Crisil, KPMG, McKinsey and Mott MacDonald are among the consulting firms that have been assigned for preparing action plans for the 88 cities proposed to be developed as Smart Cities.
- Nagpur, Kalian-Dombivali, Nasik, Thane, Solapur and Amaravati – CRISIL
- Rajkot, Kochi, Ajmer, Erode and Coimbatore – ICRA
- Chandigarh, Raipur, Bilaspur, Karnal and Faridabad – All India Institute of Local Self Government
- Vadodara, Bhubaneswar, Amritsar, Chennai and Tiruchirapalli – Jones Lang La Salle
- Surat, Belgavi, Hubli-Dharwad and Dind – Darashaw & Co in association with IDOM Inginieriay Consultoria SAU and FUNDACION CARTIFF
- Biharshariff, Oulgaret, Tiruppur and Thoothukudi – Mahindra Consulting Engineers in association with SUEZ Environment Consulting and Akara Research and Technologies
- Ahmedabad, Rourkela, Kota and Agartala – Feedback Infra in association with Happold Engineers India and Cisco Systems
- Gandhinagar, Indore and Jabalpur – Mehta and Associates in JV with Oswal Computers and Consultants
- Gwalior, Sagar and Satna – Voyants Solutions in association with MINRAJ Consultants
- Kanpur, Ghaziabad and Thanjavur – Dorsh Holding in association with Dorsh Consult India and LR Kadaliya and Associates
- Greater Mumbai, Muzaffarpur, Durgapur – Alia Consulting Solutions and Genesis Fin Tech
- Ujjain, Dahod – Haskoning DHV Consulting in JV with Haskoning DHV Nederland and Grant Thornton Green Boulevard
- New Town Kolkata and Bidahannagar – Deloitte Touche Tohmastsu in association with Urban Management Consultant and Hijli Inspiration
- Tirupati, Tumakuru – Lea Associates South Asia in association with Crux Consultants and VB Soft
- Mangaluru and Udaipur – IIDC in association with Urban Mass Transport Company and Building Design Partnership
- Allahabad and Aligarh – Aarvee Associates Architects, Engineers and Consultants in association with Mars Telecom Systems
- Lucknow and Namchi – Data World in association with Innovest Advisory Services and Caritas Eco Systems
- Rampur and Moradabad – Engineers India in association with JPS Associates
- Selam and Madurai – Infrastructure Development Corp (Karnataka) in association with IDFC Foundation
- Vellore and Tirunelveli – Shah Technical Consultants
- Agra and Bareilly – International City Management Association with Urban Management Centre and Edge Soft India
- Aizawl and Haldia – Arki Techno Consultants (India) and IRS Systems South Asia
- Hyderabad, Aurangabad – Knight Frank (India) with Fortress Infrastructure services and PSP Financial Consultants
- New Delhi Municipal Council – KPMG
- Bhagalpur – Ecorys Nederland with Ecorys India
- Dharmashala – TERI with Tractebel Engineering SA and Avalon Infrastructure Solutions
- Ranchi – IK Worldwide with SCP Consultants
- Davanagere – CRP Risk Management with Infrastructure Management and Advisory Services
- Shivamogga – Srei Infrastructure with Navayuga spatial Technologies and RSP Design Consultants
- Pune – McKinsey
- Navi Mumbai – Tandon Urban Solutions with Spatial Decisions and Maha Infortech
- Bhopal – Price Waterhouse Coopers with Rudrabhishek Enterprise and CPG Consultants
- Jaipur – Mott MacDonald with Ernst and Young
- Saharanpur – Soft Tech Engineers with Design Point Consult
- Dehradun – DDF Consultants with MSN Infrastructure and SGI Studio Galli Ingenieria
- Visakhapatnam and Ludhiana – AECOM India with AECOM Asia Company
- Varanasi and Jhansi – NK Buildcon.
Source: Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India
Ministry of urban development has already released Rs 2 crore per mission city for preparation of city-wise smart cities plans. The selected consulting firms will prepare smart city proposals under the supervision of urban local bodies and state governments based on review of previous plans and interventions undertaken. Smart City plans shall contain area development action plans and financing plan for the complete life cycle of the proposal.
All city-wise Smart Cities Plans will be evaluated in the second stage of City Challenge competition for identifying the top ranking 20 cities for financing during the current financial year.