Order of the High Court of Gujarat in the matter of Samsuddin Jainulabiddin Shaikh & Others Vs The State of Gujarat & Others dated 06/05/2025. A petition was filed by 58 people who are residing near Chandola lake, Ahmedabad. The petitioners have constructed hutments along the periphery of Chandola lake. …
Khartoum - The Khartoum State land authority has made a new compensation offer to inhabitants of old Omdurman neighborhoods whose housing areas will be affected by re-planning. The state ministry of planning said compensation against one meter ranges between SDG 700 to SDG 2343, apart from compensations against removed constructions …
Urban governance and housing for all are a challenge and states and union territories need to work together to achieve this goal, said Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu. Slum-free plan of action is the need of the hour, he said. The Minister was addressing the Conclave of Ministers of …
The City has seen a mushrooming of housing complexes in the City over the last three years with 525 of them constructed between 2011 and 2014. Responding to a question by BJP MLC V Somanna, Minister for forest, environment and ecology Ramanath Rai has said that as per the details …
There are persistent differences in self-reported subjective well-being across U.S. metropolitan areas, and residents of declining cities appear less happy than other Americans. Newer residents of these cities appear to be as unhappy as longer term residents, and yet some people continue to move to these areas. While the historical …
NSSO has released the key indicators on Drinking water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing Condition in India based on 69th round survey (July 2012 – December 2012). The last survey on these subjects was undertaken in the 65th round of NSS (July 2008- June 2009). The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) …
To kick-start the ambitious project of “Housing for all by 2022”, the government will be holding a meeting of housing and urban development secretaries and ministries to take stock of the schemes in this area. The two-day meet from July 2 is to be presided by Union urban development and …
Companies will now have a more wide range of activities to choose to fulfil the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) norms under the new Companies Act. The government has expanded the activities allowed and included housing for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), disaster management, rural development, road safety and skill development of …
Anticipating resistance in acquiring land for the developers’ sale component in the decade-old Dharavi revamp project, the authority in-charge has tweaked the draft development plan for the slum sprawl, deleting separate markings for sale and rehab housing. The final version of the Dharavi development plan, which has now been sent …
MARGAO: Officials of the Goa State Bio-diversity Board and other agencies conducted an inspection of the controversial housing project at Cavelossim on Tuesday. The inspection was carried out upon a complaint lodged by the Cavelossim Villagers Forum, alleging rampant irregularities in the housing project. Besides the Bio-diversity Board, the inspection …
Safe housings have been constructed to be safe from natural disaster in Kanchanpur district. The modern safe housings have been constructed at Beldandi-1 and Kamari-4 to be safe from floods. Both the places are at high risk of natural disaster. The Nepal Environment and Education Development Society (NEEDS), Kanchanpur, built …
A Baradwari locality is set to be the first milestone in Jamshedpur’s journey towards becoming a slum-free city. Nearly 40,000 urban poor residing in Navjeevan Ashram in Devnagar will benefit of Centre’s flagship scheme Rajiv Awas Yojana by the end of this year. Based on a detailed project report submitted …
LDA Gets The Power To Sanction Building Maps In 197 Villages Falling Under Zila Panchayat LDA announced to include the city's extended areas under the master plan 2031. This would empower LDA to approve maps in these areas. Currently, it is done by zila panchayats. There has always been a …
The Economic Development Ministry will commence brass, iron, apparel and clay industries at the Wariyapola Bamunakotuwa Divisional Secretariat area, said Senior Minister S. B. Nawinne at a press briefing at his residence in Wariyapola, Malwana recently. He said the government will spend Rs. 132 million for the development of infrastructure …
Developers have demanded lower borrowing cost for the housing sector as well as reduced taxes to promote affordable housing The Budget is expected to have incentives to the real estate sector as well as a vision for affordable housing. Monday’s Presidential address to the joint session of Parliament focused on …
The state government has received 68 proposals for tourism infrastructure development till date Post finalization of Odisha Tourism policy last year, the state government has received 68 proposals for tourism infrastructure development till date. "The task force on tourism has received about 68 proposals envisaging combined investment of Rs 100 …
Economic Survey of Maharashtra is prepared by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Planning Department every year for presentation in the Budget Session of the State Legislature. The present publication for the year 2013-14 is the 53rd issue in the series. The information related to various socio-economic sectors of the …
The present Maharashtra Human Development Report (MHDR) 2012 keeps the spirit of the Eleventh and Twelfth Five Year Plans of ‘faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth’ at the core of its analysis. MHDR 2002 was the state’s first effort in focusing on the prevailing human development scenario in the spheres …
The amount is required to reconstruct a total of 11 lakh slum households in the city as per latest Census figureS. Mumbai will need Rs 55,000 crore if it has to target each and every slum over the next ten years under the central government’s flagship slum-free cities scheme Rajiv …
Housing Minister M H Ambarish on Wednesday said that the government is upgrading 26 slums in the State at a cost of Rs 1,347 crore under the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY). The projects are likely to commence in May. Speaking to reporters, he said that the Housing department had already …
New Zealand came first, India at 102nd position in a global index published on Thursday that ranks countries by social and environmental performance rather than economic output in a drive to make social progress a priority for politicians and businesses. The Social Progress Index (SPI) rates 132 countries on more …
