(a) whether the Government is working on the second round of the ‘Smart Cities Mission’ and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
(b) the actual demands of States in this regard and action taken thereon along with funds sanctioned and spent so far, State-wise;
(c) the targets fixed and achieved so far, State-wise; and
(d) the details of the projects/missions completed in first round, State-wise along with pending works and the reasons for such pendency, if any?
(a) & (b) : There is no such proposal under consideration of the Government.
(c) & (d) : As per existing Smart Cities Mission Statement and Guidelines, the Central Government proposes to give financial support to the extent of Rs. 48,000 crore over five years i.e. an average of Rs. 500 crore per city over the Mission period. An equal amount on a matching basis, is to be provided by the States/Urban Local Bodies. Apart from these funds, around Rs. 42,028 crore (21%) is expected from convergence with other Missions, Rs. 41,022 crore (21%) from PPP, around Rs. 9,843 crore (4.8%) from loans, Rs. 2,644 crore (1.3%) from own resources and remaining from other sources. The details of the funds released by the Government of India and utilized by the Smart Cities is given in Annexure-I.
A total of 5,151 projects worth of Rs. 2,05,018 crore have been proposed by the 100 Smart Cities as part of their Smart City Proposals (SCPs) that are under various stages of implementation. Each Smart City is supposed to complete its projects within 5 years from the date of its selection.
As on 18th November 2019, 4,178 projects worth Rs. 1,49,512 crore have been tendered out, which is about 73 per cent of the total value of projects. Out of these, the work orders have been issued for 3,376 projects worth Rs. 1,05,458 crore and 1,296 projects worth Rs. 23,170 crore have been completed. Since, the last 15 months, there has been 183% growth in projects tendered, 224% growth in projects grounded/completed and 284% growth in projects completed. State-wise/City-wise progress of projects is given in Annexure-II.
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