<span style="color: #222222;">The  Central Government has released more than 27 thousand crore rupees so far under the Smart Cities Mission. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13.3333px;">Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Kaushal Kishore</span><span style="color: #222222;"> said, over 22 thousand crore rupees has already been utilized out of the total released amount. <br />''<br />''He said, six thousand 452 projects worth more than one lakh 84 thousand crore rupees have been tendered and out of which five thousand 809 projects are under implementation and constructed. The Minister said, Government  has launched the Smart Cities Mission on 25th June 2015.</span><br />