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 …
Vinayak Chatterjee / New Delhi July 20, 2009, 0:10 IST A series of key interventions are required if the infrastructure market is to take off. The finance minister made two remarks at the start of the Union Budget address on July 6, 2009. First, that one budget cannot solve all …
Insurgency and geographical isolation from the rest of India are two of the major causes for underdevelopment of the North East region of India despite the fact that the region has abundance of natural resources, said a report of the World Bank. The report of the World Bank said that …
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. Roudra Bhattacharya New Delhi, July 19 Four states, Bihar, Jharkhand, Tripura and Meghalaya and the Union Territory of Puducherry have not utilised any of the funds provided under the Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG) scheme of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) …
Goa today put up a strong case with Planning Commission of India for Rs 1310 crore as special grants for infrastructural development, national games, golden jubilee celebration of Liberation from Portuguese rule and beach safety. These issues were taken up by the Goa team led by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat …
Parliamentary committee asks centre to hold back CMZ notification sustained protests by fishing communities and environmentalists has forced the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to review the proposed Coastal Management Zone (cmz) draft notification that allows airports and other development projects in coastal areas. The ministry has set up …
An apex order will only hit the large SEZs The Supreme Court recently refused to stay the land acquisition proceedings in Raigarh, for the Mumbai Special Economic Zone (sez) promoted by Reliance Industries. According to section 11A of the Land Acquisition Act, if the process of land acquisition is not …
MUMBAI: A ten-member World Bank (WB) team is in the city for a week to inspect infrastructure projects under the Rs 4,500-crore Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) and hold discussions with the state government on a loan for the MUTP-II project slated to cost Rs 5,300 crore. WB officials said …
This article analyses tourism in Sikkim, a small Himalayan state of India, in light of the most general kind of tourism process models and tourist influx trends. The tourism trends are studied to map the state of progress and prospects of tourism in the state, and for the general understanding …
NEW DELHI: The Union Budget 2009-10 was hailed by Congress leaders in Delhi on Monday as a development-oriented and pro-poor budget which would take the country forward. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said the Budget reflected the commitment of the Union Government to fulfil promises made to the common man …
Vivek Sinha July 6: Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has chosen infrastructure development in rural and urban areas to provide economic stimulus to the economy and to usher in inclusive growth. Mr Mukherjee has increased the allocation to JNNURM (Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission) and Bharat Nirman, the flagship schemes …
The first Budget of the second UPA Government at the Centre failed to look at the specific requirements of Kerala, for which detailed representations had been made by the Parliament members from the State, but Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee did make some decent allocations for infrastructure and development projects in …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: The infrastructure sector and the recession-hit real estate sector are looking forward to the Union budget with great expectations. Both the sectors, which require huge investments, are expecting a big boost to revive growth and put them on the path of recovery. The President
India has to improve its urban areas to achieve objectives of economic development. However, urban governance and management of the services is far from satisfactory. In this context, the Government has launched a reform-linked urban investment program, JNNURM. The paper has analysed urban trends, projected population, service delivery, institutional arrangements, …
India has been facing shortage of electricity for almost a decade. According to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), during the financial year 2008-09, the Indian utilities could supply 689 billion kWh of electricity against requirement of 774 billion kWh, which represents shortfall of about 11.0%.
Studies on Resident Welfare Associations draw attention to their predominantly middle class and exclusive character. Based on survey and ethnographic data on such associations across diverse neighbourhoods in Bangalore, this paper reveals the fractured, often contradictory, nature of claims made by different sections of middle class. The category urban
Work on infrastructure projects in the North-east is all set to gather momentum, with Ministry DoNER firming up a road map for finalisation of projects and preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPRs), within the first 100 days of the UPA Government. The projects covering all eight North Eastern States (NES) …
With the aim to give an impetus to industrialisation, the state government has formulated a new infrastructure policy under which projects would be completed in a phased manner. This new policy would focus on completion of major projects like overbridges, metro rail, bridges, by-passes, warehouses and power stations in a …
