The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
This report outlines the financing plan for upgrading and augmenting the airport infrastructure in India. It responds to the direction of the Committee on Infrastructure, chaired by the Prime Minister, to evolve a plan for creating world-class airport infrastructure.
The Asian Development Bank (adb) held its 39th annual meeting in Hyderabad on May 3-6, 2006. Scorching temperatures did not prevent a lively network of 100 Indian and international groups, organised as the People's Forum Against the adb (pfaad), from greeting adb with demonstrations, corner meetings, panel discussions, cultural programmes …
not satisfied with state governments' efforts at encouraging private investment in public-private partnership projects in the infrastructure sector, the Union ministry of finance (m o f) has asked all states to create separate provisions to attract private investments. According to ministry sources, each state is expected to invest Rs 2,000 …
"Madhya Pradesh is fast moving away from its 'rich state inhabited by poor people' image, and bring about changes in the industry, infrastructure and social welfare to help improve the living standards of the people and pull itself out of the red". FIRMLY putting behind its cliched image of a …
Based on primary source material, this paper unravels the undermining of development of vital transport infrastructure in Orissa, namely, Paradeep port and a proposed railway line for exploiting the rich mineral resources of the state
The Mineral Foundation of Goa aims to: address environmental and social issues concerning the communities in the mining belt of Goa through formulation and implementation of developmental programmes; contribute to economic and social development of the local communities by training and capacity building; to facilitate tripartite partnership amongst industry, government …
As per 2001 population census 285.35 million people reside in urban areas. It constitutes 27.8% of the total population of the country. In post-independence era while population of India has grown three times, the urban population has grown five times. The rising urban population has also given rise to increase …
Your major projects in India? We plan 4-6 Royal Garden Cities (rgc), with total live/work/play environments for 300,000-500,000. rgc s will be completely web-enabled, a world-class, self-contained city with state-of-the-art infrastructure. We are already working on one near Bangalore. What about basic infrastructure? Our cities would be standalone eco-friendly cities, …
In 2001, China won the bid to host the 2008 Olympics. Since then, in a race to spruce up the country for the international sports meet, the Chinese government has undertaken a huge infrastructure overhaul, which includes tripling the length of Beijing's highways and quadrupling its subway capacity. As a …
The chaos on the roads is choking the growth of India's IT capital, Bangalore You just cannot build a competitive economy with pot-holed roads, erratic power supply, choked ports, dirty cities and thirsty villages. It is a bit like batting on a bad wicket: you may be good, but the …
The Mineral Foundation of Goa aims to: address environmental and social issues concerning the communities in the mining belt of Goa through formulation and implementation of developmental programmes; contribute to economic and social development of the local communities by training and capacity building; to facilitate tripartite partnership amongst industry, government …
Over the last decade, governments around the world pursued policies to involve the private sector in the delivery and financing of infrastructure services. The scale of this move away from the hitherto dominant public sector model was far more rapid than had been anticipated at the start of the 1990s. …
Land acquisition legislation in force today is a relic of the colonial era when the wishes of landowners could be ignored. Governments of independent India continued the practice
We present results of an empirical investigation and comparison of housing supply in three rapidly growing countries: Malaysia, Thailand, and Korea. These countries offer three contrasting examples of different approaches to development control. Korea has relatively strict control of housing supply. Thailand has little effective regulation of development. Malaysia offers …
Karno GuhathakurtaIt was a trade exhibition abuzz with the restrained chatter of busy suited executives at company stalls making contacts and finalising deals. Nothing out of place except that this trade was about renewable energy technologies, which have unconventional reasons for growth. First, these technologies are seen as the most …
CSTEP is a private, non-profit organization with a vision to undertake research in engineering, science, and technology where it is relevant to India's economic and human development. We work in subjects such as energy, infrastructure, materials science, information and communications technologies, and security.
Ministry of Physical Planning and Works established in 2000 during the course of the reorganization Government of Nepal. The main aim of reorganization was to bring important infrastructural development under the umbrella of a single Ministry and to harmonize the policies and bring efficiencies and effectiveness in the provision of …
Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport established in 2000 during the course of the reorganization Government of Nepal. The main aim of reorganization was to bring important infrastructural development under the umbrella of a single Ministry and to harmonize the policies and bring efficiencies and effectiveness in the provision of …
