Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for Urban Development on Thursday unveiled the list of 98 urban centres that will be transformed into ‘smart cities’ over the next five years.
Uttar Pradesh topped the list with its 13 urban areas, followed by Tamil Nadu, which got an approval for developing 12 towns into smart cities.
The central government has set aside Rs. 48,000 crores for the mission and the money will be released to urban local bodies in frequent intervals in the next five years. The central government has asked the State governments to generate the rest of the Rs. 48,000 crores as the grand total of the mission is estimated at Rs. 96,000 crores.
| Sl.No. | Name of State/UT | No. of cities shortlisted | Names of selected cities | Population of Cities |
| 1. | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1 | Port Blair | 1,40,572 |
| 2. | Andhra Pradesh | 3 | 1. Vishakhapatnam/ 2. Tirupati/ 3. Kakinada | 1.18,78,980/ 2. 3,74,260/ 3. 3,50,968/ |
| 3. | Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | Pasighat | 26,656 |
| 4. | Assam | 1 | Guwahati | 9,62,334 |
| 5. | Bihar | 3 | 1. Muzaffarpur/ 2. Bhagalpur/ 3. Biharsharif | 1. 3,93,724/ 2. 4,10,210/ 3. 2,96,889 |
| 6. | Chandigarh | 1 | Chandigarh | 10,55,450 |
| 7. | Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1. Raipur/ 2. Bilaspur | 1. 10,47,389/ 2. 3,65,579 |
| 8. | Daman and Diu | 1 | Diu | 23,991 |
| 9. | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 1 | Silvassa | 98,032 |
| 10. | Delhi | 1 | New Delhi Muncipal Council | 2,49,998 |
| 11. | Goa | 1 | Panaji | 1,00,000 |
| 12. | Gujarat | 6 | 1. Gandhinagar/ 2. Ahmedabad/ 3. Surat/ 4. Vadodara/ 5. Rajkot/ 6. Dahod | 1. 2,92,797/ 2. 55,77,940/ 3. 44,67,797/ 4. 17,52,371/ 5. 13,23,363/ 6. 1,30,530 |
| 13. | Haryana | 2 | 1. Karnal/ 2. Faridabad | 1. 3,02,140/ 2. 14,14,050 |
| 14. | Himachal Pradesh | 1 | Dharamshala | 22,580 |
| 15. | Jharkhand | 1 | Ranchi | 10,73,427 |
| 16. | Karnataka | 6 | 1. Mangaluru/ 2. Belagavi/ 3. Shivamogga/ 4. Hubbali – Dharwad/ 5. Tumakuru/ 6. Davanagere | 1. 4,84,785/ 2. 4,88,292/ 3. 3,22,428/ 4. 9,43,857/ 5. 3,05,821/ 6. 4,35,128 |
| 17. | Kerala | 1 | Kochi | 6,01,574 |
| 18. | Lakshwadweep | 1 | Kavaratti | 11,210 |
| 19. | Madhya Pradesh | 7 | 1. Bhopal/ 2. Indore/ 3. Jabalpul/ 4. Gwalior/ 5. Sagar/ 6. Satna/ 7. Ujjain | 1. 19,22,130/ 2. 21,95,274/ 3. 12,16,445/ 4. 11,59,032/ 5. 2,73,296/ 6. 2,80,222/ 7. 5,15,215 |
| 20. | Maharashtra | 10. | 1. Navi Mumbai/ 2. Nashik/ 3. Thane/ 4. Greater Mumbai/ 5. Amravati/ 6. Solapur/ 7. Nagpur/ 8. Kalyan-Dombivilli/ 9. Aurangabad/ 10. Pune | 1. 11, 19, 000/ 2. 14,86,000/ 3. 18,41,000/ 4. 1,24,00,000/ 5. 7,45,000/ 6. 9,52,000/ 7. 24,60,000/ 8. 15,18,000/ 9. 11,65,000/ 10. 31,24,000/ |
| 21. | Manipur | 1 | Imphal | 2,68,243 |
| 22. | Meghalaya | 1 | Shillion | 3,54,325 |
| 23. | Mizoram | 1 | Aizwal | 2,91,000 |
| 24. | Nagaland | 1 | Kohima | 1,07,000 |
| 25. | Odisha | 2 | 1. Bhubaneshwar/ 2. Raurkela | 1. 8,40,834/ |
| 26. | Puducherry | 1 | Oulgaret | 3.00,104 |
| 27. | Punjab | 3 | 1. Ludhiana/ 2. Jalandhar/ 3. Amritsar | 1. 16,18,874/ 2. 8,68,181/ 3. 11,55,664 |
| 28. | Rajasthan | 4 | 1. Jaipur/ 2. Udaipur/ 3. Kota/ 4. Ajmer | 1. 30,73,350/ 2. 4,75,150 3. 10,01,365/ 4. 5,51,360 |
| 29. | Sikkim | 1 | Namchi | 12,190 |
| 30. | Tamil Nadu | 12 | 1. Tiruchurapalli/ 2. Tirunelveli/ 3. Dindigul/ 4. Thanjavur/ 5. Tiruppur/ 6. Salem/ 7. Vellore/ 8. Coimbatore/ 9. Madurai/ 10. Erode/ 11. Thoothukudi/ 12. Chennai | 1. 9,19,974/ 2. 4,74,838/ 3. 2,07,327/ 4. 2,22,943/ 5. 8,77,778/ 6. 8,31,038/ 7. 5,04,079/ 8. 16,01,438/ 9. 15,61,129/ 10. 4,98,129/ 11. 3,70,896/ 12. 67,27,000 |
| 31. | Telangana | 2 | 1. Greater Hyderabad 2. Greater Warangal | 1. 67,31,790/ 2. 8,19,406 |
| 32. | Tripura | 1 | Agartala | 4,00,004 |
| 33. | Uttar Pradesh** | 12 | 1. Moradabad/ 2. Aligarh/ 3. Shaharanpur/ 4. Bareilly/ 5. Jhansi/ 6. Kanpur/ 7. Allahabad/ 8. Lucknow/ 9. Varanasi/ 10. Ghaziabad/ 11. Agra/ 12. Rampur | 1. 8,87,871/ 2. 8,74,408/ 3. 7,05,478/ 4. 9,03,668/ 5. 5,05,693/ 6. 27,65,348/ 7. 11,12,544/ 8. 28,17,105/ 9. 11,98,491/ 10. 16,48,643/ 11. 15,85,704/ 12. 3,35,313 |
| 34. | Uttarakhand | 1 | Dehradun | 5,83,971 |
| 35. | West Bengal | 4 | 1. New Town Kolkata/ 2. Bidhannagar/ 3. Duragapur/ 4. Haldia | 1. 36,541/ 2. 6,33,704/ 3. 5,71,000/ 4. 2,72,000 |
*Jammu and Kashmir has asked for more time to decide on the potential Smart City.
** 12 cities have been shortlisted from Uttar Pradesh against 13 cities allocated to the State.