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 …
The Lavasa Corporation Limited (LCL) on Tuesday told the Bombay High Court that the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) cannot lay down pre-conditions to continue its status quo maintained against the alleged illegal constructions in Lavasa.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld an Allahabad High Court order quashing the Uttar Pradesh notification to acquire 156 hectares of land for construction of residential apartments by private builders in the Greater Noida Extension area of Gautam Budh Nagar district. It ordered the return of the land to villagers. …
When development is rapid and environment is under focus, it is not enough to have buildings that can just be called green. More number of measurable and verifiable green buildings are needed to answer all those who ask:
The ban on new constructions in 17 green belts of the town may finally go as the government is considering giving relaxation not just to plot owners who bought land prior to the imposition of the ban in 2000, but to everyone provided it does not involve the felling of …
The Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) told theBombay High Court on Monday that the Adarsh co-operative housing society has not only flouted the norms related to environment but also violated Floor Space Index (FSI) rules for constructing the multi-storied building. Additional solicitor general, Darius Khambatta, appearing for the ministry …
The Sri Lankan government announced that it plans to construct 7,500 housing units for the urban poor who live in underserved settlements in Colombo and adjoining areas. Acting on a proposal put forward by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the government has launched a development programme through the Urban Development Authority (UDA) …
The Rajasthan Government is constructing over 10,600 houses under 15 housing schemes as part of affordable housing policy at a cost of Rs.363 crore this year. The construction work is in progress at Jaipur, Chaksu, Bhiwadi, Kuchaman and Dausa. According to State Principal Urban Development and Housing Secretary G. S. …
In the first phase, they would be shifted to Bawana: Sheila Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday said about 6,000 families living in 33 jhuggi clusters would soon be rehabilitated by the Delhi Government. And in the first phase of the scheme, the families would be shifted to Bawana, she …
Mumbai: Five days after the environment ministry asked the state government to initiate action against Lavasa Corporation for environmental violations on a portion of its hill city project in Pune, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday indicated that the option to
MUMBAI: Navi Mumbai is not beaming in its 40th year. Lack of affordable housing, poor transport, growing slum population and encroachment, pollution, and slow infrastructure development are hampering its prospects. The state government's recent white paper on the socio-economic progress of Navi Mumbai says: "Lack of efficient, dependable and speedy …
A non-governmental organisation (NGO) has objected to the locus standi of the Lavasa Corporation Ltd inviting suggestions and objections from citizens to the draft development proposals of Lavasa Hill Station (LHS). Civic activist Sujit Patwardhan has objected to the authority of Lavasa Planning Authority Committee (LPAC) for preparing such a …
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday realised Tk 10 lakh in fine from a housing project for cutting hills at Lake View area under Khulshi Police Station in the port city. It also directed the project authority to fill up the cut away portion of the hill with earth and …
NOIDA: The city may be undergoing a change due to various infrastructure development works, however if figures released by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) are to be believed, the widespread digging has resulted in increase in the suspended particulate matter (SPM) resulting in various problems to the residents. …
The Union ministry of environment and forests came to know about the irregularities in the Adarsh housing scam only after it was highlighted in the media, the Bombay high court was informed today during which the counsel for the ministry took a strong stand against bureaucrats who brazenly and knowingly …
MUMBAI: The Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society in Colaba, which is in danger of being demolished for allegedly violating Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms, argued its case at the Bombay High Court on Thursday for the 31-storey building to be given an environment clearance, if necessary. "It is a battle between …
Rejecting the demand for withdrawal of the environmental clearance given to the Jaitapur power plant, environment minister Jairam Ramesh accused the Shiv Sena of politicising this issue and of whipping up public opinion against the setting up of the plant. Mr Ramesh stressed that
MUMBAI: The state government on Saturday made it clear in the legislative assembly that the tainted 31-strorey Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society would be demolished if the court so directed. Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan made the statement while replying to the issue raised during question hour. "The Union environment ministry had …
Even as the farmers of western Uttar Pradesh are up in arms against the state government's decision to acquire agricultural land around Yamuna Expressway for construction of residential colony, plots worth about Rs 1800 crore have been sold in the fiscal that ended on Thursday. The government dossiers claim that …
