The presence of digital technology within urban governance in India is not new. Computerization and the use of enterprise software was encouraged in municipalities through the 1990s, followed by varied
After six years of campaign and persuasion, the Government of India published its first National Policy on Urban Street Vendors in 2004. Even before that policy could be fully tested, a new policy has been unveiled by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.
The budget for the year 2009-10 proposed by Delhi finance minister A.K. Walia is
Pune The ongoing controversy over the purchase of Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) buses will finally see an end as the Urban Development Department of the state government has ruled out the possibility of bus purchases by a private player.
AHMEDABAD: Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL), the governing body for Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) operations, is wasting no time in purchasing 480 buses to run on feeder and main routes. The proposal for purchasing the buses has to be sent to the Union urban development ministry to avail the rolling stock fund by June 30 under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
GUWAHATI, June 14
Vandana Gombar / New Delhi June 10, 2009, 0:34 IST Negotiating $5 billion loan with World Bank. The government could double the size of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) as it is close to exhausting the funds allocated to the mission.
Ashok Leyland gets orders for 3,200 vehicles. The bus procurement scheme of States under the JNNURM was announced as a part of the fiscal stimulus package to provide impetus to the commercial vehicle producers. Priyanka Vyas New Delhi, June 3 Tata Motors has bagged a lion
June 3: The allotments of low-cost flats to the poor in the capital is likely to begin in a couple of months. Delhi government is building low-cost houses for the poor under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
Poverty is a multidimensional concept and cannot be defined unidimensionally. Poverty means non-fulfilment of the human right to a range of basic capabilities, e.g. nourishment, shelter, education, security, justice, earning a livelihood. One of the important components of the right to live with dignity and also a significant constituent of the right to equality is the right to adequate housing.
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and District In-charge Minister Shobha Karandlaje on Tuesday said that at least 50 works of the total 137 works planned under the special grant of Rs 100 crore released to Mysore under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) would be completed before Dasara this year.
