Businessworld has an article on Reliance Industries' plans to build four cities modelled on the special economic zones in China.
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Mukesh Ambani is betting big. The investment in this project could well be more than the Rs 73,000-crore annual revenues of his flagship petrochemicals company, if one goes by the Rs 25,000-crore investment, both in the form of debt and equity, planned over a decade in just Navi and Maha Mumbai.
On the ground, this would mean four new mini-cities or large satellite townships with world-class infrastructure, built close to airports and national highways. The attraction for buyers would be the relatively lower rates — it entails potential investment of less than half the real estate costs of central business districts and upscale residential areas of bustling Indian cities.