THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT
( SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO )
(a) & (b) : The purpose of the Smart Cities Mission is to drive economic growth and improve the quality of life of people by enabling local area development and harnessing technology, especially technology that leads to Smart outcomes. Area-based development will transform existing areas (retrofit and redevelop), including slums, into better planned ones, thereby improving liveability of the whole city.
The selection process of Smart Cities is based on the idea of competitive cooperative federalism and follows a Challenge (Competition) process in 2 Stages. In Stage-1, based on intra-State Competition conducted by the States/UTs (in terms of Existing Service Levels, Institutional Systems/ Capacities, Self-financing and Past track record and reforms,) the Ministry of Urban Development has announced a list of 98 cities (Annexure I) to participate in Stage 2 of the Competition. In Stage 2 of the Competition, all the 98 cities have to prepare their Smart City Proposals (SCPs) and submit to the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) by 15.12.2015. Thereafter, the final list of Smart Cities will be announced. The details of works to be undertaken by the cities, will arise from the the SCP.
(c) & (d) : Financial support as Central assistance under Smart Cities Mission to the extent of Rs.48,000/- crores has been proposed to be provided to the 100 cities during the Mission period. An equal amount, on a matching basis, will have to be contributed by the State/ULB. The Government of India funds and the matching contribution of the States/ULBs will meet only a part of the project cost and balance funds are expected to be mobilized from
i. States/ ULBs own resources from collection of user fees, beneficiary charges and impact fees, land monetization, debt, loans, etc.
ii. Additional resources transferred due to acceptance of the recommendations of the Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC).
iii. Innovative finance mechanisms such as municipal bonds with credit rating of ULBs, Pooled Finance Mechanism, Tax Increment Financing (TIF).
iv. Other Central Government schemes like Swachh Bharat Mission, AMRUT, National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY).
v. Leverage borrowings from financial institutions, including bilateral and multilateral institutions, both domestic and external sources.
vi. States/UTs may also access the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), which was announced by the Finance Minister in his 2015 Budget Speech, and is likely to be set up this year.
vii. Private sector through PPPs.
(e) : The Smart Cities Mission will cover 100 cities and its present duration is five years (FY2015-16 to FY2019-20).
During the preparation of the Smart Cities Mission, a number of foreign Governments have offered to provide Technical Assistance (TA) support. Additionally, other external organizations, including bilateral and multilateral institutions, as well as domestic organizations have suggested to the Ministry of Urban Development that they can give technical assistance support. The following countries have also shown interest to participate in the development of Smart Cities:
i) Spain,
ii) Canada,
iii) France,
iv) Germany,
v) China,
vi) Singapore, and
vii) United Kingdom
The Government of India has facilitated signing of Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) between United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA); and the State of Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh to support the development of Vishakhapatnam, Ajmer and Allahabad respectively as Smart Cities.
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Annexure-1
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List of 98 Cities shortlisted for Stage-2 of Smart Cities Mission
Sl. No. Name of State/UT No. of cities shorlisted Names of Potential Cities shortlisted
1. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1 1. Port Blair
2. Andhra Pradesh 3 1. Vishakhapatnam
2. Tirupati
3. Kakinada
3. Arunachal Pradesh 1 1. Pasighat
4. Assam 1 1. Guwahati
5. Bihar 3 1. Muzaffarpur
2. Bhagalpur
3. Biharsharif
6. Chandigarh 1 1. Chandigarh
7. Chhatisgarh 2 1. Raipur
2. Bilaspur
8. Daman & Diu 1 1. Diu
9. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 1 1. Silvassa
10. Delhi 1 1.New Delhi Municipal Council
11. Goa 1 1. Panaji
12. Gujarat 6 1. Gandhinagar
2. Ahmedabad
3. Surat
4. Vadodara
5. Rajkot
6. Dahod
13. Haryana 2 1. Karnal
2. Faridabad
14. Himachal Pradesh 1 1. Dharamshala
15. Jharkhand 1 1. Ranchi
16. Karnataka 6 1. Mangaluru
2. Belagavi
3. Shivamogga
4. Hubballi-Dharwad
5. Tumakuru
6. Davanegere
17. Kerala 1 1. Kochi
18. Lakshadweep 1 1. Kavaratti
19. Madhya Pradesh 7 1. Bhopal
2. Indore
3. Jabalpur
4. Gwalior
5. Sagar
6. Satna
7. Ujjain
20. Maharashtra 10 1. Navi Mumbai
2. Nashik
3. Thane
4. Greater Mumbai
5. Amravati
6. Solapur
7. Nagpur
8. Kalyan-Dombivali
9. Aurangabad
10. Pune
21. Manipur 1 1. Imphal
22. Meghalaya 1 1. Shillong
23. Mizoram 1 1. Aizawl
24. Nagaland 1 1. Kohima
25. Odisha 2 1. Bhubaneshwar
2. Raurkela
26. Puducherry 1 1. Oulgaret
27. Punjab 3 1. Ludhiana
2. Jalandhar
3. Amritsar
28. Rajasthan 4 1. Jaipur
2. Udaipur
3. Kota
4. Ajmer
29. Sikkim 1 1. Namchi
30. Tamil Nadu 12 1. Tiruchirapalli
2. Tirunelveli
3. Dindigul,
4. Thanjavur,
5. Tiruppur,
6. Salem,
7. Vellore,
8. Coimbatore,
9. Madurai,
10. Erode,
11. Thoothukudi
12. Chennai
31. Telangana 2 1. Greater Hyderabad
2. Greater Warangal
32. Tripura 1 1. Agartala
33. Uttar Pradesh 12 1. Moradabad
2. Aligarh
3. Saharanpur
4. Bareilly
5. Jhansi
6. Kanpur
7. Allahabad
8. Lucknow
9. Varanasi
10. Ghaziabad
11. Agra
12. Rampur
34. Uttarakhand 1 1. Dehradun
35. West Bengal 4 1. New Town Kolkata
2. Bidhannagar
3. Durgapur
4. Haldia
Total 98
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