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 | ₹2,039.79 billion (US$24 billion) |
| Website | smartcities |
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. The Union Ministry of Urban Development was responsible for implementing the mission in collaboration with the state governments of the respective cities. In 2017, the ministry was merged with the ministry of housing and urban poverty alleviation to form the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
The mission was planned to include 100 cities, with an initial project completion deadline of 2019, later revised to 2023. As of January 2025, 7,479 out of a total of 8,058 tendered projects had been completed, utilizing ₹1,500.05 billion (US$18 billion) of the total allocated amount of ₹1,643.68 billion (US$19 billion). The project was officially shut down on 31 March 2025.