Union government of India releases the full list of 98 smart cities on Thursday, August 27, 2015 which include 24 state capitals to be developed. Uttar Pradesh state leads the total chart of the declared full list of 98 smart cities with 13 cities in its bag. On the contrary state capitals of West Bengal, Karnataka and Bihar were not listed in proposed 98 smart cities chart. State capitals Bengaluru, Kolkata and Patna exception from is raising various speculations among the political class.

Full List of 98 Smart Cities Declared by Union Ministry of Urban Development of India

The union minister for Urban Development of India Sri.Venkaiah Naidu released the full list of 98 smart cities on Thursday 27, August which need to be developed under special packages of Government of India as smart cities. Here is the complete state wise list of the all 98 smart cities declared to be developed as smart cities including 24 state capitals.

Mr. Venkaih Naidu launching the ambitious Smart City project of Government of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi said “The Smart City project requires investment and I can assure you it will be a safe investment.” Mr. Naidu expressed his hope regarding these smart cities that they will attract investment to boost the economy assuring the prospective investors in the project. Earlier during a few months ago Government of India announced Rs 48,000 crore for development of 100 Smart cities out of which 98 names were declared and rest two will be nominated in due course.

Watch Out the Full List of 98 Declared Smart Cities Nominated by the Government:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

1. Port Blair

Andhra Pradesh

1. Vishakhapatnam
2. Tirupati
3. Kakinada

Arunachal Pradesh

1. Pasighat

Assam

1. Guwahati

Bihar

1. Muzaffarpur
2. Bhagalpur
3. Biharsharif

Chandigarh

Chhattisgarh

1. Raipur
2. Bilaspur

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

1. Silvassa

Daman and Diu

1. Diu

Delhi (NDMC)

Goa

1. Panaji

Gujarat

1. Gandhinagar
2. Ahmedabad
3. Surat
4. Vadodara
5. Rajkot
6. Dahod

Haryana

1. Karnal
2. Faridabad

Himachal Pradesh

1. Dharamshala

Jharkhand

1. Ranchi

Karnataka

1. Mangaluru
2. Belagavi
3. Shivamogga
4. Hubballi-Dharwad,
5. Tumakuru,
6. Davanegere

Kerala

1. Kochi

Lakshadweep

1. Kavarrati

Madhya Pradesh

1. Bhopal
2. Indore,
3. Jabalpur,
4. Gwalior,
5. Sagar,
6. Satna,
7. Ujjain

Maharashtra

1. Navi Mumbai,
2. Nashik,
3. Thane,
4. Greater Mumbai,
5. Amravati,
6. Solapur,
7. Nagpur,
8. Kalyan-Dombivali,
9. Aurangabad,
10. Pune

Manipur

1. Imphal

Meghalaya

1. Shillong

Mizoram

1. Aizawl

Nagaland

1. Kohima

Odisha

1. Bhubaneshwar,
2. Raurkela

Puducherry

1. Oulgaret

Punjab

1. Ludhiana,
2. Jalandhar,
3. Amritsar

Rajasthan

1. Jaipur,
2. Udaipur,
3. Kota,
4. Ajmer

Sikkim

1. Namchi

Tamil Nadu

1. Tiruchirapalli,
2. Chennai,
3. Tiruppur,
4. Coimbatore,
5. Vellore,
6. Salem,
7. Erode,
8. Thanjavur,
9. Tirunelveli,
10. Dindigul,
11. Madurai,
12. Thoothukudi

Telangana

1. Greater Hyderabad,
2. Greater Warangal

Tripura

1. Agartala

Uttar Pradesh

1. Moradabad,
2. Aligarh,
3. Saharanpur,
4. Bareilly,
5. Jhansi,
6. Kanpur,
7. Allahabad,
8. Lucknow,
9. Varanasi,
10. Ghaziabad,
11. Agra,
12. Rampur

Uttarakhand

1. Dehradun

West Bengal

1. New Town Kolkata,
2. Bidhannagar,
3. Durgapur,
4. Haldia

* Jammu & Kashmir has asked for more time to decide on the potential cities

* 12 cities have been shortlisted from Uttar Pradesh against 13 cities nominated for Smart City project

Union minister for Urban Development of India Venkaih Naidu said “Borrowings from financial institutions, accessing National Investment and Infrastructure Fund and from private sector through PPPs are also options available for the project. More than a dozen leading countries have expressed keen interest to associate themselves with this Mission which include US, UK, France, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Japan, China, Singapore, Israel, Australia.”

He further added “World’s leading technology solution providers have been keenly awaiting the unveiling of the contours of the Mission.  Our own private sector is looking forward to take advantage of the investment opportunities.” Stay tuned with us for more trending alerts happening across the nation with us by bookmarking (press Ctrl+D) us for easy navigation.