Speaking at workshop on 'Transforming Urban India: Developing Smart & Sustainable Cities', NITI Aayog Member Bibek Debroy said that the states would have to find out what they want to do for sustainable urban development.
"Why should NITI plan what should be done for the states. It is for the states to figure out what they want to do. And the NITI is there to facilitate that," Debroy said.
Also, it is for the citizens to decide what form of smartness they want in their cities, he added.
Participants highlighted the need for capacity building in all aspects of smart cities -- from concept to implementation -- and private sector's participation in the Mission.
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Debroy said that the government is not going to decide a set of targets like that in Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM).
"Levels of urbanisation in India is very low. They are low not in comparison with the developed countries, they are low in comparison with the levels of urbanisation even in developing countries," he said.
NITI Aayog CEO Sindhushree Khullar said at NITI Aayog government is looking for outcome-based programmes.
She said collaboration and building bridges between the states and NITI Aayog is the only way so that transformation happens.