Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched three mega urban schemes, viz., Smart Cities Mission, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and Housing for All in urban areas, setting in motion the process of urban transformation to enable better living and drive economic growth.
PM said smart city aspirants are being selected through a process of competition and with effective citizen participation ending the ´top down´ approach and leading to ´people centric´ urban development. He further said that the new schemes were formulated after extensive consultations with all the stakeholders, the biggest of its kind in the country so far.
Observing that a house is a major turning point for the poor, he said that the Government is committed to enable two crore urban poor own their houses by the year 2022.
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