What are the 100 smart cities in India?
The 100 Smart Cities of India are a set of urban centres selected by the Government of India under the Smart City Mission (2015) through a competitive process to receive central funding and support for technology-driven urban development and infrastructure upgradation.
Smart Cities by Region
- North India: Delhi (NDMC area), Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Allahabad, Ghaziabad
- West India: Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, Kalyan-Dombivli, Aurangabad, Solapur, Thane, Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Udaipur, Jaipur, Kota
- South India: Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Madurai, Thanjavur, Salem, Tiruppur, Vellore, Tirunelveli, Visakhapatnam, Warangal, Karimnagar, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram
- East India: Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Raipur, Ranchi, Patna, Guwahati, Agartala, Imphal, Kohima, Shillong, Gangtok, Aizawl, Itanagar
- Central India: Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Ujjain, Satna, Sagar
Real Estate Significance of Smart Cities
- Smart city designation is a positive signal for real estate investment
- Properties within Area-Based Development (ABD) zones see the sharpest value appreciation
- Commercial real estate demand rises as companies prefer smart city locations
- Residential demand improves with better infrastructure, public spaces, and safety
- Smart city investments are increasingly factored into homebuyer decisions
The 100 Smart Cities programme is India's most ambitious urban transformation initiative simultaneously a technology deployment programme, an infrastructure investment, and a governance reform. Its real legacy will be in the institutional capacity, data systems, and planning culture it has begun to build in India's cities.
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