progress hubs: Govt to run pilot for progress hubs programme in 4 cities: MoS Rao Inderjit Singh

“The Development Hubs programme is an initiative to develop metropolis areas in a deliberate method with the intention to obtain the financial goal of creating India a $30 trillion economic system by 2047 below its Viksit Bharat plan,” he mentioned.

“The Development Hubs programme goals to develop a template for devising financial progress technique for recognized metropolis areas throughout the nation and put together a roadmap for reaching the identical which inter alia contains identification of key progress drivers, enablers and interventions,” he added.

In response to the minister, town areas have been outlined as a bunch of districts that are economically and socially adjoining, associated, or co-dependent and the cities have been chosen primarily based on the factors of geographic unfold, measurement and scale.

“Given the size of the challenge, an institutional mechanism has been put in place whereby a Nationwide Steering committee chaired by CEO, NITI Aayog has been set-up involving officers from ministry of housing and concrete affairs (MoHUA) and area specialists,” he mentioned.

“As well as, every state (Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh) has constituted a steering committee for strategic interventions and total monitoring below the chairmanship of chief secretary,” he mentioned, including that states have additionally constituted designated cells for operational issues.“An announcement of intent has been signed by NITI Aayog with Institute of Sustainability, Employment and Development ( ISEG ) Basis and World Assets Institute (WRI) India for the challenge,” he mentioned.Commenting on the template for financial progress technique for recognized metropolis areas, the minister mentioned it contains identification of organisational and monetary unlocks, implementation milestones for the short-listed progress drivers, plan for focused funding and proposed governance construction.