While Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi is rooting for 'smart cities' to give Indian infrastructure and construction companies a leg up, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has urged the Centre to turn its attention to developing 'smart villages' across the country. To that end, he has urged the central government to allocate Rs 5 lakh crore nationally and Rs 25,000 crore to Assam; the state government would come up with a comprehensive scheme with a matching share of 50 per cent, he said. "Recasting the rural landscape of the country is the need of the hour as India lives in rural areas," he added.
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