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 …
Owning a house in the city will remain a pipedream for nearly two lakh families because there are no large chunks of government land left in Hyderabad district or the core area for mass housing projects. Over 1.30 lakh families have applied for houses in the two rounds of the …
The Deputy Chief Minister, Tara Chand on Tuesday convened a meeting of senior officers to review the pace of progress of various schemes launched by the Municipal Corporation here today. He said mega development projects have been launched in the capital cities to upgrade urban infrastructure, adding that prestigious projects …
New Delhi India lost as much as 8,00,000 hectare of arable land to non-farm usage, including the construction of buildings, roads and railways, in the five years through 2008-09, the government said on Tuesday, as an expanding economy has put pressure on the key natural resource to keep its growth …
Mumbai: In an about-turn, former municipal commissioner Jairaj Phatak on Monday insisted that Adarsh Housing Society had a valid clearance from the Union ministry of environment and forests. "The March 2003 letter from the state urban development department read with the MoEF's letter constitutes a CRZ clearance," Phatak said during …
The realty sector may be going through a slowdown, but this has not stopped housing developers from launching new projects. Green Hill City Private Limited recently launched the country’s largest housing project—Green Hill City—in Mulpani, Kathmandu. According to the company, 800 housing units on 312 ropanis of land will be …
The Bombay High Court has said it will decide whether the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Act of 2010 can be used to adjudicate alleged irregularities by the Lavasa township. A bench will now decide whether the NGT is competent enough to judge Lavasa-related issues, in light of the objections raised …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today constituted a committee for demarcation of catchment area near Sukhna Lake. The High Court ordered the constitution of a committee to ensure that there is no illegal construction in the catchment area. The committee has been asked to submit its report on February …
The winter is shrinking and the overall precipitation during the season, particularly snow, is decreasing at an alarming rate in the “Queen of Hills”, making a White Christmas and a White New Year for which it has been famous, a rarity in recent years. The disastrous impact of excessive and …
After a series of reports by TOI on the need to protect the ecofragile Mangar area and adjoining forests in the Aravalis in Faridabad, the district administration has sent a detailed report to the state headquarters seeking the conservation of these areas. Deputy commissioner Rakesh Gupta told TOI that the …
In a letter to the secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), chief secretary Ratnakar Gaikwad has criticised the environmental committees set up in the state by the central ministry. The State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) and State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) were set up in September …
Concered by the implications of the frenzied construction along the Senapati Bapat Marg in Lower Parel, the state environment committee has decided to reject environmental clearance (EC) to major construction projects there by the Indiabulls group until the group curtails the size of the projects. The State Level Expert Appraisal …
Farmers of Badoli Bangar village in Noida today got the hiked compensation. Following a court direction, the Noida Authority today organised camps at the village and distributed hiked compensation worth Rs 9.30 crore to farmers. The court in a recent ruling, had ordered a hike of 64 per cent in …
A senior Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) official on Thursday claimed that the ministry of environment and forests had given coastal regulation zone (CRZ) clearance to the Adarsh co-operative housing society, based on which a certificate to commence construction was issued. While deposing before a two-member commission probing thescam, …
Resorts to ‘illegal’ plea bargaining to bestow favours Deciding cases of environmental violations by “illegal” plea bargaining to “benefit” big builders has put a question mark on the working of the Haryana Pollution Control Board. Sources said the board and its officials, without any authority vested in them, not only …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) on Monday made it mandatory for all realtors to get an environment clearance certificate before launching building projects spread over 20,000 sq-metre plus. According to the GPCB, any building project over 20,000 sq-metre has to get a clearance. But there are several projects in …
Over 25,000 families will get legitimate ownership rights of the houses they have “illegally” constructed on government land at various places in the city. The state government is all set to relax some crucial provisions of government order 166 envisaging regularisation of houses built on plots smaller than 80 sq …
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board had filed criminal complaint In a move that will initiate the prosecution of Lavasa Corporation, a Pune court on Thursday ordered issue of process against nine directors and six officials of the Corporation. All the 15 persons, including chief promoter Ajit Gulabchand, have been asked to …
Jaipur: Applicants of Phase -1 who come under the economically weaker sections (EWS) and lower income group (LIG) categories of the affordable housing scheme, will receive a subsidy between Rs 15,000 to Rs 17,000, sources said. They also confirmed that the Central government has approved the proposal of subsidy. The …
All the 15 accused named by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board in a criminal case it filed against Lavasa Corporation were issued process by the Chief Judicial Magistrate (Pune), Mr N.T. Ghadge, on Thursday. In the order, all accused — including non-executive directors Ms Anuradha Desai, Mr Aniruddha Deshpande, Mr …
On a complaint by former MLA Ramvir Singh Bidhuri and Arun Rai in land scam case Delhi Lokayukta Manmohan Sarin on Wednesday issued notice to Urban Development and Revenue Department of the Delhi Government and the Delhi Development Authority in the land scam involving regularisation of unauthorised colonies. Mr. Sarin …
