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 …
One of the longest serving power plants in Delhi, Rajghat power plant, will be shutting down soon. The Delhi government had decided to down curtains on this coal-based power plant ahead of the Commonwealth Games to remove the polluting unit in the heart of the city, and provide to residents …
Besides the famous rock-cut Masroor temple, hydro-electric projects, apple orchards and dam sites will now be publicised as new tourism destinations among schoolchildren of Himachal and other states. During a seminar held at Dharamsala on Masroor temple of Kangra district on Tuesday, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said the state …
Despite impressive infrastructure, the city has struggled to cope with the surge in number of cars. To ease the congestion, China plans a number of measures, including a cap on the number of licence plates being issued annually. BEIJING: Authorities in China have come up with an unlikely solution to …
Progress of work in nine major sectors reviewed in the mid-term report Emphasises optimum utilisation of financial resources during remaining two years of Plan Calls for adoption of
MUMBAI: The new coastal zone regulation notification, which came into effect last Friday, has put an end to the mining of sand from the city's coastline. This restriction has hit the sand mining industry where it hurts, and this in turn will all affect building and infrastructure projects as well …
To give the boost to proposed and ongoing infrastructure projects in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the state government has demanded the financial assistance of Rs20,000 crore from the central government. In a brief meeting with chief minister Prithviraj Chavan at Raj Bhawan on Thursday, prime minister Manmohan Singh has suggested …
Projecting the North East as an attractive investment destination and setting 2017 as target year to bring all the State capitals under railway and air network besides launching several social sector projects, were some of the initiatives taken by Centre in 2010 to speed up development in the region. With …
Meghalaya Vision 2030 presents a development outlook for Meghalaya, focusing on the state’s strengths and potentials, the challenges it faces and emerging opportunities in the region and beyond. The state government of Meghalaya has asked the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) to prepare a vision document for …
The author explores the nuances of inclusive growth and the technological infrastructure that is required for modernising India. The areas covered include, amongst others, IT, agriculture, transport, education, services and energy.
While bringing positive impacts and benefits, cross-border infrastructure projects face additional challenges relative to national projects. Moreover, such projects involve a variety of technical, regulatory, institutional, and legal factors, and their obstacles constrain the development of cross-border infrastructure projects. This paper argues that proper technical specifications and well-functioning regulatory, institutional …
The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) and the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) have released a preview of guidelines titled “Are We Building Competitive and Liveable Cities?” The guidelines address the development of eco-efficient and sustainable urban infrastructure …
South Africa underwent a major transition to a full democracy in 1994. The new government embarked on an ambitious program to eradicate backlogs in water supply and sanitation, underpinned by development of sound sector policy and legislation. Initially, this program was driven by the central government. In 2003 responsibilities for …
Inclusive growth needs to be achieved to reduce poverty and other disparities and raise economic growth. This book develops a poverty profile for India in view of the ongoing national and global efforts toward ensuring inclusive growth and bringing poverty levels down. This poverty profile will enable academics and policy …
Dr. Sriraman, who writes extensively on Logistics and Economic issues, brings out in his paper the inter-relationship between economics and growth and the disparities in Bharat and India. The need for infrastructure development and rapid inclusive growth has been highlighted.
The author brings out in his paper how the Indian economy, post liberalization, has become one of the fastest growing economies in the world. He emphasises that for this, availability of a strong infrastructure, including logistic systems, is of paramount importance.
By all accounts, India is expected to grow rapidly in the coming decades. The Author examines in depth the growth areas, not only for the country, but also the opportunities for RITES. RITES-the infrastructure people has contributed significantly in diverse sectors such as roads, ports and rail transportation, power etc.
THE Centre has approved Rs 3,300 crore grants for infrastructural development in 60 Naxalite-affected districts of the country. The scheme Integrated Action Plan for Selected Tribal and Backward Districts was passed on November 26. The scheme will be implemented over the next two years. A government press release said a …
