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Third Regional Meeting of Urban Development Ministers of North-Central States held in Bhopal today<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n


\nIndia will be Viksit@2047 when every household, village, city, and state is Viksit and Atmanirbhar: Shri Manohar Lal<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
Posted On: 20 DEC 2025 7:04PM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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The third regional meeting of Urban Development Ministers was held in Bhopal on December 20, 2025 under the chairmanship of\u00a0Hon\u2019ble Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Manohar Lal.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The national level meeting of the Urban Development Ministers held on July 17, 2025 in New Delhi laid the foundation of this consultation at the regional level. The deliberations centered around key issues, challenges, and opportunities in urban development to chart a collective way forward, in line with the first and second regional meetings held in Bengaluru on October 30, 2025, and Hyderabad on November 18, 2025 respectively.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The meeting was attended by\u00a0Shri Mohan Yadav, Hon\u2019ble Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh,\u00a0Shri Kailash Vijayvargiya, Hon\u2019ble Minister of Urban Development and Housing Department, Madhya Pradesh, Ms. Pratima Bagri, Hon\u2019ble Minister of State for Urban Development and Housing, Madhya Pradesh, Shri Arun Sao, Hon\u2019ble Deputy Chief Minister and Hon\u2019ble Minister of Urban Administration and Development, Chhattisgarh, Shri Jhabar Singh Kharra, Hon\u2019ble Minister of State of Urban Development and Local Self-Governance Development, Rajasthan, Shri Arvind Kumar Sharma, Hon\u2019ble Minister of Urban Development, Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation, Energy, Uttar Pradesh, Shri Rakesh Rathore, Hon\u2019ble State Minister of Urban Development, Uttar Pradesh, along with senior officers from the respective State Governments. The meeting was attended by senior officers from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The regional meeting was hosted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India in collaboration with the Urban Development Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh. The meeting brought together Urban Development Ministers and senior-level officials, including Additional Chief Secretaries and Principal Secretaries from the North-Central States\u00a0Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In his opening remarks, Hon\u2019ble Union Minister said \u201cIndia will be Viksit@2047, when every household, village, city, and state is Viksit and Atmanirbhar\u201d. The Hon\u2019ble Union Minister released the\u00a0Swachh Survekshan 2025\u201326<\/em>\u00a0toolkit. Seven IT platforms of the Government of Madhya Pradesh were also video launched to strengthen simple, convenient, and effective citizen-centric service delivery.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Hon\u2019ble Union Minister reviewed the progress of various central missions.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U), the Hon\u2019ble Minister emphasised the need for adoption of dumpsites under the Dumpsite Remediation Accelerator Programme (DRAP) framework by political and administrative leadership, with a focus on fast-tracking remediation efforts. All participating States were asked to ensure time-bound implementation of action plans prepared under Swachh Shehar Jodi (SSJ) through effective coordination between mentor and mentee cities.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT),\u00a0the Hon’ble Minister emphasised the need for strengthening on-ground implementation, improving the quality and sustainability of urban water and sanitation assets, and maximising the reuse of treated wastewater. All participating States were asked to accelerate project execution, enhance coordination, and achieve saturation in tap water supply and sewerage coverage.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Under \u2018Housing for All\u2019 mission, completion of under construction Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U), houses and grounding of PMAY-2.0 houses was emphasised by Hon\u2019ble Union Minister. He also encourages state officials to ensure the occupancy of AHP houses and making home loans available to beneficiaries. For this purpose, Angikaar campaign will be continued till March 2026 and public outreach will be carried out for convergence of various benefits to PMAY beneficiaries.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Issues related to PM-eBus Sewa Scheme, were discussed along with densification of metro networks, and first-last mile connectivity under urban transport.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The State Ministers appreciated MoHUA\u2019s collaborative approach in engaging with states through such regional consultations. These regional meetings will be convened across other regions of the country to identify shared priorities, regional opportunities, and chart reform pathways for peer learning that can accelerate India\u2019s urban transformation journey.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Hon\u2019ble Union Minister also flagged off the new metro line and took the metro ride from Subhash Nagar metro station to AIIMS metro station with the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Third Regional Meeting of Urban Development Ministers of North-Central States held in Bhopal today India will be Viksit@2047 when every household, village, city, and state is Viksit and Atmanirbhar: Shri Manohar Lal Posted On: 20 DEC 2025 7:04PM by PIB Delhi The third regional meeting of Urban Development Ministers was held in Bhopal on December …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15483,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15481\/revisions\/15483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}