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 …
INDIAN EXPRESS/MUMBAI/29/01/10 http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/gowth-plan-for-city/572767/ The government on Thursday approved the annual plan for Mumbai and the suburbs. Municipal Commissioner and Collectors of both districts advised to avoid duplication of work, Finance Minister Sunil Tatkare said. Highlights: TOTAL OUTLAY Rs 49.80 crore, Mumbai city Rs 133.10 crore, suburbs SEA EROSION Rs 5 …
Mumbai: Renowned British architect William R Ainsworth and his German counterpart Frid Buhler have been exploring Mumbai for the past two days to check out the city
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has announced that a Town and Country Planning Bill would be introduced shortly in the State to ensure hassle-free execution of master plans for 109 towns and 42,000 villages, some of which have been prepared. The formulation of master plans for all the towns …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has sought enhanced grants from the Thirteenth Finance Commission (TFC) for heritage conservation and development of tourist infrastructure in Orissa as tourism has become one of the major sources of employment generation. In its memorandum submitted to the TFC, the State Government has demanded Rs 156 …
ITANAGAR, Jan 13: NABARD Regional Office here has allocated Rs 125 crore for the year 2009-10 to Arunachal Pradesh for building up rural infrastructure under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF). Official sources today said that last year, the State
India and Bangladesh are poised to take bilateral ties to a new level of trust. Tarun Das, former chief mentor of CII, outlines an agenda for cementing ties. India has already allowed duty-free imports from Least Developed Countries into India, including Bangladesh
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the High Level Committee (HLC) set up by the Karnataka government to look into the disputes on allotment of land to the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE). The company is executing the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project. A three-judge Bench of …
The rise has made India the second best place after Bhutan to live in the subcontinent, according to the 2010 Quality of Life Index, published by travel magazine International Living India has moved up 35 places to become the 88th best country in the world to live, leaving behind nations …
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs 76.27 crore against the total project cost of Rs 85.71 crore for Sikkim for implementation of infrastructure projects under RIDF - XV. The projects sanctioned relate to Rural Education Institutions (26 nos), Rural Drinking Water Schemes (8 nos) …
BHUBANESWAR: After launching a series of welfare and infrastructure development projects under the State scheme, the Government is going to launch another infrastructure programme called Biju Saharanchal Bidyut Yojana. Finance Minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadei today announced the new scheme at a workshop on power tariff setting, organised by the Orissa …
Taking forward the ambitious Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) scheme envisaged by former President A P J Abdul Kalam, the government will now woo the private sector to provide urban amenities in the rural heartland. The Rural Development Ministry is ready with a proposal to give 35 …
NEW DELHI: Industries Minister Haroon Yusuf on Tuesday unveiled the much talked about new industrial policy for Delhi that covers all aspects of industrial development in the Capital. The revised policy comes more than two decades after the first one was published. Mr. Yusuf recalled that the first and only …
Spreading its wings outside the city, the Delhi Government's industrial infrastructure development body, DSIIDC, will now construct an energy-efficient green building in Himachal Pradesh. The DSIIDC (Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Corporation) has been awarded the contract to construct a new building of the prestigious National Institute of Fashion Technology …
Hyderabad, Jan. 3: The Centre has shocked the state by refusing to provide additional funding from the World Bank (WB) for the Nagarjunasagar modernisation project. The Union finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, in a letter to the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, expressed the Centre
THE Japanese government reiterated its commitment to the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) last week. This is welcome. It should accelerate industrial activity along the 1,500-km corridor. The project will cause the existing industrial clusters along the corridor to scale up capacity, induct advanced technology, develop better linkages with user-industries and …
India is considered a developing country and has been striving hard to come in the category of developed countries. With the globalization of economy, breaking of economic barriers, opening of Indian markets for foreign investors, preponderance of consumer culture and growing inequalities, there is need to reassess the development process …
