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. …
Economic Survey Northeast Delhi ranked highest in population category with 37,346 persons/ sqkm. Delhi seems to be inching closer towards a total urban demographic and with it new challenges in infrastructure, education and health. The 2012-2013 economic survey of Delhi shows an increase of just under 2,000 persons per square …
Money spent per student three times the national average More affordable houses needed for the poor. The 2012-2013 economic survey of Delhi which was tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday threw up some interesting facts with regard to the transport, housing, environment and education sectors in the state. Despite government's …
Builders to be given sops, including waiver of fees At a time when the property prices have skyrocketed in the urban areas, affordable housing may well be within the reach of the ‘aam aadmi’ in Haryana. In fact, with a view to attract the private builders to go in for …
Mumbai: The state government has decided to completely do away with charging premiums for Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority (Mhada) redevelopment projects in lieu of extra floor space index. Instead, it will take a share of the surplus flats, which are likely to form the corpus of affordable housing in …
Bangladesh has been identified as one of the ‘star performers’ in the poverty reduction initiative globally as the world poverty is coming down rapidly. Some of the poorest people in the world are becoming significantly less poor, according to a groundbreaking academic study which has taken a new approach to …
According to this 2012-2013 economic survey of Delhi released by the government air and water pollution in the national capital show an alarming increase in recent years. It also revealed some other interesting facts on transport, housing and environment. The 2012-2013 economic survey of Delhi which was tabled in the …
City-based DBS Affordable Home Strategy Ltd. is set to create about 25,000 affordable home for the lower income groups in next five years, financial closure for which the developer has achieved with micro finance institutions and banks. At a project cost of Rs 2,000 crore, DBS aims to achieve large …
For millions of slum dweller in Delhi, there is finally some reassuring news in the form of amendments brought in by the Delhi Government in its slum policy. As per a notification issued on February 25, this year, lakhs of slum dwellers would be benefited by the liberalised norms on …
Social activist Medha Patkar and 20 persons were arrested on Thursday for protesting against the demolition of slums at Golibar in Khar, in suburban Mumbai. The protesters were allegedly beaten up in the presence of the police by goons of Shivalik Builders, developer in the Golibar redevelopment scheme, one of …
Despite attractive schemes being launched by mid and premium segment residential and plotting projects, the Ahmedabad real estate market is witnessing a consistent growth only in the affordable housing segment in the sub-Rs 10 lakh and sub-Rs 5 lakh category, say developers and experts alike. According to experts, over 60 …
MHADA finalised Thursday a budget of Rs 4,897.11 crore for 2013-14, with almost 50 per cent of the money or Rs 2,411 crore being allocated for land acquisition and construction of affordable houses. "We have kept aside nearly Rs 750 crore for land acquisition. The largest potential for land acquisition …
About 30% of people in India were below the poverty line in 2009-10 that was based on the monthly per capita consumption expenditure (MPCE) of R673 for rural areas and R860 for urban areas, Parliament was informed today. “As per the latest available information, the poverty line at all India …
Presenting the budget for 2013-14, Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather Wednesday announced a slew of welfare measures: health insurance for migrants, hike in daily wages, VAT exemption on flour, rice, paddy as well as for tourism sector for another year. The Rs 38,068 crore zero deficit budget …
To end the issue of unauthorized colonies, the Delhi government has started conducting a survey to have the data on forest land and then approve the remaining unauthorized colonies. According to sources, there are 159 colonies that have come up on forest land. The government has brought a machine to …
At night, a few thousand feet above sea level, I see India's city lights glow. The nation of 'seven hundred thousand villages' now has nearly a third of its people living in about 8,000 urban areas. On the ground too, the varied stories told by India's cities and towns are …
As the State had performed appreciably along various fiscal parameters amid a slowdown at the national level, Haryana Finance Minister Harmohinder Singh Chattha did not levy any fresh taxes while presenting the Budget for 2013-14 in the Assembly on Friday. To achieve the objective of “Faster, Inclusive and Sustainable Growth” …
India has witnessed high economic growth since the 1980s, and a reduction in the share of income poor, though the measured extent of this reduction varies, has been confirmed by different methods. Poverty, however, has multiple dimensions, hence this paper explores the improvement in other social deprivations. An analysis of …
Economic Survey is one of the budget documents which indicates the important economic activities and achievements of the Government. The salient features of the State of the economy of Himachal Pradesh during 2012-13 are presented in Part-I, and statistical tables on various subjects are given in Part-II.
Sri Lanka Supreme Court Wednesday withdrew an order preventing the re-development of Colombo's crowded residential Slave Island area. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Mohan Peiris, Justice P. A. Ratnayake and Justice Priyasath Dep vacated an earlier order issued on September 13, 2012 that allowed the status quo of an …
Lucknow: In what may bring relief to real estate developers, UP government has hinted at revising the policy in favour of developers for reserving certain percentage of units for weaker sections of the society in their housing projects on above 3,000 square meters of land. The policy is applicable to …
