Union Government has declared the names of latest 98 cities for its ambitious Smart Cities Project.
| Ranks | Smart Cities | State |
| 1 | Bhubaneswar | Odisha |
| 2 | Pune | Maharashtra |
| 3 | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| 4 | Surat | Gujarat |
| 5 | Kochi | Kerala |
| 6 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat |
| 7 | Jabalpur | Madhya Pradesh |
| 8 | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh |
| 9 | Solapur | Maharashtra |
| 10 | Davangere | Karnataka |
| 11 | Indore | Madhya Pradesh |
| 12 | New Delhi Municipal Corporation | New Delhi |
| 13 | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu |
| 14 | Kakinada | Andhra Pradesh |
| 15 | Belagavi | Karnataka |
| 16 | Udaipur | Rajasthan |
| 17 | Guwahati | Assam |
| 18 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| 19 | Ludhiana | Punjab |
| 20 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh |
Facts on Smart Cities:
- Thirteen of them are in the WHO list of the 20 most polluted cities in the world.
- None of the cities are from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. On the other hand, some states have two or more nominees – Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.
- The cities not named today will be asked to get their act together, focus on deficiencies and prepare for Round 2 of announcements in April.
- The prime minister had described Smart Cities as those with “very high quality of life comparable with any developed European city”.
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