The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
PIL petitioners today pleaded with the Delhi High Court to quash the environmental clearance given to the proposed Tata Camelot’s high-rise project in Mohali district, contending a state-level committee had approved it hastily without collecting and analysing necessary data. Arguing before a Bench comprising Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice …
Environment department has given green signal to Kanpur Development Authority (KDA) projects for the construction of 1,708 flats at three places in the city. KDA had floated the projects in January last but in the absence of sanction by the environment department, the fate of these projects was hanging in …
The convenor of Tawi Andolan, Advocate Chander Mohan Sharma, has called for immediate ban on all sorts of construction or repair of the illegally constructed houses and cattle sheds constructed in and on the sides of river Tawi at Bikram Chowk Jammu. While addressing a gathering of Tawi Andolan activists, …
Populist Move Driven By Polls; Owners To Pay To Regularize Plots Ahead of assembly polls, the state forest department on Wednesday decided to withdraw a review petition on a Supreme Court order to regularize five lakh-and-odd homes on 6.4 lakh-acre private forest land in Mumbai and Thane. The state move …
Two siblings from Shimoga district have been dreaming of a decent dwelling, but their plan is stuck for 17 years, 6 months, 8 days and counting. The construction plan in Permission mandatory, P6 volves felling of four trees.The brothers' application seeking permission to cut the trees -two teak, one each …
With the Andhra Pradesh government announcing its capital city, all eyes are now on the Vijayawada, Guntur, Tenali and Mangalagiri (VGTM) region. Singapore builders are thronging the area to forge tie-ups with local firms to erect pre-cast green buildings for fast-paced development. Some firms have given presentations to a select …
A show cause notice has been issued to the developers of Mayfield Gardens, a township spread across several sectors, for allegedly not taking the mandatory environmental clearances. The developers have been directed to reply within 21 days or face action. Acting on a complaint by Commander (retd.) Dharmvir Singh Yadav, …
The Delhi government is reportedly drawing up an elaborate plan to clean the Yamuna river by relocating unauthorised colonies that cause pollution. Various studies suggest that sewer and filth that flows from the colonies situated in the Yamuna’s vicinity add up to 30 per cent of the pollution into the …
The multi-crore rupees Tata Camelot Housing project near Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh falls within the area which is ecologically sensitive and "prone to seismic activity", the Delhi high court was told on Thursday. A bench comprising Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw is hearing two PILs, earlier …
Aiming to encourage green building technology, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that the government would consider granting various concessions for constructing houses using the technology. Inaugurating an awareness programme to promote the green building technology, organised jointly by the CII, KINFRA and Indian Green Building Council here on Wednesday, …
The State government is contemplating bringing in a comprehensive legislation to give effect to its Affordable Housing Policy, 2013, which envisages that private developers earmark 40 per cent land of their projects for the economically weaker section and lower income groups. The government was forced to consider the legislation route …
The state government will soon approach the National Green Tribunal (NGT) which has restrained lifting of construction ban in Shimla’s green belts. The government has already completed the process of holding personal hearing on public suggestions and objections received for redefining 17 green belts in the town. Two days back …
KOCHI: The Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules seem to hinder poor fishermen from realising their dream of building houses in Kumbalam-Panangad islands. The fishermen community is of the opinion that they are not given any humanitarian consideration when authorities aggressively implement the CRZ norms in the area. “Many fishermen have …
The civic body is considering a proposal to provide ‘special subsidy’ of Rs 15,000 per house for housing scheme for urban poor as the developers and non governmental organizations, which are responsible for the construction of these houses, have expressed their inability to complete the project due to cost escalation. …
The Noida and Greater Noida authorities have decided to buy land directly from farmers for any planned development, including group housing projects. While this will help farmers get a higher rate of compensation and drastically cut down litigation that has slowed down the real estate sector, it will also mean …
The ashram of controversial self-styled godman Asaram Bapu in the ecologically sensitive central ridge of the capital has a "large number" of illegal constructions, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) was today informed by a committee. The Tribunal had constituted the committee comprising Additional Chief Conservator of Forest, NCT of Delhi, …
The National Green Tribunal has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government, Noida Authority and the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB), seeking replies on a petition seeking the quashing of Noida Authority’s Sports City project in Sector-150. Mahendra Pandey filed the petition against the upcoming group housing scheme …
The Madras High Court has ordered notice to Environment and Forest secretaries of the Union and Tamil Nadu governments based on the Advocate Commissioner's report which said more than 60 buildings in Kanyakumari district were constructed violating the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification. Besides these Secretaries, the court also ordered …
Environmentalist Mahendra Pandey, on Monday, filed a petition with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against an upcoming 'group housing scheme' in the Sector 150 'Sports City', promoted by Noida Authorities, claiming that it disregards the Authorities' own Noida Masterplan 20 31. Pandey claimed the plot falls under a "Recreational Green …
With the Coastal Zone Management Authority submitting before the High Court that CRZ clearance has not been issued to DLF flats at Chilavanoor in Kochi, the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), which originally issued the clearance, would soon submit its response on the issue before the court, along with …
