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Ahluwalia remembered the Chief Minister of former UP and BSP leader Mayawati suggested to divide her state into three
Although he agreed that Bengaluru has many benefits, Ahluwalia said that making a city lustful is not only the result of investing a lot of companies. (Photo: PTI)
Former vice -president and economist of India’s Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Wednesday that big states can be divided so that new cities can emerge, encourage urbanization.
According to him, if India is going to increase by 8 percent, urban population is going to grow faster than the infrastructure of cities.
“I am not suggest what you should do in Karnataka, but this is my normal view. We should seriously consider cutting several largest states into two or three, “said Ahluwalia.
He was addressing a session amidst global challenges amidst India’s economic growth in Karnataka 2025 being held here till 14 February.
“Gandhiji said that India lives in its villages, and many people still consider as a kind of romantic vision. But I do not think he said that India will continue to do so after 100 years.
He said that raising some tier-2 towns and developing them in “near-Metroos” is a solution for over-east cities like Bengaluru, for example. He said that even though “should spread to other cities”, it does. It does not happen systematically.
He said, “The only known case in India where this happens when a new state carves and is created a capital,” he said.
Ahluwalia remembered that former UP Chief Minister and BSP leader Mayawati suggested to divide her kingdom into three.
He said, “This was done, there would have been a political desire immediately to create three new good cities.”
He also said that people have said that this can be done in many other states.
“In Maharashtra, for example, there are people who said that Vidarbha region should be made a separate state with Nagpur,” he said.
Saying that such difficult decisions are not politically easy, he said that change is only with interesting reforms.
“Don’t go back to inspiration in 1991, as they were not really no brain improvements. The world was then speaking a language, “he said.
“We started reforms after ending the communism of Eastern Europe. There was only one task that was being integrated with the global market, “he further explained.
According to him, it has now become very complicated, because India face a world that is now fragmented.
“Geo -political tension is now increasing, America’s own problems are not only with their close colleagues, such as Canada and Mexico, but also with China. China is cohabiting for Russia. Russia is becoming more dependent on China. European is very afraid of Russia. They are not so upset about China, ”he said.
Although he agreed that Bengaluru has many benefits, Ahluwalia said that making a city lustful is not only the result of investing a lot of companies.
“There is a lot of urban management that is to be done. The first thing is that the Bangalore city government should be made very efficient. Now, unfortunately, in our country, the city governments do not have much power, and this is true for all states, “Ahluwalia said, apparently about the civic bodies of the city.
While answering a question by the session’s model, Salman Anees Soz, does she want him to do something different, Ahluwalia said that when someone improves, it is not like planning a rocket trajectory.
“When they shoot a rocket, a good trajectory is extracted. Slight deviation from that trajectory is a problem. It’s not what you do with economic reforms, “he said.
According to him, when it comes to economic reforms, someone has a broad idea, but no one can do everything and eliminate one that comes first.
He said, “I think it is very important to feel that in retrospect, it is always logical that you should have done before,” he said.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and a syndicated news agency has been published from feed – PTI,
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