A set of three statements regarding Smart Cities Mission

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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 cities will be selected based on the Smart cities challenge, in which cities will compete in a countrywide competition to get the benefits from this mission. As of Jun 2017, 90 cities have been selected for upgrade as part of smart city mission after they defeated other cities in the challenge. It is five-year program, where all the Indian states and Union territories are participating except West Bengal by nominating at-least one city for the smart city challenge. Financial aid will be given by the central and state government between 2017 - 2022 to the cities and mission starts showing results from 2022 onwards.