#1: Smart Infrastructure Planning and Development.

Our city has always been regarded as a top destination, infrastructure-wise. Over the years, it has been planned and developed very smartly. Unlike Mumbai, Pune is spacious. It has that feeling of comfortability.

Although there are high-rises, they are not cramped up in a single space but sprawl over a vast area. Further, with its huge geography, it has a scope on all sides to expand. In short, there is no dearth of space. And with more smart planning and development, it can truly become India’s first truly Smart Metropolis.

And the PMR (Pune Metropolitan Region) is ready with its 20-year roadmap or proposed Rs. 73K Crore, Draft Development Plan (DDP). If approved, it will make Pune a premium investment destination globally during the most liveable city in India.

DDP aims for sustainable, integrated, eco-friendly, and consolidated growth with features like convenience/mobility, prudency/economic-employment growth, resilience/environment, efficiency/infrastructure, and self-sufficiency/residence amenities.

#2: Growing Industry and Corporates.

Sans pandemic, with no scope for further expansion, Mumbai has been down on Industry and Corporates preference list. And which is a better place than Pune in such close proximity, which offers huge vistas of land at a very reasonable market price. And though the pandemic saw reverse migration, the easing of restrictions, and lowering of COVID-19 cases, migration is again going to flow in over the next few years, providing the industry and corporates with abundant labour and giving real estate players their prospective buyers/tenants.

Pune is also known as the Oxford of the East for its well-established and quality educational sector. It has been an Automotive and IT hub for many years now. And recently, the Centre for American Entrepreneurship has recognized it as an ‘emerging global start-up hub.’ It is already a destination to 3K+ start-ups, with many more coming soon.