Liveability standards in cities
The Government of India along with the various State and Local Governments is implementing several flagship Urban Missions. An overarching goal of the various missions and schemes is to make Indian cities
Ministry of Urban Development
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Strategic plan of Ministry of Urban Development for 2011-2016
The Challenges of Urbanization in India are unprecedented in scale and significance. The magnitude of the challenge can be understood from the sheer fact that our urban areas may be required to accommodate
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National mission on sustainable habitat
The national mission on sustainable habitat approved by Prime minister. It is one of the eight missions under national climate change action plan and aims to make cities sustainable through improvements in energy efficiency in buildings, management of solid waste & shift to public transport.
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Improving urban services through service level benchmarking
The urban sector is being increasingly recognised as a critical growth driver for the Indian economy. The share of population residing in urban areas is also witnessing rapid growth
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Rank of cities on sanitation 2009-2010: National Urban Sanitation Policy
The list of cities in rankwise on sanitation 2009-2010 under National Urban Sanitation Policy published by Ministry of Urban Development. Findings of a Union Urban Development Ministry survey on where Indian cities stand on safe sanitation practices reveal some grim figures.
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Scheme for capacity building in urban transport
The Government of India has formulated National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP) in April, 2006. NUTP, 2006 calls for concerted efforts to strengthening capability at the institutional level and individual level in order to undertake the task of development and implementation of sustainable urban transport systems.
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Service level benchmarks for urban transport
Benchmarking is now well recognized as an important mechanism for introducing accountability in service delivery. It can help Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and utilities in identifying performance gaps and effecting improvements through the sharing of information and best practices, ultimately resulting in better services to people.
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Environment and social management framework: GEF - Sustainable Urban Transport Project, India
This document lays down the guidelines to address the environment and social safeguard impacts of the green transport projects in selected cities of India, to be taken up under the sustainable urban transport project of the Ministry of urban development.
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Detailed guidelines for financing purchase of buses for urban transport systems under JNNURM
Guidelines announced by the Ministry of Urban Development on funding of buses for urban transport under JNNURM. Under this, one-time assistance will be provided to all mission cities for the purchase of buses for urban transport systems till June 30.
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Urban bus specifications
An efficient, effective, eco-and consumer-friendly Urban Transportation-without which cities can become immobile-is the need of the country in this century. If the look and feel of public transport is not improved substantially and on an urgent basis across various cities; to a level that it can be sold to
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National urban sanitation policy 2008
Sanitation is defined as safe management of human excreta, including its safe confinement treatment, disposal and associated hygiene-related practices. While this policy pertains to management of human excreta and associated public health and