[6] CDP 2031 aims to preserve heritage sites in Mysuru, strengthen economy, balance land use, make city slum free, maintaining and widening of roads and street lighting, develop eco-planning districts with agricultural zones, providing a metro rail system and more.

Major proposals in CDP 2031 include decentralization of commercial district, satellite townshipat Jayapura and Yelawala and expansion of airport.

[15] Nanjangud Industrial area also boasts being 2nd highest VAT / Sales Taxpayer which is more than ₹4 billion (US$46 million) after Peenya which is in state capital Bangalore.

[16] The major software companies in Mysore are Infosys, ArisGlobal, Larsen & Toubro Infotech, Excelsoft Technologies and Triveni Engineering.

[17][18][19] The growth of the information technology industry in the first decade of the 21st century has resulted in the city emerging as the second largest software exporter in Karnataka (as of[update]), next to Bangalore.