In his address at the  National Workshop on Capacity Building of Urban Local Bodies,the Minister said that there was a time when India used to be categorised as a ‘reluctant urbaniser’. Urban Development had faced neglect as only Rs. 1.78 lakh crores were invested in urban areas between 2004 to 2014, .

The workshop marked the launch of three key initiatives, i.e., ‘Annual Capacity Building Plan (ACBP) for MoHUA’, Annual Capacity Building Plans for 6 pilot ULBs (Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Mysuru, Rajkot, Nagpur, and Pune) and ‘a Comprehensive Toolkit for preparing the Capacity Building Plans for ULBs.’ Besides Shri Hardeep S. Puri, Union Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs and Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Tarun Kapoor, Advisor to Prime Minister,  Shri Manoj Joshi, Secretary, MoHUA also graced the occasion and stressed the importance of elevating the quality and capacity of ULBs.

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