27 new cities and towns have been selected under the Government’s Smart Cities mission, reports the Economic Times. This is the 3rd list of Smart Cities to get funding from the Centre for initiating digital reforms. The cities include Agra, Ajmer, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Gwalior, Hubli-Dharwad, Jalandhar, Kalyan-Dombivali, Kanpur, Kohima, Kota, Madurai, Mangalore, Nagpur, Namchi, Nashik, Rourkela, Salem, Shivamogga, Thane, Thanjavur, Tirupati, Tumakuru, Ujjain, Vadodara, Varanasi and Vellore. Under the Smart Cities mission, the Government will develop overall 100 cities in the next 3 years. 20 cities were selected in January this year, including Pune, Jaipur, Surat and Kochi. 23 additional cities and towns had resubmitted their proposals under the ‘Fast Track Competition’ initiative in April, of which 13 were selected in May. This takes the total number of cities selected to 60, with the rest of the 40 cities to…
