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 Review of Developments in Transport in Asia and the Pacific is a biennial publication of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The Review is structured into three main parts. Part I describes the environment within which the transport sector is developing and …
The objective of this study is to prepare a medium-term strategy for the recovery and growth of the industrial sector in Punjab against the backdrop of resurgent growth in the Indian economy, the improved performance of the industrial sector generally across India, and the expanding opportunities offered by the greater …
Considering the potential of works carried out under NREGA for strengthening the livelihood resource base of marginalized groups of people provides good linkages with other development initiatives so that the coordinated work can lead them for sustainable livelihood support. Long term benefits and sustainable development are however possible only when …
Land is the heart of infrastructure development. The first India Infrastructure Report (IIR), which was brought out in 2001, identified the process of land acquisition as the most important structural constraint to the development of infrastructure. This IIR 2009 to examine various facets of
Bangalore: People who are losing their land to the first township proposed as part of the contentious Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project (BMICP) held a demonstration in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue on M.G. Road here on Wednesday to protest against the acquisition which they said went against court verdicts. …
Trying to keep pace with the infrastructure development in Tibet by China, the Border Road Organisation (BRO) is constructing 61 roads along Indo-China border covering a total length of 3377 Km in five States including Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. With reports of intrusions pouring in from Arunachal Pradesh top priority …
The Centre has sanctioned Rs 2,629 crore to relocate by 2020 about 3.5 lakh people from the subsidence-prone parts of the Asansol-Ranigunj-Durgapur coal belt. According to the Asansol-Durgapur Development Authority (Adda) estimates, about 8,050 acres will be needed to rehabilitate nearly 80,000, mostly rural, families. However, for once, arranging for …
PRASHANT PANDEY Three more cities -- Ambala, Kanpur and Dehra Dun -- were on Wednesday included on the list of counter-magnet cities for the national capital region (NCR) with the aim to check migration in Delhi. The funding for the development projects in these cities may be made available through …
The infrastructure development for Commonwealth Games aiming to make the Capital a world class city at a breakneck speed has had an unusual fallout: Alarming increase in gastroenteritis and cholera cases in the national Capital. Not only dengue, there is an alarming increase in gastroenteritis and cholera cases in the …
While the Delhi Government has revised DTC fares to overcome the financial crunch, the irony is that it is all set to spend again about Rs 60 lakh after having spent Rs 35 lakh earlier only to `study' the feasibility of Rs 1,100 crore elevated East-West Corridor connecting Anand Vihar …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor work on the peripheral road of Gottigere in Bangalore City. The apex court has stayed the High Court order in this regard.
The Chinese government has vowed to provide a soft loan of Rs. 14.97 billion (US$200 million) to Nepal for hydropower project and infrastructure development. Of the total loan, US$ 120 million will be channelised for the 61-MW Upper Trishuli-A hydropower project in Nuwakot district, it is said. According to the …
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sought a special package with an allocation of Rs 525 cr from the Thirteenth Finance Commission (TFC) for three additional sectors to accelerate the pace of development in the State. Naveen met commission chairman Vijay Kelkar in Delhi on Tuesday and discussed the additional memorandum …
Managing a country's limited resources for development purposes is not exactly taught even in the world's best B-schools. It comes with years of ground experience and foresight. Not so for India, which is neither endowed with rich resources, nor has it, like many countries, learnt to use its resources to …
The new industrial policy of Delhi would be technology driven, permitting hi-tech, sophisticated IT-enabled services to boost revenues and deter polluting industries, a government official said on Sunday. Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) managing director Chetan Sanghi said that first time an industrial policy is being framed …
In view of Asia's enormous untapped economic potential and the ongoing global economic crisis, the challenge now is to build efficient and seamless connections across Asia and to the rest of the world to foment a more competitive, prosperous, and integrated region. This book addresses major challenges in developing regional …
This reference book aims to support the implementation of trade facilitation measures and reforms in Asia and the Pacific. It attempts to bridge the gaps among policy makers, practitioners, and economists by outlining operational guidance on how to assess the status of trade facilitation, what measures and reforms are necessary, …
