India's housing ministry has decided to keep up with the idea of smart cities.
"Projects worth more than Rs 38,000 crores are under implementation under the Smart Cities Mission, with 97 special purpose vehicles being constituted to execute these projects", said the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry.

It was first thought off and launched by prime minister Narendra Modi in June of 2015, the ministry then went on to announce that 100 cities will be put for central assistance, under the BJP government’s flagship program. "As many as 97 special purpose vehicles (SPVs) have so far been constituted, to execute projects in cities selected under the Smart Cities Mission, according to the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry. Tenders have been issued for another 1,686 projects worth more than Rs 63,000 crores in various smart cities, while 1,200 projects worth more than Rs 38,000 crores are under implementation", declared the Bharatiya Janata Party.

"Smart Cities Mission is the largest mission with citizen consultation ever undertaken & has a long incubation period. Every city took about 12-15 months to establish SPVs & identify PMCs (Project management consultants). But now with 97 SPVs & 82 PMCs in place, the mission is well & truly on its way (sic),” the ministry added to a their tweeter account. Every smart city is said to have an SPV, which shall be headed by a full-time CEO that will belong to the BJP and have nominees of central government, state government and urban local bodies on its board.

 The ministry further added to their tweeter later that month - “In order to provide safety & better services to the citizens, 11 state-of-the-art Command & Control Centres have been operationalized & another 17 centres are on their way. Tenders have been called for an additional 31 centres across the country.”

This project will certainly prove to be a great fruitful one as it is a well thought and planned one, with full details that have been disclosed and shared with the general public and press.