Pune’s regional development authority has initiated work on a long-term economic blueprint designed to guide growth across the wider metropolitan region, marking a significant shift towards more structured and sustainability-aligned planning. The ‘Pune Growth Hub’, a new strategic framework commissioned by the state government, will shape how the region evolves over the next two decades and help position Pune as one of Maharashtra’s principal economic engines.
According to officials from the metropolitan planning department, the exercise aims to consolidate Pune Metropolitan Region’s economic and demographic strengths into a unified roadmap. They noted that the government’s intent is to steer investment into high-potential sectors while ensuring that expanding urbanisation remains environmentally responsible and socially inclusive. The region, which spans more than 6,200 square kilometres and includes Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad and several peripheral talukas, has experienced rapid population growth, rising energy demand and pressure on infrastructure, making long-term planning increasingly critical. The Growth Hub will assess key indicators such as GDP contribution, employment generation, population trends, mobility patterns, education access, public health systems and the state of local ecosystems. It will also examine sustainability markers including air quality, clean energy adoption and waste management performance. Officials said the findings will help determine sectoral priorities and chart targets for 2030, 2035 and 2047. Industry representatives added that the approach could ensure that economic expansion does not undermine environmental resilience or deepen urban inequities.
The plan is expected to highlight major growth drivers—manufacturing, global capability centres, tourism, logistics and green energy—and link them with future infrastructure needs. Market studies, consultations with local communities and discussions with public and private agencies will feed into the assessment. A senior planner said the process will eventually result in an action roadmap outlining project timelines, governance responsibilities and monitoring milestones to support transparent delivery. The state government recently designated the metropolitan authority as the implementing agency for a broader economic master plan modelled on the strategy used for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. That plan outlines integrated development clusters for sectors such as information technology, automotive manufacturing, agriculture and education. The initiative also aligns with a national programme in which the central policy think tank is preparing similar growth models for other high-potential regions, including Mumbai, Surat, Visakhapatnam and Varanasi.
Officials confirmed that three committees have been formed to steer the planning and implementation stages, supported by a dedicated project management unit. Urban development experts believe the initiative could help the Pune region adopt a more balanced approach to growth by merging economic ambition with cleaner mobility, better land use and climate-resilient infrastructure. If executed effectively, they said, the plan could reinforce Pune’s position as a future-ready, low-carbon metropolitan hub.
Pune Moves Ahead With Growth Hub Vision To Transform Metropolitan Economic Strategy
