Full list of of 98 smart cities

The Centre on Thursday announced the names of 98 cities selected for the Modi government's flagship Smart Cities project but Mumbai, Bengaluru and Patna don't figure in the list.

The names of the cities selected for the Rs 48,000 crore Smart Cities project was released by the Centre pending a nomination each from Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.

Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the ambitious project with announcement of criteria and guidelines for 100 Smart Cities to be selected through city challenge competition on June 25.

While Jammu and Kashmir has to nominate one city, 12 cities have been shortlisted from Uttar Pradesh against 13 cities nominated for Smart City project.

"The Government of Jammu and Kashmir sought more time to firm up their choice. More information is sought from the Uttar Pradesh government about the 13th smart city that is yet to be announced," Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said after releasing the list.

Here is the list of states with their nominated cities:

Union Territories

Andaman and Nicobar Islands- Port Blair

Dadra and Nagar Haveli- Silvassa

Daman and Diu- Diu

Delhi- New Delhi Municipal Corporation

Chandigarh

Lakshadweep- Kavarrati

Puducherry- Oulgaret

Other states

Andhra Pradesh- Vishakhapatnam, Tirupati and Kakinada

Arunachal Pradesh- Pasighat

Assam- Guwahati

Bihar- Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur and Biharsharif

Chhattisgarh- Raipur and Bilaspur

Goa- Panaji

Gujarat- Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot and Dahod

Haryana- Karnal and Faridabad

Himachal Pradesh- Dharamshala

Jharkhand- Ranchi

Karnataka- Mangaluru, Belagavi, Shivamogga, Hubballi-Dharwad, Tumakuru and Davanegere

Kerala- Kochi

Madhya Pradesh- Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Sagar, Satna and Ujjain

Maharashtra- Navi Mumbai, Nashik, Thane, Greater Mumbai, Amravati, Solapur, Nagpur, Kalyan-Dombivali, Aurangabad, Pune

Manipur- Imphal

Meghalaya- Shillong

Mizoram- Aizawl

Nagaland- Kohima

Odisha- Bhubaneshwar and Raurkela

Punjab- Ludhiana, Jalandha and Amritsar

Rajasthan- Jaipur, Udaipur, Kota and Ajmer

Sikkim- Namchi

Tamil Nadu- Tiruchirapalli, Chennai, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Vellore, Salem, Erode, Thanjavur, Tirunelveli, Dindigul, Madurai and Thoothukudi

Telangana- Greater Hyderabad and Greater Warangal

Tripura- Agartala

Uttar Pradesh- Moradabad, Aligarh, Saharanpur, Bareilly, Jhansi, Kanpur, Allahabad, Lucknow, Varanasi, Ghaziabad, Agra and Rampur

Uttarakhand- Dehradun

West Bengal- New Town Kolkata, Bidhannagar, Durgapur and Haldia