Question: On December 4, 2017, in the 37th meeting of the National Capital Region Planning Board, which district of Uttar Pradesh was announced to be included in the National Capital Region (NCR)?
(a) Kannauj
(b) Mathura
(c) Shamli
(d) Aligarh
North- (c)
Related facts
- On December 4th, 2017 in the 37thmeeting of the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) chaired by Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State(IC), Housing & Urban Affairs, approved the inclusion of Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh in NCR.
- Thus, now in the National Capital Region, 8 districts of Uttar Pradesh (Meerut, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr, Hapur, Baghpat, Muzaffarnagar and Shamli) have been included.
- It is worth mentioning that four states Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan are included in National Capital Region.
- Now in NCR there will be 23 districts (including Haryana 13, Uttar Pradesh 8 and 2 districts of Rajasthan) beside Delhi.
- The NCR includes 13 districts (Faridabad, Guru Gram, Mewat, Rohtak, Sonepat, Rewari, Jhajjar, Panipat, Palwal, Bhiwani, Mahendergarh, Jind and Karnal) of Haryana and 2 districts of Rajasthan (Alwar and Bharatpur).
- The NCR is one of the first experimental regions in the country.
- This is a unique example of the Inter-State Regional Development Planing for the development of affiliated areas by keeping the national capital at the center.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=174084
http://www.newindianexpress.com/pti-news/2017/dec/04/ups-shamli-district-included-in-ncr-1718525.html
http://ncrpb.nic.in/ncrconstituent.php