After launching the smart city projects, the
Union Govt. aims to launch 300 village clusters under the ‘Rurban Mission’. Union minister for
rural development Birender Singh announced the Govt.’s intention while inaugurating
a two-day national workshop of 'Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana' (SAGY) in Bhopal
recently.
He said that the
population of these clusters would vary between 25,000 and 50,000. However cluster
strength will be less in hilly areas. To be developed on the pattern of towns
with planned layouts, these rural-urban hubs will give a new dimension to
Urbanization as well as real estate market in India.
As per the minister, state
governments will have to issue notifications for these clusters. An investment
of Rs. 50-55 crore is envisaged in each cluster which will be funded jointly by
the Union and State Govts. Governments will take up funding of these clusters
under various schemes within the Rurban mission. He further added that a
critical gap funding of 30 per cent will be additionally provided.
Mr. Singh added that the objective is
to create an ecosystem of trade growth and infrastructure facilities in these
clusters. Image: India News
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