# Parliament panel flags lack of long-term urban strategy for 2047 2026-08-13T01:02:43+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A parliamentary standing committee has criticised the Union housing and urban affairs ministry for not preparing a unified long-term urban strategy for India's cities through 2047, especially given the government's Viksit Bharat 2047 goals. The ministry instead cited existing schemes like AMRUT 2.0 and PMAY-U 2.0, and said urban development is a state subject with the Centre playing a catalytic role. The committee said the ministry's interventions are 'largely scheme-driven and sector-specific' and recommended a new High-Level Expert Committee to assess urban infrastructure needs up to 2047. Separately, a World Resources Institute India report, prepared for the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, proposes creating a national urbanisation council chaired by the Prime Minister to coordinate urban growth. It highlights that India lacks a single policy for urbanisation, with growth increasingly happening in areas that remain formally rural. The report notes that census towns in Kerala rose 366% from 2001 to 2011, and peri-urban growth is pervasive but poorly measured. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com - hindustantimes.com Tags: MoHUA, Parliamentary panel, PMAY-U, urban infrastructure, urban planning, Viksit Bharat 2047 Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/centre-has-no-unified-2047-urban-plan-says-parliamentary-panel/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/centre-has-no-unified-2047-urban-plan-says-parliamentary-panel/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.