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 …
Mumbai: The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) told the Bombay high court on Wednesday that it accepted a March 3 recommendation by the expert appraising committee to permit completion of 257 buildings in Lavasa subject to several stringent conditions. Lavasa Corporation in turn said it wanted to withdraw its …
In good news for Lavasa Corporation, which is promoting the controversial hill station project in Pune, the expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the Union environment ministry has cleared construction and development activities that have already taken place on 700 hectares out of the total project area of 5,000 hectares. While …
Cong for ban on land sale to outsiders Accusing the BJP regime of encouraging realtors in the state at the cost of the interests of Himachalis, the Congress today demanded a complete ban on the sale of land to outsiders and sought details about two housing projects in Shimla and …
The Congress has raised questions over the construction of housing projects by private builders DLF and Optima in forest areas of Shimla and Solan districts. Speaking during the budget debate on Thursday, Una MLA Mukesh Agnihotri accused DLF of operating in a benami mode for a housing project under the …
City Lies In High-Risk Seismic Zone IV But Most Buildings Here Are Not Quake Resistant The aftershocks of the Japan earthquake are being felt in the Capital. The sight of a country that has lived with tremors being brought down to its knees should get Delhi worried. The city lies …
Villagers of Deussua-Chinchinim in one voice on Sunday opposed high rise housing projects in the village and have served a 21-day deadline on the panchayat to take steps to collect and dispose off the waste in the village jurisdiction. The villages have also formed an Action Committee to pursue the …
Under the second phase of the Basic Service to the Urban Poor (BSUP) scheme of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) would construct 1,028 housing units for the urban poor families at Amingaon. The project is second biggest of its kind in the …
The Adarsh society is expected to file its affidavit before the two-member inquiry commission on Tuesday, the last date for submission of documents. The state government-appointed panel, headed by former Bombay High Court Chief Justice J A Patil with former Maharashtra chief secretary P Subramanian as its member, is expected …
Almost a month after the Union ministry of environment and forests (MOEF) passed an order to demolish the scam-hit Adarsh Housing Society, its members have approached the Bombay high court challenging it. The environment ministry had on January 16 directed the society to demolish within three months the 'unauthorised' 31-storey …
AHMEDABAD: Before you buy your dream home in a posh residential scheme make sure that your builder has an environment clearance certificate. At least nine major developers in the city have been hauled up by the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) for not taking the mandatory clearance from them. This …
MUMBAI: Lavasa Corporation has moved the Bombay high court challenging the final order of the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). Terming the MoEF's order "mala fide and biased", the corporation has sought its quashing. On January 17, the MoEF extended its status quo order, preventing further construction on …
The Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has asked the Bhopal Development Authority to complete the process of allocating lands for construction of 5200 housing units under the Jawaharlala Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. He was discussing projects of Bhopal Development Authority at Mantralaya here today. The Chief Minister gave …
The story of Pratibha should bring some hope to the flat owners at Adarsh, who are staring at a gloomy future after the environment ministry ordered the demolition of the controversial building. Saidale cooperative housing society
Camelot Housing Colony was planned at an ecologically sensitive spot Slated to have 18 towers, some with 35 floors, with luxury flats costing at least Rs.3 crore. Chandigarh's design restricts maximum number of floors in residential buildings to three. CHANDIGARH: The Punjab & Haryana High Court has stayed booking, selling …
