Question: In the list of 27 new smart cities announced by the Minister of Urban Development M.Venkaiah Naidu how many cities of Uttar Pradesh are included?
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 5
Ans: (c)
Related facts:
- On 20 September 2016 Minister of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu released the list of 27 new smart cities.
- Golden Temple city of Amritsar topped the list.
- Eight other cities of pilgrim and tourism importance that made to the third list of smart cities are; Ujjain, Tirupati, Agra, Nashik, Madurai, Thanjavur, Ajmer and Varanasi.
- With this the number of cities selected under Smart City Mission for financing implementation of smart city plans has gone up to 60.
- The 27 smart cities announced are from 12 States including 5 from Maharashtra, 4 each from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, 3 from Uttar Pradesh and 2 each from Punjab and Rajasthan.
- Nagaland and Sikkim have made it to the smart city list for the first time.
- With this, the total investment proposed by the 60 cities selected so far has gone up to Rs.1, 44,742 cr.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=150941
http://zeenews.india.com/business/news/economy/third-list-of-27-new-smart-cities-announced-amritsar-tops-followed-by-kalyan-ujjain_1931514.html