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What is the status of Smart Cities Mission projects in Uttar Pradesh?
August 01, 2025 3:56 pm
Smart Cities Mission UP 2025: During the ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Seth raised a question to Minister of State (MoS) for Housing and Urban Affairs, Tokhan Sahu, regarding the total number of projects completed under the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) in various cities across Uttar Pradesh.
Smart cities, broken communities: From New Delhi to Varanasi, what we lose when urban planning is not inclusive
June 28, 2025 2:33 pm
As iconic shops and heritage neighbourhoods are cleared for development, planners must ask — who are our cities really being built for?
Smart Cities Mission set to end on March 31, but 7% projects likely to go on
March 16, 2025 8:10 am
The mission was launched in 2015 with the aim of creating 100 smart cities. The cities were selected in rounds of competition held from January 2016 to June 2018, and they had five years from their respective selection, that is 2021 to 2023, to complete the projects.
Smart Cities Mission: Govt to release funds till Sept 30; 26 cities yet to get full Central share
July 04, 2024 5:28 am
Of the 100 cities under the Mission, 26 are yet to receive 100% share of the central funding as work on projects is still ongoing, according to Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry.
With around 10% of projects left, Centre considers extension of Smart Cities Mission
June 16, 2024 2:57 am
Launched in 2015, the Smart Cities Mission covers 100 cities that were selected through various rounds of competitions held from January 2016 to June 2018.
Some Smart Cities Mission projects to miss June 30 deadline, states must take over, , panel told
February 09, 2024 11:44 am
In its report on the evaluation of the Smart Cities Mission presented in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, the committee said the ministry had informed it that 400 projects, out of the 7,970, worth Rs 22,814 crore would take beyond December 2024 to complete.
Imphal Smart City puts in additional workers to meet projects’ June deadline
January 19, 2024 8:05 am
Ten projects worth Rs 435 crore are still ongoing, though, according to Imphal Smart City CEO Thingbavjam Harikumar Singh, most of them are 80% to 90% complete.
IITs, IIMs among others to submit 50 papers on impact of Smart Cities Mission
January 13, 2024 9:17 am
Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Friday said the Mission will “hopefully” achieve its targets in 2024.
Smart Cities ranking: Surat tops, UTs, N-E cities in bottom 10
November 12, 2023 4:31 am
As per the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry data as on November 3, about 22% of total projects (1,745 of 7,947) that account for 33% (Rs 57,028 crore of Rs 1.70 lakh crore) of the total cost are still ongoing.
Sustainable development at heart of Smart Cities, has lessons for Global South: report
September 27, 2023 11:32 pm
Cites water, sewage projects in Ahmedabad, Indore as examples; over 70% projects contribute to SDGs
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