Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
The current global urban population is expected to double by 2050, with 90 percent of urban growth taking place in developing countries. Many cities are ill equipped to handle such large-scale expansion. Various cities are starting to recognise urban agriculture as an integral part of urban planning, upgrading and design. …
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 …
Five years after it was first proposed as part of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), chief minister Arjun Munda on Thursday kicked-off the process of constructing dwelling units for the urban poor in Ranchi. He laid the foundation stone for 400 dwelling units at Rugrigarha, while another …
With Assembly elections round the corner, the Mayawati Government tabled the supplementary budget of Rs 10,879 crore for the fiscal 2011-12 in the State Assembly on Tuesday earmarking over 26 per cent of this budget for Chief Minister’s pet projects, especially, for Dalits and downtrodden sections of the society. Besides, …
The present Report contains the findings of the examination by audit of the Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society. The Report emanates from the scrutiny of files and documents pertaining to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Defence Estates and Local Military Authorities of Mumbai and Departments and Agencies of Government of …
Bhopal: The cabinet at its meeting chaired by the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today endorsed a well-defined policy for allotment of land to non-government institutions for different purposes. As per the policy the procedure for allotment of land to different departments of central and state governments, undertakings, mandi board, …
Arguing that the initial years of the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board were dominated by the priorities of the then ruling party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, whose government created it in 1971, this paper points out that shelter policies in the state had a formal orientation away from eviction and …
This report examines how the public-private partnership (PPP) model can be applied to help promote sustainable housing and urban development for countries around the world. The report has two main parts. First, it identifies key opportunities and challenges faced by PPPs in general, and provides PPP best practices and guiding …
An Act to provide for facilitation of inclusive growth and slum-free cities, including basic amenities and affordable housing to the slum-dwellers; for this purpose to lay down general principles applicable to slum-free cities in all spheres of government, to define the functions of State and Local governments in respect of …
Planning Commission happy with overall work done by the Sheila Government A Plan outlay of Rs.15,133 crore was on Wednesday approved for Delhi by the Planning Commission at a meeting chaired by Deputy Chairman of the Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia and attended among others by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. The …
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) International Transport Forum (ITF) has published a discussion paper titled “Key Mobility Challenges in Indian Cities,” which identifies challenges in urban mobility in India under three sections: urbanization and transport; urban mobility challenges; and current policies and interventions. The first section on …
India has the world’s second largest urban population (after China). This paper shows the large disparities within this urban population in healthrelated indicators. It shows the disparities for child and maternal health, provision for health care and housing conditions between the poorest quartile and the rest of the urban population …
This paper reviews the literature on health in the informal settlements (and “slums”) that now house a substantial proportion of the urban population in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Although this highlights some important gaps in research, available studies do suggest that urban health inequalities usually begin at birth, are …
Vertical growth helps economies, say some urban planners. But do we have proper building codes in place? Ravi Teja Sharma finds out THE SIGHT of some of the tallest buildings in Tokyo
In 2009, the world’s urban population outstripped rural population for the first time. This demographic landmark has drawn mixed reactions from thinkers, policy makers and activists. Some believe more people living in cities means new environmental challenges, while others fear lesser hands for agriculture will put more pressure on the …
The urban world is shifting. Today only 600 urban centers generate about 60 percent of global GDP. While 600 cities will continue to account for the same share of global GDP in 2025, this group of 600 will have a very different membership. Over the next 15 years, the center …
Solar thermal systems are able to reduce energy costs. To realise such savings, government programmes in Turkey, Brazil and Mexico are promoting the integration of solar installations in social housing.
It is rather naive to delink urbanisation from the rising lifestyle aspirations and the imperatives of economic development. Opportunities, power and prestige are some of the irresistible attributes of the growing urban centres which attract migrants on a large scale. In India economic liberalisation and urbanisation have become complimentary to …
