What is smart city plan ?Is your city in list?

In 2015 Indian government decided to take smart city concept , smart city ,basically means selecting few city from all over India on the basis of various parameters .
The Union Ministry of Urban Development and State governement togather working on this mission. It was task of state government to create competetive environment between various city .If any city comes under smart city  ,that central government and state government both will pay a equal amount of 500 crore ,main aim of this smart city plan will be to create a better infrastructure ,All states and Union territories except West Bengal are participants of this mission .
Around 20 cities selected in 1st round of challenge .these city called as "light house" as they will act as aspiring model for other city which will select in next round .

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 New Delhi
13. Coimbatore Tamil Nadu
14. Kakinada Andhra Pradesh
15. Belgaum Karnataka
16. Udaipur Rajasthan
17. Guwahati Assam
18. Chennai Tamil Nadu
19. Ludhiana Punjab
20. Bhopal Madhya Pradesh

from above we can see list of smart city in 1st phase ,most of city belongs to some developed state, none of the city from Bihar ,Jharkhand and many underdeveloped state .

Below are the city from second phase selection.

1. Lucknow  Uttar Pradesh
2. Bhagalpur  Bihar
3.  Faridabad  Haryana
4. Chandigarh  Chandigarh 
5.  Raipur  Chhattisgarh
6. Ranchi Jharkhand 
7. Dharamasala  Himachal Pradesh
8.  Warangal  Telangana
9.  Panaji  Goa
10. Agartala  Tripura
11.  Imphal Manipur
12.  Port Blair  Andaman & Nicobar
13. New Town Kolkata* West Bengal

In second phase government selected 13 city .

The Third List (September 2016) 

1. Amritsar Punjab 
2. Kalyan Maharashtra 
3. Ujjain Madhya Pradesh
4. Tirupati Andhra Pradesh
5. Nagpur Maharashtra
6. Mangalore Karnataka
7. Vellore Tamil Nadu
8. Thane Maharashtra
9. Gwalior Madhya Pradesh
10. Agra Uttar Pradesh
11. Nashik Maharashtra
12. Raurkela Odisha
13. Kanpur Uttar Pradesh
14. Madurai Tamil Nadu
15. Tumakuru Karnataka
16. Kota Rajasthan
17. Thanjavur Tamil Nadu
18. Namchi Sikkim
19. Jalandhar Punjab
20. Shimoga Karnataka
21. Salem Tamil Nadu
22. Ajmer Rajasthan
23. Varanasi Uttar Pradesh
24. Kohima Nagaland
25. Hubli-Dharwad Karnataka
26. Aurangabad Maharashtra
27. Vadodara Gujarat

The Fourth List (June 2017) 

1. Thiruvananthapuram Kerala
2. Naya Raipur Chhattisgarh
3. Rajkot Gujarat
4. Amravati Maharashtra
5. Patna Bihar
6. Karimnagar Telengana
7. Muzaffarpur Bihar
8. Puducherry Pondicherry
9. Gandhinagar Gujarat
10. Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir
11. Sagar Madhya Pradesh
12. Karnal Haryana
13. Satna Madhya Pradesh 
14. Bangalore Karnataka
15. Shimla Himachal Pradesh 
16. Dehradun Uttarakhand 
17. Tiruppur Tamil Nadu
18. Pimpri Chinchwad Maharashtra
19. Bilaspur Chhattisgarh
20. Pasighat Arunachal Pradesh
21. Jammu Jammu and Kashmir
22. Dahod Gujarat
23. Tirunelveli Tamil Nadu
24. Thoothukudi Tamil Nadu
25. Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu
26. Jhansi Uttar Pradesh
27. Aizawl Mizoram
28. Allahabad Uttar Pradesh
29. Aligarh Uttar Pradesh
30. Gangtok Sikkim

The Fifth List (January 2018) 

1. Bareilly Uttar Pradesh 
2. Moradabad Uttar Pradesh 
3. Saharanpur Uttar Pradesh 
4. Erode Tamil Nadu 
5. Bihar Sharif Bihar 
6. Silvasa Dadra and Nagar Haveli 
7. Diu Daman and Diu 
8. Kavarati Lakshdweep 
9. Itanagar Arunachal Pradesh

we can raise if we have any questions on these list also we ask government why these city , why not your  city ,and many questions on it.