The Kerala Cabinet on December 20 (Wednesday) decided to constitute the Kerala Urban Policy Commission to formulate a comprehensive urban policy to guide Kerala’s development activities for the next 25 years.
The State Budget had proposed the setting up of the commission as the direction of urbanisation needed to be determined considering the unique socio-economic conditions of Kerala.
According to Census 2011, the urban population in Kerala was 48.50%. The National Population Commission estimates that 92.8% of Kerala will become an urbanised State by 2035.