In India, the Smart Cities Mission was launched in year ......?

The correct answer is Option (3) → 2015

The Smart Cities Mission was launched by the Government of India on 25 June 2015, under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. One hundred cities were chosen through a competition to improve their infrastructure and services with the help of technology, such as integrated command centres, smart roads and better water and waste management.

Note: This question is filed under current affairs, though the mission is more than ten years old at the time of the paper. The mission has had a decade to build its smart cities; NTA’s current affairs still live in its launch year.