Of the 100 cities under the Mission, 26 are yet to receive 100% share of the central funding as work on projects is still ongoing, according to Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry.

Having extended the Smart Cities Mission deadline for a third time, till March 31, 2025, the Centre last week told the states and UTs that it will disburse the remaining funds till September 30 on a “first come first serve basis”, The Indian Express has learnt.

The Mission was to end on June 30, but on June 29 the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) wrote to all states and UTs informing them that the Mission will extend till March 31, 2025 without any additional cost.

Cities yet to receive 100% of the central funds include eight in UTs — Diu, Jammu, Kavaratti, Panaji, Port Blair, Puducherry, Silvassa, and Srinagar — and the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) area that is also under the central government. Other cities yet to get entire GoI funding are Amritsar and Jalandhar in Punjab; Atal Nagar, Bilaspur and Raipur in Chhattisgarh; Biharsharif, Muzaffarpur and Patna in Bihar; Greater Warangal and Karimnagar in Telangana; Dahod (Gujarat); Imphal (Manipur); Karnal (Haryana); Mangaluru (Karnataka); Namchi (Sikkim); Nashik (Maharashtra); and Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh).