Central government announced another list of 30 cities for development as smart cities taking the total cities picked up so far to 90 under Smart City Mission launched on June 25, 2015.
45 cities contested for 40 available smart city slots but only 30 were selected to ensure feasible and workable plans that match the aspirations of the citizens as directed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi while launching the mission.
The 30 cities announced today in the order of marks scored are:
| S.No | City | State/UT |
| 1 | Trivendrum | Kerala |
| 2 | Naya Raipur | Chattisgarh |
| 3 | Rajkit | Gujarat |
| 4 | Amaravati | Andhra Pradesh |
| 5 | Patna | Bihar |
| 6 | Karimnagar | Telangana |
| 7 | Muzaffarpur | Bihar |
| 8 | Puducherry | Puducherry |
| 9 | Gandhinagar | Gujarat |
| 10 | Srinagar | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 11 | Sagar | Madhya Pradesh |
| 12 | Karnal | Haryana |
| 13 | Satna | MP |
| 14 | Bengaluru | Karnataka |
| 15 | Shimla | Himachal Pradesh |
| 16 | Dehradun | Uttarakhand |
| 17 | Tiruppur | Tamil Nadu |
| 18 | Pimpri chinchwad | Maharashtra |
| 19 | Bilaspur | Chattisgah |
| 20 | Pasighat | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 21 | Jammu | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 22 | Dahod | Gujarat |
| 23 | Tirunelveli | Tamil Nadu |
| 24 | Thootukkudi | Tamil Nadu |
| 25 | Tiruchirapalli | Tamil Nadu |
| 26 | Jhansi | UP |
| 27 | Aizawl | Mizoram |
| 28 | Allahabad | UP |
| 29 | Aligarh | UP |
| 30 | Gangtok | Sikkim |
These 30 cities announced proposed a total investment of Rs.57,393 cr under respective smart city plans. This includes Rs.46,879 cr for ensuring core infrastructure in the areas identified by citizens for area based development and Rs.10,514 cr for technology based solutions for improving governance , service delivery and utilization of infrastructure. With this the total investment approved under the smart city plans of 90 cities has gone up to Rs.1,91,155 cr.
20 cities will be contesting for the remaining 10 slots under smart city mission. These are; Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh), Biharsharif (Bihar), Diu (Daman & Diu), Silvassa (Dadra and Nager Haveli), Kavaratti (Lakshadweep), Navimumbai, Greater Mumbai and Amaravati (Maharashtra), Imphal (Manipur), Shillong (Meghalaya), Dindigul and Erode(Tamil Nadu), Bidhannagar, Durgapur and Haldia (West Bengal), Meerut,Rai Bareilly, Ghaziabad, Sharanpur and Rampur (UP).
