In this report, ESCAP explores the future of urbanization in Asia and the Pacific, focusing on the dynamic shifts in the region’s urban landscape. It highlights the region’s demographic transformations, including population ageing, and the persistent challenges of urban poverty and inequality. The analysis covers urban areas of all sizes, …
Srinagar: Even as a majority of the population of Jammu and Kashmir resides in villages, there is an increasing trend of urbanisation in the state, according to Census- 2011. The Director, Census Operations, Farooq Ahmad Factoo, released the details of the urban-rural population of the state here today. As per …
UNESCO Centre in Paris has asked for an immediate detailed report on the road construction through Sri Lanka's Sinharaja rain forest which is considered a World Heritage, local media reported. The request has now been forwarded to the Ministry of External Affairs, the report says. The Ministry has forwarded it …
Bowing to agrarian states like Punjab and Haryana, the Government today introduced in the Lok Sabha an amended version of the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 2011, deleting from it the previously proposed provision to impose a blanket-ban on the acquisition of multi-cropped, irrigated land. The new Bill, which, …
Cars with blaring music systems and high beams not only accidentally kill animals but also disturb those who move in search of prey after sunset inside Sanjay Gandhi National Park, stated the conservator of forest in his affidavit while opposing a plea made by Club Exotica. The club moved the …
Milked, the leading supplier of fresh milk in the organised sector in Punjab, is facing problems in meeting the increased demand of milk in the state. This has also resulted in a corresponding fall in the supply of Milkfed’s desi ghee in the market. This summer, there was an increase …
Read text of the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 introduced in the Lok Sabha today by rural development minister Jairam Ramesh. It will replace Land Acquisition Act 1894. A Bill to ensure a humane, participatory, informed consultative and transparent process for land acquisition for industrialisation, development of essential …
While approving the rather diluted National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill and its introduction in Parliament during the current monsoon session, the Union Cabinet on Monday decided to discuss the crucial issue at the National Development Council (NDC) meeting in October. The highlight of the 90-minute-long Cabinet meeting …
The government today gave its approval to the draft Land Acquisition Bill, in time to ensure it is tabled in this Parliament session. After 90 minutes of talks, the Cabinet cleared the Bill in its current form though a few ministers had reservations. An informal group of ministers is likely …
The Asian Coalition for Community Action Program (ACCA) is a three-year program of the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR), and the program’s target is to support a process of city-wide upgrading in 150 Asian cities. Community people are the primary doers in planning and implementing projects in which they …
The paper attempts a stock taking of urbanization in the post colonial period in India and critically examines the scenarios projected by international and national agencies. The policies and programmes of the government have been reviewed while analyzing the variations in demographic growth across size categories of urban centres and …
Review of current practices and criteria used to integrate environmental and social aspects into urban infrastructure development processes in cities in Asia and the Pacific.
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday restrained the Capital Development Authority (CDA) from converting the green belt of F-11 sector into residential plots for its employees. Justice Riaz Ahmed Khan of the court also issued notices to the CDA chairman, directors enforcement and planning; Iesco chief executive and director …
Population growth and water stress are driving Earth to a food and environmental crunch that only better farming techniques and smarter use of the ecosystem will avert, a UN report issued on Monday said. The number of humans is expected to rise from seven billion in 2011 to at least …
Speaking to BW, the Union minister of urban development and poverty alleviation, Kamal Nath, points out that the challenge is to clear the backlog Over the past 20 years, India’s urban infrastructure has improved a lot. Yet, the pressure on power supply, road connectivity, water, and housing has increased. Some …
Speaking to BW, the Union minister of urban development and poverty alleviation, Kamal Nath, points out that the challenge is to clear the backlog Over the past 20 years, India’s urban infrastructure has improved a lot. Yet, the pressure on power supply, road connectivity, water, and housing has increased. Some …
The Union government is in the process of building consensus on a comprehensive Bill for land acquisition to protect the interests of farmers and those whose livelihoods are dependent on the land being acquired. In his 65 {+t} {+h} Independence Day address, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that his government …
As Parliament debates this month it will, hopefully, move beyond issues of corruption in high places to important economic legislation. Two such pieces of legislation are the land acquisition bill and the bill for a new regulatory body for higher education. In this month’s column I will take up the …
Kollam has become the first City Corporation in the State to finish the preliminary work including surveying and mapping of slums in the run-up to the rollout of the Rs 350-crore Rajiv Awaz Yojna (RAY) scheme. Based on the socio-economic survey which will be completed fully by August 15, the …
In a boost to planned development around Mumbai and other cities, the legislative council on Wednesday unanimously approved a Bill for revision in town planning norms. The amendments introduced in the Bill will enable planning authorities to notionally acquire private plots in an area identified as suitable for a township-like …
Ram Singh, a venerable former sarpanch of Ullawas village, looks around unceasingly, boiling with despair as the void stares back at him. Like Singh, every face in the village is contested by many feelings at once — from agony to anger, staring straight at their face an uncertain future. Ullawas …
