Another list of Smart Cities has been announced under Smart City Mission 2022 of India government. Union urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu has announced the 27 cities and towns to be developed as smart cities.
The list includes three urban cities from Uttar Pradesh including Varanasi, Kanpur and Agra; five from Maharashtra (Aurangabad, Kalyan-Dombivali, Nagpur, Nasik and Thane), four from Karnataka (Hubbali-Dharwad, Mangaluru, Shivamogga and Tumakuru); four from Tamil Nadu (Madurai, Salem, Thanjavur and Vellore); two from Rajasthan (Kota and Ajmer), two from Madhya Pradesh (Ujjain and Gwalior), two from Punjab (Amritsar and Jalandhar) and one each from Gujarat (Vadodara), Andhra Pradesh (Tirupati), Odisha (Rourkela), Sikkim (Namchi) and Nagaland (Kohima).
List of 27 Smart Cities 2016
| State Name | Selected City Name |
| Maharashtra | Aurangabad |
| Kalyan-Dombivali | |
| Nagpur | |
| Nasik | |
| Thane | |
| Karnataka | Hubbali-Dharwad |
| Mangaluru | |
| Shivamogga | |
| Tumakuru | |
| Tamil Nadu | Madurai |
| Salem | |
| Thanjavur | |
| Vellore | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi |
| Kanpur | |
| Agra | |
| Rajasthan | Kota |
| Ajmer | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Ujjain |
| Gwalior | |
| Punjab | Amritsar |
| Jalandhar | |
| Gujarat | Vadodara |
| Andhra Pradesh | Tirupati |
| Odisha | Rourkela |
| Sikkim | Namchi |
| Nagaland | Kohima |
India government plans to have 100 such smart cities by 2022. Sixty have been chosen, including 20 in January and 13 in May, the remaining will be picked by 2018. Meant to change the way urban India lives, smart cities will enjoy uninterrupted power and water supplies, internet connectivity, e-governance along with quality infrastructure.
The government will put around Rs 66,883 crore for the transformation of these cities to “smart”. Smart cities are picked though a two-stage process. In the first stage, a state shortlists potential cities and send the names to the Centre. In the second round, these nominated cities compete with each other.
The Centre will give Rs 48,000 crore for five years for the programme. Each city will get Rs 100 crore per year. A matching fund of Rs 48,000 crore will have to be contributed by states from their internal resources/ market borrowing and through private sector.
The Centre has decided to allow both Jammu and Srinagar from the border state and Meerut and Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh to make a pitch for the tag. But, the ministry has made it clear that only one city will be picked from each of these states. The two states are yet to take a final call.
Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/