Proposes to get up Greenfield Smart Cities

RAJYA SABHA 

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1031
TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 28, 2021 

GREENFIELD SMART CITIES

Will the Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Central Government proposes to set up greenfield smart cities and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the role of State Governments and the Central Government in setting up these cities;

(c) the share of funds among the States and the Central Government; and

(d) the criteria to be adopted for selection of location of these cities and the steps taken by the Central Government and various State Governments in this regard?

(SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a)    to (d)  The XV Finance Commission, in its report submitted to the Government of India, has recommended a performance-based challenge fund of ₹ 8,000 crore to States for incubation of new cities. The amount available for each proposed new city is ₹ 1,000 crore and a State can have only one new city under the proposed scheme. Thus, a maximum of eight States can avail this grant for eight new cities over the award period of the Commission. The detailed modalities for the scheme have not been worked out.

Moreover, Area Based development is a key strategic component of the Smart Cities Mission, launched on June 25, 2015. Area Based development models include city improvement (retrofitting), city renewal (redevelopment) and/or city extension (Greenfield development). 100 cities have been selected for development as Smart Cities over 4 rounds of competition conducted between January 2016 to June 2018. The details of Smart Cities that have opted for greenfield development or a combination of models are as following: