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.

  1. Nagpur, Kalian-Dombivali, Nasik, Thane, Solapur and Amaravati – CRISIL
  2. Rajkot, Kochi, Ajmer, Erode and Coimbatore – ICRA
  3. Chandigarh, Raipur, Bilaspur, Karnal and Faridabad – All India Institute of Local Self Government
  4. Vadodara, Bhubaneswar, Amritsar, Chennai and Tiruchirapalli – Jones Lang La Salle
  5. Surat, Belgavi, Hubli-Dharwad and Dind – Darashaw & Co in association with IDOM Inginieriay Consultoria SAU and FUNDACION CARTIFF
  6. Biharshariff, Oulgaret, Tiruppur and Thoothukudi – Mahindra Consulting Engineers in association with SUEZ Environment Consulting and Akara Research and Technologies
  7. Ahmedabad, Rourkela, Kota and Agartala – Feedback Infra in association with Happold Engineers India and Cisco Systems
  8. Gandhinagar, Indore and Jabalpur – Mehta and Associates in JV with Oswal Computers and Consultants
  9. Gwalior, Sagar and Satna – Voyants Solutions in association with MINRAJ Consultants
  10. Kanpur, Ghaziabad and Thanjavur – Dorsh Holding in association with Dorsh Consult India and LR Kadaliya and Associates
  11. Greater Mumbai, Muzaffarpur, Durgapur – Alia Consulting Solutions and Genesis Fin Tech
  12. Ujjain, Dahod – Haskoning DHV Consulting in JV with Haskoning DHV Nederland and Grant Thornton Green Boulevard
  13. New Town Kolkata and Bidahannagar – Deloitte Touche Tohmastsu in association with Urban Management Consultant and Hijli Inspiration
  14. Tirupati, Tumakuru – Lea Associates South Asia in association with Crux Consultants and VB Soft
  15. Mangaluru and Udaipur – IIDC in association with Urban Mass Transport Company and Building Design Partnership
  16. Allahabad and Aligarh – Aarvee Associates Architects, Engineers and Consultants in association with Mars Telecom Systems
  17. Lucknow and Namchi – Data World in association with Innovest Advisory Services and Caritas Eco Systems
  18. Rampur and Moradabad – Engineers India in association with JPS Associates
  19. Selam and Madurai – Infrastructure Development Corp (Karnataka) in association with IDFC Foundation
  20. Vellore and Tirunelveli – Shah Technical Consultants
  21. Agra and Bareilly – International City Management Association with Urban Management Centre and Edge Soft India
  22. Aizawl and Haldia – Arki Techno Consultants (India) and IRS Systems South Asia
  23. Hyderabad, Aurangabad – Knight Frank (India) with Fortress Infrastructure services and PSP Financial Consultants
  24. New Delhi Municipal Council – KPMG
  25. Bhagalpur – Ecorys Nederland with Ecorys India
  26. Dharmashala – TERI with Tractebel Engineering SA and Avalon Infrastructure Solutions
  27. Ranchi – IK Worldwide with SCP Consultants
  28. Davanagere – CRP Risk Management with Infrastructure Management and Advisory Services
  29. Shivamogga – Srei Infrastructure with Navayuga spatial Technologies and RSP Design Consultants
  30. Pune – McKinsey
  31. Navi Mumbai – Tandon Urban Solutions with Spatial Decisions and Maha Infortech
  32. Bhopal – Price Waterhouse Coopers with Rudrabhishek Enterprise and CPG Consultants
  33. Jaipur – Mott MacDonald with Ernst and Young
  34. Saharanpur – Soft Tech Engineers with Design Point Consult
  35. Dehradun – DDF Consultants with MSN Infrastructure and SGI Studio Galli Ingenieria
  36. Visakhapatnam and Ludhiana – AECOM India with AECOM Asia Company
  37. 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.