Cut down bigger states if India wants 8 per cent growth: Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Wednesday that large states can be split so that new cities can emerge, giving impetus to urbanisation. According to him, if India is going to grow at 8 per cent, then the urban population is going to grow more rapidly than cities' infrastructure.
«I'm not suggesting what you should do in Karnataka, but it's my general view. We should seriously consider cutting down many of the largest states into two or three,» said Ahluwalia.
He was addressing a session on 'Resilient Pathways: Charting India's Economic Growth Amid Global Challenges' at Invest Karnataka 2025, being held here till February 14.
«Gandhiji said India lives in its villages, and many people still regard that as a sort of romantic vision. But I don't think he said India will continue to do so 100 years later,» Ahluwalia added.
He said picking up some tier-2 towns and developing them into «near-metros» is the solution for over-saturated cities like Bengaluru, for instance. He said even though there «ought to be spilling over into other cities», this does not happen organically.
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