Smart Cities Mission

Smart Cities Mission
Smart Cities Mission
Country	India
Prime Minister(s)	Narendra Modi
Ministry	Ministry of Urban Development
Key people	Manohar Lal Khattar, Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs ; Roopa Mishra (Joint Secretary & Mission Director)
Launched	25 June 2015
Closed	31 March 2025
Funding	₹203,979 crore (US$24 billion)
Website	smartcities.gov.in

Smart Cities Mission was an urban renewal and retrofitting program by the Government of India with the mission to develop smart cities across the country, making them citizen-friendly and sustainable.^[4] The Union Ministry of Urban Development is responsible for implementing the mission in collaboration with the state governments of the respective cities. The mission was planned to include 100 cities, with the project completion deadline between 2019 and 2023. As of January 2025^[update], 7479 out of a total of 8058 tendered projects have been completed, utilizing ₹150,002 crores out of the total tendered amount of ₹164,368 crore.^[5] In 2017, the Ministry of Urban Development was merged with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation to form the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).^[6] The project was officially shut down on March 31, 2025.^[7]

^ "Team, Smart cities". Government of India. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
^ Raman, P. (1 April 2025). "An Unceremonious End to Modi's Smart Cities Mission". The Wire. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
^ "Total proposed investment in 99 smart cities to be Rs.203979 crores". 19 January 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
^ Mission Statement and Guidelines – Smart Cities (PDF) (Report). Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
^ "Smart Cities Mission Achievements". pib.gov.in. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
^ Dashboard of Smart Cities Mission (Report). Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
^ "Smart Cities Mission set to end on March 31, but 7% projects likely to go on". The Indian Express. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.

[1] "Team, Smart cities". Government of India. Retrieved 27 October 2023.

[2] Raman, P. (1 April 2025). "An Unceremonious End to Modi's Smart Cities Mission". The Wire. Retrieved 2 June 2025.

[3] "Total proposed investment in 99 smart cities to be Rs.203979 crores". 19 January 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2023.

[4] Mission Statement and Guidelines – Smart Cities (PDF) (Report). Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

[5] "Smart Cities Mission Achievements". pib.gov.in. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

[DB-6] Dashboard of Smart Cities Mission (Report). Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Retrieved 1 October 2023.

[:0-7] "Smart Cities Mission set to end on March 31, but 7% projects likely to go on". The Indian Express. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.

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