Lok Sabha Question No. 4466 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-19
Subject: Overall Achievement of Smart Cities Mission
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Rahul Gandhi

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4466

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 19, 2026

## OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT OF SMART CITIES MISSION

NO. 4466.

SHRI RAHUL GANDHI:

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

- (a) the  total  amount  of  funds  sanctioned,  released  and  utilised  under  the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) since its inception, city-wise;
- (b) the details of the measurable indicators used to assess overall achievement of the said Mission at the national level and the details of the Mission's performance thereon;
- (c) the  measurable  indicators  used  for  determining  whether  a  city  was successfully  converted  into  a  Smart  City  and  the  number  of  cities meeting this criteria;
- (d) whether  the  Government  maintains  any  comparative  assessment  of cities  based  on  these  indicators  and  if  so,  the  list  of  ten  highestperforming cities;
- (e) whether any independent assessment has been conducted to evaluate the impact  of  the said Mission  in improving  urban  infrastructure, sustainability and quality of life and if so, the findings thereof; and
- (f) whether  the  Government  considers  the  hundred  cities  selected  under the said Mission to be Smart Cities now and if so, the criteria on which
- such assessment is based?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to  (f):    Under  Smart  Cities  Mission  (SCM),  out  of  Central  Government's allocation of ₹48,000 Cr, the 100 cities selected under the mission have been able to claim Central Financial A ssistance of ₹47,458 Cr (i.e. 99% of the total Central share allocation for cities). As reported by the States/ UTs, as on 01.03.2026, amount of ₹46,326 Cr has been utilized (i.e. 98% of the total Central Financial Assistance released for the cities).

Under SCM, a total 8,064 projects amounting to ₹1,64,811 Cr were taken up since inception of the mission, out of which 7,784 projects (97% of total projects undertaken) worth ₹1,56,159 Cr have been completed and 280 projects amounting to ₹8,652 Cr are at implementation stage.

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.

NITI Aayog  in  its report titled  'Evaluation  of  Centrally  Sponsored Schemes  in Urban Transformation Sector and Skill Development' published in September 2025, has concluded that the SCM Mission has demonstrated strong relevance to India's Urban needs, with its objectives aligning with national development agendas and SDGs.

City/UT wise details of Central Financial Assistance claimed, utilized and status of projects under SCM is given at Annexure.

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## Annexure referred to in reply for part (a) to (f) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4466 for answer on 19 th  March, 2026 regarding Overall Achievement of Smart Cities Mission.

City/UT wise details of Central Financial Assistance claimed, funds utilized and status of projects under SCM

(Amount in ₹ Cr)

