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Smart Cities Mission is an urban renewal and retrofitting program by the Government of India with a mission to develop 100 cities (the target has been revised to 109 cities) all over the country making them citizen friendly and sustainable. The Union Ministry of Urban Development is responsible for implementing the mission in collaboration with the state governments of the respective cities. The Government has a vision of developing 100 smart cities as satellite towns of larger cities by modernizing the existing mid-sized cities.
The list of nomination marked the first stage in the selection process of smart cities, in which the state governments nominated potential cities and the Centre shortlisted 100. In August 2015 the Govt. of India released the list of nominees. The list comprises 98 cities, including many state capitals.
The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) received proposals from the 97 cities to be the beneficiaries of the first year financing from 2016 onwards. Hon'ble Minister of Urban Development (MoUD) Shri Venkaiah Naidu announced the selected top 20 from among them on 28 January 2016. Bhubaneswar topped the list of top 20, followed by Pune and Jaipur.