BUDGET: Finance Minister Sitharaman begins speech in Lok Sabha

*Need to facilitate tier-2, tier-3 cities' development

*Nearly half of population to live in urban areas by 2047

*Need to facilitate development of 2-, 3-tier cities

*To form high-level panel for urban planning

*To support states for urban capacity planning

*To nurture mega cities, hinterland to make them growth centres

*AICTE to help improve syllabus for urban planning

*To bring battery swapping policy

*India-specific knowledge to be used in urban planning

*To promote shift to public transport in urban areas

*To create interoperability standards for batteries

*Each centre for excellence to get 2.5 bln rupees

*To encourage pvt sector to offer battery as a service

*To focus on EVs, zero-fossil fuel

Source : Eureka

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