| Sl. No.   | City Name                    | Status of GoI Funds   | Status of GoI Funds   | Total Projects   | Total Projects   | Completed Projects   | Completed Projects   | At implementation     | At implementation   |
|-----------|------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
| Sl. No.   | City Name                    | GoI funds claimed     | GoI funds utilized    | No. of Projects  | Cost of Projects | No. of Projects      | Cost of Projects     | stage No. of Projects | Cost of Projects    |
| 1         | Port Blair                   | 306                   | 245                   | 18               | 511              | 9                    | 72                   | 9                     | 439                 |
| 2         | Amaravati                    | 488                   | 488                   | 19               | 903              | 14                   | 746                  | 5                     | 157                 |
| 3         | Kakinada                     | 490                   | 485                   | 92               | 1,908            | 80                   | 1,731                | 12                    | 177                 |
| 4         | Tirupati                     | 392                   | 388                   | 104              | 2,083            | 92                   | 1,649                | 12                    | 433                 |
| 5         | Visakhapatnam                | 490                   | 479                   | 65               | 1,695            | 63                   | 1,613                | 2                     | 82                  |
| 6         | Itanagar                     | 488                   | 408                   | 32               | 521              | 25                   | 422                  | 7                     | 99                  |
| 7         | Pasighat                     | 490                   | 485                   | 43               | 512              | 41                   | 458                  | 2                     | 53                  |
| 8         | Guwahati                     | 490                   | 490                   | 21               | 755              | 20                   | 746                  | 1                     | 9                   |
| 9         | Bhagalpur                    | 490                   | 486                   | 27               | 1,504            | 26                   | 1,494                | 1                     | 10                  |
| 10        | Biharsharif                  | 433                   | 418                   | 61               | 1,449            | 57                   | 1,252                | 4                     | 197                 |
| 11        | Muzaffarpur                  | 490                   | 445                   | 30               | 860              | 26                   | 747                  | 4                     | 112                 |
| 12        | Patna                        | 488                   | 485                   | 34               | 1,430            | 34                   | 1,430                | -                     | -                   |
| 13        | Chandigarh                   | 490                   | 490                   | 97               | 2,694            | 97                   | 2,694                | -                     | -                   |
| 14        | Atal Nagar                   | 488                   | 476                   | 52               | 944              | 52                   | 944                  | -                     | -                   |
| 15        | Bilaspur                     | 429                   | 403                   | 126              | 1,765            | 118                  | 1,605                | 8                     | 161                 |
| 16        | Raipur                       | 453                   | 453                   | 342              | 1,745            | 336                  | 1,639                | 6                     | 106                 |
| 17        | Silvassa                     | 392                   | 389                   | 29               | 853              | 12                   | 416                  | 17                    | 437                 |
| 18        | Diu                          | 386                   | 386                   | 52               | 1,148            | 43                   | 1,093                | 9                     |                     |
| 19        | NDMC                         | 343                   | 317                   | 127              | 997              | 121                  | 884                  | 6                     | 55 113              |
| 20        | Panaji                       | 490                   | 470                   | 51               | 1,051            | 50                   | 1,043                | 1                     | 8                   |
| 21        | Ahmedabad                    | 490                   | 490                   | 70               | 2,655            | 69                   | 2,626                | 1                     | 29                  |
| 22        | Dahod                        | 417                   | 414                   | 36               | 984              | 36                   | 984                  |                       |                     |
| 23        | Gandhinagar                  | 490                   | 463                   | 43               | 1,046            | 42 71                | 846 2,184            | 1 -                   | 200 -               |
| 24 25     | Rajkot                       | 490                   | 488                   | 71               | 2,184            |                      |                      | -                     |                     |
|           | Surat                        | 490                   | 490                   | 87               | 2,694            | 87                   | 2,694                |                       | -                   |
| 26        | Vadodara                     | 490                   | 489                   | 52               | 1,943            | 52                   | 1,943                | -                     | -                   |
| 27        | Faridabad                    | 490                   | 490                   | 44               | 929              | 35                   | 763                  | 9                     | 166                 |
| 28        | Karnal                       | 490                   | 432                   | 117              | 1,207            | 105                  | 801                  | 12                    | 406                 |
| 29 30     | Dharamshala                  | 490                   | 477                   | 80               | 656              | 76 208               | 605 840              | 4 3                   | 50 56               |
|           | Shimla                       | 488                   | 478                   | 211              | 896              |                      | 2,940                | 2                     | 29                  |
| 31 32     | Jammu Srinagar               | 489 452               | 455 441               | 127 161          | 2,969 3,634      | 125 157              | 3,532                | 4                     | 103                 |
| 33        | Ranchi                       | 490                   | 490                   | 26               | 1,847            | 26                   | 1,847                | -                     | -                   |
| 34        | Belagavi                     |                       |                       | 217              | 2,780            | 212                  | 2,722                | 5                     | 58                  |
| 35        | Bengaluru                    | 490 488               | 490 456               | 57               | 1,054            | 56                   | 1,031                | 1                     | 23                  |
| 36        | Davanagere                   | 490                   | 490                   | 128              | 1,976            | 127                  | 1,947                | 1                     | 30                  |
| 37        | Hubballi-Dharwad             | 490                   | 444                   | 81               | 1,950            | 79                   | 1,835                | 2 7                   | 115 95              |
| 38        | Mangaluru                    | 490                   | 457                   | 105              | 2,579            | 112                  | 2,484                |                       |                     |
| 39        | Shivamogga Tumakuru          | 490                   | 490                   | 112              | 1,381            | 98                   | 1,381                | -                     | -                   |
| 40        |                              | 490                   | 490                   | 217              | 2,099            | 217                  | 2,099                | -                     | -                   |
| 41        | Kochi                        | 490                   | 490                   | 98               | 1,761            | 96                   | 1,734                | 2                     | 27                  |
| 43        | Thiruvananthapuram Kavaratti | 183                   | 45                    | 79               | 289              | 8                    | 11                   | 2                     | 64 278              |
| 42        |                              | 488                   | 474                   | 12               | 1,242            | 77                   | 1,179                | 4                     |                     |
| 44        | Bhopal                       | 490                   | 490                   | 82               |                  |                      | 2,791                | -                     | -                   |
| 45        |                              |                       |                       |                  | 2,791            | 82                   |                      |                       | 217                 |
| 46        | Gwalior Indore               | 490 490               | 490                   | 84               | 1,633            | 81                   | 1,416                | 3                     | -                   |
| 47        | Jabalpur                     | 490                   | 490 490               | 231 130          | 3,751 2,197      | 231 130              | 3,751 2,197          | - -                   | -                   |
|           | Sagar                        |                       |                       |                  |                  |                      |                      |                       |                     |
| 48        |                              | 490                   | 489                   | 80               | 1,782            | 78                   | 1,607                | 2                     | 175                 |
| 49 50     | Satna Ujjain                 | 490 490               | 483 490               | 86 95            | 1,363 1,613      | 83 93                | 1,262 1,589          | 3 2                   | 101 24              |
| 51        | Aurangabad                   | 490                   | 490                   | 47               | 2,835            | 45                   | 2,690                | 2                     | 145                 |
| 52        | Kalyan-Dombivali             | 490                   | 490                   | 19               | 1,245            | 16                   | 721                  | 3                     | 523                 |

