On June 23, 2017, Central Government announced another list of 30 cites for development as smart cities under Smart Cities Mission. The names were announced by Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu.
About the latest list of 30 cities selected for Smart Cities Mission:
Kerala capital Thiruvanathapuram topped the list, Chhattisgarh’s new capital Naya Raipur came second.
- 45 cities contested for 40 available smart city slots but only 30 were selected to
- These 30 cities have proposed a total investment of 57393 crore under respective smart city plans, which includes Rs. 46879 crore for ensuring core infrastructure in the areas identified by citizens for area-based development and Rs. 10,514 crore for technology-based solutions for improving governance, service delivery and utilisation of infrastructure.
- With this, the total number of selected cities has gone up to 90 with a total investment of Rs 191155 crore.
List of 30 Smart Cities selected in the 4th Round of Selection:
| Serial Number | City | State/UT |
| 1 | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala |
| 2 | Naya Raipur | Chattisgarh |
| 3 | Rajkot | Gujarat |
| 4 | Amaravati | Andhra Pradesh |
| 5 | Patna | Bihar |
| 6 | Karimnagar | Telangana |
| 7 | Muzaffarpur | Bihar |
| 8 | Puducherry | Puducherry |
| 9 | Gandhinagar | Gujarat |
| 10 | Srinagar | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 11 | Sagar | Madhya Pradesh |
| 12 | Karnal | Haryana |
| 13 | Satna | MP |
| 14 | Bengaluru | Karnataka |
| 15 | Shimla | Himachal Pradesh |
| 16 | Dehradun | Uttarakhand |
| 17 | Tiruppur | Tamil Nadu |
| 18 | Pimpri chinchwad | Maharashtra |
| 19 | Bilaspur | Chattisgah |
| 20 | Pasighat | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 21 | Jammu | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 22 | Dahod | Gujarat |
| 23 | Tirunelveli | Tamil Nadu |
| 24 | Thootukkudi | Tamil Nadu |
| 25 | Tiruchirapalli | Tamil Nadu |
| 26 | Jhansi | UP |
| 27 | Aizawl | Mizoram |
| 28 | Allahabad | UP |
| 29 | Aligarh | UP |
| 30 | Gangtok | Sikkim |
About Smart Cities Mission:
Smart Cities Missionis an urban renewal and retrofitting program by the Government of India with a mission to develop 100 cities all over the country that are citizen friendly and sustainable.
- This mission was launched on June 25, 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Cities are selected on basis of the Smart Cities Challenge, in which cities compete in a countrywide competition to get the benefits from this mission.
- Union Ministry of Urban Development,in collaboration with State Governments of respective cities is the implementing body for this mission.
- After four rounds of selection so far, 90 cities (including 30 cities announced on June 23, 2017) have been selected under this mission.
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