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How many smart cities are in India now?

How many smart cities are in India now?

List of cities nominated by states for the smart city challenge

S. No. Name of State/UT Smart Cities Challenge Nominations Allocated
2 Gujarat 6
3 Madhya Pradesh 7
4 Tamil Nadu 12
5 Karnataka 7

How many smart city are there in up 2021?

UP was given the first prize among the states for taking up development of seven cities under the state smart cities scheme, which are Meerut, Ghaziabad, Ayodhya, Firozabad, Gorakhpur, Mathura-Vrindavan and Saharanpur.

How many smart cities are there in China?

China has taken the lead in the race to smarten up cities through digital and infrastructural advancements. As of 2020, more than 900 pilot smart city projects had been set up within various provinces of the economic giant.

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Which is the smart city in India 2021?

Ahmedabad, the capital of Gujarat, has many projects in the works, and it will be a “smart city” in 2021.

How many cities will be made smart in 20 years?

The project is aiming to cover 100 cities in a span of 20 years. In January 2016, the government announced the list of 20 cities to be developed into smart cities in the first phase the plan to make over 100 smart cities by 2022.

What is the funding of 100 Smart Cities Mission?

Centre and state government will provide ₹1,000 crore (US$140 million) funding to the company, as equal contribution of ₹500 crore (US$70 million) each. The company has to raise additional funds from the financial marity. “100 Smart Cities Mission” was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 June 2015.

How many cities are there in the national level Smart Cities Challenge?

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There are 98 nominated by states national level smart cities challenge, based on state level competition. 100 cities were supposed to be nominated but Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh did not use one slot each. Jammu & Kashmir was allocated one city but it could not submit the proposal on-time for the first round of the challenge.

What is the cost of India’s Smart Cities project?

The project is supposed to cost in the region of USD 276 million. In order to better execute the sanitation programmes enshrined in the Smart Cities project, the World Bank is lending 500 million US dollars to the Indian Government.