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 …
About US$90 trillion in infrastructure investment is needed globally by 2030 to achieve global growth expectations, particularly in developing countries. To achieve this, infrastructure investment needs to be both scaled up, and, due to climate risk, integrate climate objectives. Infrastructure investment has become a core focus of international economic cooperation …
The provisioning of potable water was a microcosm of the Ottoman state's incomplete projects of technopolitical modernization on the Arab frontier. Water questions sat at the intersection between international pressures surrounding cholera, drought, Wahhabi and Bedouin disorder, and the inability of the state to impose its will on the semi-autonomous …
The Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016 assesses the competitiveness of 140 world economies. Using a mixture of quantitative and survey data, it ranks countries overall by combining 113 indicators grouped under 12 pillars of competitiveness: institutions; infrastructure; macroeconomic environment; health and primary education; higher education and training; goods market efficiency; labour …
Ranchi: The state government on Tuesday cleared the decks for bringing out its new eco-tourism policy.The state cabinet, led by chief minister Raghubar Das, approved the draft new policy that aims to develop eco-tourism in specific pockets, like national parks, sanctuaries and forests. "The policy will prepare framework for promoting …
Managing freshwater resources sustainably under future climatic and hydrological uncertainty poses novel challenges. Rehabilitation of ageing infrastructure and construction of new dams are widely viewed as solutions to diminish climate risk, but attaining the broad goal of freshwater sustainability will require expansion of the prevailing water resources management paradigm beyond …
The Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has launched the 2014 state of the economy report which also looked at the state of infrastructure in Ghana. The report launched in Accra, contained empirical evidence on how best to manage the nation’s infrastructure, to enable policy makers to take …
Nitin Gadkari says leveraging land for commercial advantage would generate additional revenue for ports To boost economic growth, the government will soon come out with a policy for awarding land to port-based industries at 12 major ports, which among them have an estimated 264,000 acres. The development follows directions from …
Good quality infrastructure services have to be paid for, either by the users as user charges or by the government through explicit subsidies. The recent dismantling of toll booths in the country is increasing the political and regulatory risks in public-private partnership projects, as user fees as a revenue source …
Japan is considering extending around ¥1 trillion in official development assistance to Africa over three years from 2016, a Japanese government source said Thursday. The government would announce the financial aid toward the next round of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), the source said. Japan and African …
In a major move to improve the infrastructure of rural villages in the national capital, the Delhi government on Thursday cleared 315 schemes worth Rs.480.99 crore. The decision was taken in a meeting of Delhi Rural Development Board chaired by Rural Development Minister Gopal Rai. The schemes will mainly cover …
Environment ministry okays only 26 zones out of 452 proposed Of the 629 national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, the Union environment ministry has been able to provide a protective buffer zone, called ecologically sensitive zones (ESZs), to only 26 so far. According to the national wildlife policy, each of these …
The New Zealand government Thursday unveiled a 30-year infrastructure plan that will include building a joint infrastructure market with Australia and initiatives to guide spending on some massive projects. Lindsay Crossen, chair of the National Infrastructure Advisory Board, said the country generally had a good existing infrastructure base, but it …
Argentina's capital Buenos Aires has been named as the most livable city in Latin America, according to the latest global survey. Buenos Aires was listed on top of the Economist Intelligence Unit's annual livability ranking for Latin America, ranking 62 out of 140 surveyed cities globally, Argentine daily Clarin reported …
Clears Rs 1,500 cr SCRIPS project, Biju Expressway "The IPR 2015 has been approved after several rounds of consultation with different administrative departments and industry associations. Stress has been laid on infrastructure development in the latest IPR. The striking feature is the grant of employment based incentives," said chief secretary …
The main objective of this study titled, “All India Cold-chain Infrastructure Capacity (Assessment of Status & Gap)”, is a comprehensive evaluation of the pan-India consumption of perishable food items, to assess the demand, current status and gaps in cold-chain infrastructure so as to provide significant assessments for future policy development …
Gujarat-based companies choose health and education when it comes to corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes. These two sectors account for around 90% of the amount spent on CSR. In fiscal 2014-15, health and education topped the list of several Gujarati companies such as Adani Port and SEZ Ltd (APSEZ), Cadila …
More than 450 projects in various sectors are presently being considered by the government for environmental clearance while more than 200 are awaiting forest clearance, Lok Sabha was informed today. "The number of projects under consideration for environmental clearance in the Ministry (of Environment) are 475 and for approval under …
Environment clearance committees working overtime to appraise projects to be sent for approval. With no environment clearance committee meetings for over two months earlier this year, nearly 350 residential and infrastructure projects are awaiting approval in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The meetings had stopped after Maharashtra Environment Minister Ramdas Kadam …
Ruling party MPs suggest changes to six of the nine amendments proposed by govt to the 2013 Act The government is set to relent on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015. On Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members of …
लंबे अरसे से लैंड बिल पास कराने के लिए जद्दोजहद कर रही केंद्र सरकार ने आखिरकार विपक्ष के 6 बदलावों को मान लिया है । नतीजतन, अब यह बिल कुछ प्रावधानों को छोड़कर यूपीए के लैंड बिल जैसा ही है। दरअसल, भूमि अधिग्रहण के दायरे में आने वाले लोगों की …
