                  | 100                  | 11,775               | 0                  | 0                  | 100%           |
| 2 Smart Mobility          | 1,734     |                  | 41,652           | 1,651                | 38,753               | 83                 | 2,899              | 95%            |
| 3 Smart Energy            | 695       | 14,324           |                  | 685                  | 14,006               | 10                 | 318                | 99%            |
| 4 WASH                    | 1,547     | 49,625           |                  | 1,478                | 47,627               | 69                 | 1,998              | 96%            |
| 5 PPP                     | 197       | 9,277            |                  | 194                  | 9,190                | 3                  | 87                 | 98%            |
| 6 Vibrant Public Spaces   | 1,405     | 12,249           |                  | 1,348                | 11,235               | 57                 | 1,013              | 96%            |
| 7 Economic Infrastructure | 933       | 13,004           |                  | 882                  | 11,827               | 51                 | 1,177              | 95%            |
| 8 Social Infrastructure   | 899       | 13,023           |                  | 874                  | 12,558               | 25                 | 465                | 97%            |
| 9 Smart Governance        | 682       | 17,815           |                  | 661                  | 16,762               | 21                 | 1,053              | 97%            |
| 10 Environment            | 151       | 2,714            |                  | 148                  | 2,452                | 3                  | 262                | 98%            |