The NITI Aayog has prepared a plan for economic transformation of Mumbai, Surat, Varanasi and Vizag and help India become a developed economy by 2047, CEO BVR Subrahmanyam said on Saturday.

The Aayog plans to prepare economic planning for 20-25 more cities, as they are the centre of economic activities. A vision document is being prepared by the NITI Aayog for India to become a developed economy of $30 trillion by 2047.

“We used to only prepare urban planning of cities, not economic planning. NITI Aayog has prepared economic planning of Mumbai, Surat, Varanasi and Vizag... for economic transformation of these cities,” he said.

Last year, Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde held a meeting with NITI Aayog officials during which steps needed to take the GDP of Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) to $300 billion by 2030 were discussed.

Subrahmanyam said the Centre had sought views on December 11 from the youth to drive its vision to make India a developed nation by 2047.

“So far, we have received more than 10 lakh detailed suggestions and we are processing them using artificial intelligence,” he added.

This exercise was conducted through universities and other educational institutions.

In 2023, NITI Aayog was entrusted with the task of consolidating the 10 sectoral thematic visions into a combined one for Viksit Bharat @2047.