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 …
The Odisha Economic Survey 2014-15 reflects the updated performance of the major economic, social and infrastructure sectors of the State of Odisha. It makes a comprehensive assessment of the State economy. The Report highlights the major growth drivers, problem area, priority area, emerging issues, challenges, government policy initiatives and public …
Himachal Pradesh has the reputation of being stable, inclusive, cohesive and well-governed and it stands apart in many respects from its neighbors in northern India. It has additionally, achieved remarkable growth, especially in the last two decades, which has been accompanied by very good human development outcomes. Despite being a …
Urban infrastructure insights 2015 examines the city infrastructure systems that require the most attention as well as what city leaders can do to develop solutions for their citizens and businesses. The report investigates infrastructure's importance for urban economic growth as well as the social, political and financial obstacles to effective …
The Safe Cities Index 2015 is an Economist Intelligence Unit report, sponsored by NEC. The report points out how the frequency of terrorism and natural disasters has changed the nature of urban safety: power, communications and transport systems must be robust and able to withstand new external shocks. Meanwhile, new …
Over 50 public utility projects including power, irrigation, Railways and roads were today cleared by a high-powered Environment Ministry committee. Power projects in Tamil Nadu and Telangana were among the 53 public utility projects cleared by Standing Committee of National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) chaired by Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar. …
President Barack Obama delivered the 2015 State of the Union speech on Tuesday in front of a joint session of Congress, laying out his policy vision for the next year.
Report on solid waste management in the urban local bodies in Odisha in pursuance of orders of Honourable National Green Tribunal (NGT) dated 15/01/2015.
The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley said that the role of IT sector, be it hardware or software, is crucial in order to promote e-governance for empowering citizens. He said that the role of this sector is also important in promoting the inclusive and sustainable growth of the electronics, …
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday asked India to set an ambitious target to cut down carbon emissions, saying it is in a unique position to lead sustainability, energy efficiency and fight against climate change. “India should come out with an ambitious target to cut down carbon emissions,” he …
Power plants, highways, railways and seaports, meant to be the engines of India's economic growth, are now its Achilles heel. The 2014 World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report cites poor infrastructure as one reason it ranked India at 71 out of 144 economies in the competitiveness index. This could prove …
On December 31, 2014, the Government promulgated the ordinance to amend some provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (Amendment) Act, 2013. What was the need to amend the 2013 law and what is the effect of these amendments? It has been …
Gujarat government has announced its new industrial policy for 2015. This policy will focus on key areas like infrastructure development, simplification of labour laws and motivation of new innovations through technology transfer. It seeks to cater and provide opportunities to around 60 per cent of Gujarat’s population which is between …
This ordinance that amends the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 faces criticism but Arun Jaitley, the finance minister has justified the amendments and says that they "balance the developmental needs of India, particularly rural India". See the ordinance, related regulations and …
The Cabinet on Monday amended the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. Under the 2013 Act, compensations were hiked up to four times and twice the market value in rural areas and urban areas, respectively. The 2013 law had also required consent …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the Urban Development Ministry to identify parameters like basic infrastructure, quality of life, and citizen-centric services that would be essential to developing 100 cities under the Smart Cities project. Chairing a high-level meeting with officials on Monday, he said one of the aims of …
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned a loan of Rs50.99 crore to Haryana under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund scheme. The fresh tranche is proposed to be utilised for the construction of 603 Anganwadi Centres in 19 districts — Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, …
Amendment to do away with requirement of social impact assessment, consent of 70% landowners for PPP projects in infrastructure With many infrastructure projects stuck for want of various clearances, the Union Cabinet on Monday paved the way for easing the land acquisition Act for public-private-partnership (PPP) and rural infrastructure projects. …
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narender Modi Government approved the ordinance making significant changes in the Land Acquisition Act 2013. This included removal of consent clause for acquiring land for five areas of industrial corridors, PPP projects, rural infrastructure, affordable housing and defence. The Act came into effect …
Atkins is developing a City Action Plan for Madurai which will be specifically tailored to the city around blue-green infrastructure. Madurai Corporation and a wide range of city stakeholders have been involved in developing and shaping the Action Plan. This action plan defines a strategy and a number of constituent …
Africa’s regional integration has been a key economic and political aspiration since the independence decade of the 1960s – some 50 years ago. It is also an important pillar for the work of the African Development Bank, which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary as Africa’s premier development finance institution during …
