Government Considering Setting Up 8 New Cities Across India: Report
NDTV
The 15th Finance Commission in one of its reports had recommended that new cities should be developed, said MB Singh, director of the G20 unit of the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Department.
A plan to develop eight new cities to alleviate population burden on the existing urban centres in the country is under consideration, a senior official said on Thursday.
The 15th Finance Commission in one of its reports had recommended that new cities should be developed, said MB Singh, director of the G20 unit of the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Department.
Mr Singh was speaking to Press Trust of India on the sidelines of a meeting of 'Urban 20 (U20)' in Indore.
"After the finance commission's recommendation, the states sent proposals to the Central Government for 26 new cities, and after a scrutiny, eight new cities are being considered for development," he said.
