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 …
PANJIM: As many as 480 cases of alleged coastal regulation zone (CRZ) violations have been reported from April 2012 to June 2014. While three face action, in some cases reply to show cause notices are awaited while some are pending before the inquiry committee under Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority …
KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday came down hard on the Odisha government for failing to take necessary action against constructions that violate Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) norms. On May 13 this year, NGT, while hearing an application by environment activist Subhas Datta had directed the Odisha government …
In the wake of boost from the Budget & RBI move on affordable housing, Tata Housing & Mahindra Lifespace, among others, plan new launches Helped by the government’s budget moves and the Reserve Bank’s (RBI’s) recent notification on affordable housing, the big names in the segment are gearing for new …
Revenue officials asked to measure land in possession of the builder The three-member committee of the Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority (KCZMA) inquiring into the alleged Coastal Regulation Zone violation by DLF builders will submit its report on Tuesday. The committee members, A. Ramachandran, Kamalakshan Kokkal and K. Padmakumar, inspected …
BHOPAL: The state government has not submitted master plan for Mandideep town despite green panel's directing it to do so in last three hearings. A petitioner has approached National Green Tribunal (NGT) highlighting the absence of solid waste disposal and corrective measure in industrial town of Mandideep in Raisen district. …
The Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) is clearing maps of buildings without checking if builders have got no-objection-certificate from the state pollution control board, an SPCB official said. The board's director, Vinod Singhal, said that some such buildings were later found to have violated regulations on sewage treatment and solid …
New bill will double compensation for land in urban areas while in rural areas it will be four times Real estate developers have been buying more land from farmers over the past year than usual because of apprehension that the new law may raise cost of land acquisition significantly, even …
BANGALORE: The National Green Tribunal has directed five real estate promoters to stop construction of resorts in eco-sensitive areas of Chikmagalur district until further orders. With the government dragging its feet on demarcation of eco-sensitive zones (ESZ) in the Western Ghats, the order comes as a shot in the arm …
As part of a plan to create slum-free cities, the government on Tuesday announced that 10,000 flats would be constructed in Chennai and other cities and towns in the state. “To fulfil the Vision 2023 and slum-free cities plan of the Union and state governments, the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has slammed the Kochi Corporation for alleged issue of permits to 19 buildings, including high-rise ones, along the Chilavanoor backwaters in violation of coastal regulation zone (CRZ) norms. This was among the several observations in the CAG report tabled on Thursday that among other …
Sixty people died in a building collapse in Chennai earlier this month. There is much more than the municipal incompetence that needs to be fixed to avoid such tragic incidents. This building was located on the Porur lake, a water body that provides services, such as groundwater recharge and flood …
Additional chief secretary (forests and environment) P K Mohanty has held the state coastal zone management authority (KCZMA) responsible for giving CRZ clearance to the DLF riverside project at Chilavannoor in Kochi. Chief secretary E K Bharat Bhushan had, in his probe report, questioned Mohanty's decisions in the matter. In …
Residents in Dindigul who still haven't set up rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems in their buildings have been warned to do so at the earliest or else face disconnection of water supply. According to the assistant director of town panchayats M Rajendran the district administration wanted to ensure that all buildings …
In a move that is likely to bring relief to thousands of home owners along Noida Expressway, a committee constituted by the Union Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) has recommended that the Eco-Sensitive Zone around Okhla Bird Sanctuary stretch no further than 1.2 km with the DND flyway as …
There are 234 constructions in the district violating the norms of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Act, Minister M K Muneer told the Assembly on Monday. There are a total of 8,751 constructions in the state violating the norms. Action has been taken against the officials who gave sanction for …
Rampant unauthorised construction in the city highlights the illegal nexus between civic bodies, land mafia and the police and also exposes the lack preparation for any disasters, both natural and man-made. Illegal structures in the city, built by flouting norms, are only adding to the housing crisis in Delhi. The …
An NGT order declaring that construction within a 10-km radius of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary cannot be given completion certificates has left flat buyers and builders in the lurch. Adding to their woes, a 2005 directive of the National Board for Wildlife insists that 10 km is the radius around …
The Works department of the Odisha government has completed the process to handover a contract of constructing an energy saving building worth Rs 124 crore in state capital. "The tendering process has been complete, but as it is awaiting approval of higher authorities, we cannot disclose the name of the …
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today announced that the state government would construct one lakh houses for economically weaker sections in the next three years. He asked the Centre to form state-specific schemes and create special funds to facilitate such efforts of state governments. Participating in the “Housing …
No CRZ Clearance, Chief Secretary’s Report Terms Construction Illegal The government has appointed a threemember expert committee to study the technical aspects raised in a report submitted by chief secretary E K Bharatbhushan on the DLF riverside housing project at Chilavanoor, Kochi. The eight-page report, placed in the assembly on …