| Sl. No.   | City Name              | Status of GoI Funds   | Status of GoI Funds   | Total Projects   | Total Projects   | Completed Projects   | Completed Projects   | At implementation stage   | At implementation stage   |
|-----------|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | City Name              | GoI funds claimed     | GoI funds utilized    | No. of Projects  | Cost of Projects | No. of Projects      | Cost of Projects     | No. of Projects           | Cost of Projects          |
| 54        | Nashik                 | 444                   | 444                   | 53               | 3,197            | 52                   | 3,026                | 1                         | 172                       |
| 55        | Pimpri-Chinchwad       | 490                   | 490                   | 25               | 1,304            | 24                   | 1,172                | 1                         | 132                       |
| 56        | Pune                   | 490                   | 490                   | 55               | 3,333            | 55                   | 3,333                | -                         | -                         |
| 57        | Solapur                | 490                   | 490                   | 49               | 1,587            | 49                   | 1,587                | -                         | -                         |
| 58        | Thane                  | 490                   | 490                   | 52               | 1,712            | 50                   | 1,402                | 2                         | 310                       |
| 59        | Imphal                 | 398                   | 348                   | 27               | 513              | 23                   | 346                  | 4                         | 167                       |
| 60        | Shillong               | 490                   | 445                   | 13               | 517              | 10                   | 453                  | 3                         | 64                        |
| 61        | Aizawl                 | 490                   | 419                   | 45               | 508              | 33                   | 290                  | 12                        | 218                       |
| 62        | Kohima                 | 490                   | 475                   | 40               | 689              | 40                   | 689                  | -                         | -                         |
| 63        | Bhubaneswar            | 490                   | 490                   | 32               | 2,072            | 31                   | 2,057                | 1                         | 15                        |
| 64        | Rourkela               | 490                   | 490                   | 75               | 1,517            | 73                   | 1,370                | 2                         | 147                       |
| 65        | Puducherry             | 343                   | 338                   | 80               | 595              | 70                   | 328                  | 10                        | 267                       |
| 66        | Amritsar               | 490                   | 484                   | 44               | 1,911            | 42                   | 1,805                | 2                         | 106                       |
| 67        | Jalandhar              | 490                   | 445                   | 78               | 1,186            | 74                   | 1,023                | 4                         | 163                       |
| 68        | Ludhiana               | 490                   | 490                   | 82               | 1,389            | 74                   | 1,320                | 8                         | 68                        |
| 69        | Ajmer                  | 490                   | 490                   | 179              | 2,224            | 178                  | 2,209                | 1                         | 15                        |
| 70        | Jaipur                 | 490                   | 484                   | 170              | 2,545            | 168                  | 2,483                | 2                         | 63                        |
| 71        | Kota                   | 490                   | 484                   | 87               | 2,154            | 86                   | 2,139                | 1                         | 14                        |
| 72        | Udaipur                | 490                   | 490                   | 143              | 1,717            | 143                  | 1,717                | -                         | -                         |
| 73        | Gangtok                | 488                   | 447                   | 29               | 744              | 28                   | 735                  | 1                         | 9                         |
| 74        | Namchi                 | 490                   | 464                   | 26               | 917              | 24                   | 781                  | 2                         | 136                       |
| 75        | Chennai                | 490                   | 490                   | 49               | 1,104            | 48                   | 1,097                | 1                         | 7                         |
| 76        | Coimbatore             | 490                   | 490                   | 72               | 1,455            | 72                   | 1,455                | -                         | -                         |
| 77        | Erode                  | 490                   | 486                   | 55               | 1,304            | 55                   | 1,304                | -                         | -                         |
| 78        | Madurai                | 490                   | 490                   | 16               | 1,900            | 16                   | 1,900                | -                         | -                         |
