New Delhi: 15th Finance Commission has allocated ₹8,000 crore for performance based challenge fund for incubation of new cities. The names of the States from which these proposals were received are in the table 1.

02 proposals have been received from the State of Gujarat.

The amount available for each proposed new city is ₹1,000 crore. Considering the small urban population in North-East and Hill States, ₹1,000 crore for 2 new cities (₹500 crore each) have been proposed for these States. A State can have only one new city through this fund.

Table 1- State-wise list of proposals received for incubation of new cities

This information was given by Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Kaushal Kishore in Rajya Sabha during the ongoing winter session of Parliament. DeshGujarat