Smart Cities Mission is an urban renewal and
retrofitting program by the
Government of India with a mission to develop 100 cities all over the country making them citizen friendly and sustainable. The
Union Ministry of Urban Development is responsible for implementing the mission in collaboration with the state governments of the respective cities. The government of India under Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has a vision of developing 100 smart cities as satellite towns of larger cities and by modernizing the existing mid-sized cities.