The Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu announced the first 20 cities selected to receive funding to develop smart city projects on January 29, 2016. The selected cities are Bhubaneshwar, Pune, Jaipur, Surat, Kochi, NDMC, Ahmedabad, Jabalpur, Vizag, Solapur, Devangere, Indore, Coimbatore, Kakinada, Belgaum, Udaipur, Guwahati, Chennai, Ludhiana, and Bhopal. Each city will receive Rs. 100 crore per year for five years from the central government, totaling Rs. 50,000 crore in funding. The smart cities program aims