| 79        | Salem                  | 490                   | 490                   | 114              | 1,861            | 114                  | 1,861                | -                         | -                         |
| 80        | Thanjavur              | 490                   | 488                   | 103              | 996              | 102                  | 989                  | 1                         | 8                         |
| 81        | Thoothukudi            | 490                   | 482                   | 75               | 1,038            | 75                   | 1,038                | -                         | -                         |
| 82        | Tiruchirappalli        | 490                   | 489                   | 83               | 1,548            | 83                   | 1,548                | -                         | -                         |
| 83        | Tirunelveli            | 490                   | 480                   | 81               | 1,817            | 81                   | 1,817                | -                         | -                         |
| 84        | Tiruppur               | 490                   | 489                   | 28               | 2,833            | 28                   | 2,833                | -                         | -                         |
| 85        | Vellore                | 490                   | 489                   | 53               | 2,096            | 52                   | 2,083                | 1                         | 13                        |
| 86        | Greater Warangal       | 377                   | 377                   | 119              | 1,800            | 103                  | 1,499                | 16                        | 302                       |
| 87        | Karimnagar             | 429                   | 429                   | 49               | 1,094            | 40                   | 1,022                | 9                         | 73                        |
| 88        | Agartala               | 490                   | 490                   | 77               | 808              | 77                   | 808                  | -                         | -                         |
| 89        | Agra                   | 490                   | 490                   | 62               | 2,369            | 62                   | 2,369                | -                         | -                         |
| 90        | Aligarh                | 490                   | 488                   | 52               | 1,830            | 51                   | 1,730                | 1                         | 100                       |
| 91        | Bareilly               | 490                   | 485                   | 88               | 1,476            | 88                   | 1,476                | -                         | -                         |
| 92        | Jhansi                 | 490                   | 490                   | 78               | 1,868            | 78                   | 1,868                | -                         | -                         |
| 93        | Kanpur                 | 490                   | 489                   | 91               | 3,060            | 91                   | 3,060                | -                         | -                         |
| 94        | Lucknow                | 490                   | 490                   | 103              | 2,126            | 102                  | 2,115                | 1                         | 11                        |
| 95        | Moradabad              | 490                   | 490                   | 41               | 1,503            | 41                   | 1,503                | -                         | -                         |
|           |                        |                       |                       |                  |                  |                      |                      | 1                         |                           |
| 96        | Prayagraj              | 490                   | 489                   | 146              | 2,295            | 145                  | 2,250                |                           | 45                        |
| 97        | Saharanpur             | 490                   | 488                   | 115              | 1,292            | 113                  | 1,235                | 2                         | 57                        |
| 98        | Varanasi               | 490                   | 490                   | 117              | 3,342            | 117                  | 3,342                | -                         | -                         |
| 99        | Dehradun               | 490 490               | 484 486               | 33 226           | 1,144            | 32                   | 939 1,435            | 1 1                       | 204 25                    |
| 100       | New Town Kolkata       |                       |                       |                  | 1,460            | 225                  |                      |                           |                           |
|           |                        | 47,320                | 46,203                |                  | 1,64,811         | 7,784                | 1,56,159             | 280                       | 8,652                     |
|           | Total                  |                       |                       |                  |                  |                      |                      |                           |                           |
|           | Non-Selected Smart     | 18                    | 18                    | 8,064            |                  |                      |                      |                           |                           |
|           | Cities Sultanpur Lodhi | 120                   | 105                   |                  |                  |                      |                      |                           |                           |
| Grand     | Total                  | 47,458                | 46,326                |                  |                  |                      |                      |                           |                           |

(As reported by States / UTs as on 01.03.2026.)