The government has said that three thousand 131 Smart City projects worth 53 thousand 175 crore rupees have been completed. Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishore said this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today. Smart Cities Mission was launched in 2015 for the development of 100 cities as Smart Cities. Mr. Kishore said, the cities were selected through four rounds of competition from January 2016 to June 2018. He said, as of 12 November this year, these Smart Cities have tendered out six thousand 452 projects worth around one lakh 85 thousand crore rupees. The Minister said, Central Government has so far released 27 thousand 235 crore rupees to States and Union Territories for their Smart Cities.