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Detailed explanation-1: -The Government has selected a total of 100 cities for smart city implementation. As of now, 5002 of the 7742 projects have been completed.

Detailed explanation-2: -List of Cities for Smart City Mission in India. A total of 100 cities are selected as of date. In the first slot, West Bengal, Mumbai and Navi Mumbai submitted the proposal, but later, they withdrew the application. Most of the cities are from Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in the Smart Cities Mission.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has ranked Bhopal, India, as the best smart city for the year 2022. It’s the largest city in Madhya Pradesh and has a population of over 2.5 million.

Detailed explanation-4: -The central government had approved 100 cities of the country to be developed as smart cities. Of these, 10 are in UP-Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur, Prayagraj, Agra, Bareilly, Jhansi, Saharanpur, Aligarh, and Moradabad.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Smart Cities Mission, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs won the Platinum Icon in the Digital India Awards 2022 for their initiative “DataSmart Cities: Empowering Cities through Data” under the ‘Data Sharing and Use for Socio Economic Development’ category. The award was announce on 19th December 2022.