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MoHURD’s smart urban communities aim to boost consumption through design

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What happened: On October 16, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MoHURD) released a three-year plan to upgrade urban infrastructure and build resilient cities.
The plan calls to digitize many aspects of urban management, including by:

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