The Bikaner Development Authority Bill, 2025
<p>The Bikaner Development Authority Bill, 2025, passed by the Rajasthan Assembly, aims to establish a Bikaner Development Authority to regulate development activities in the Bikaner district. The bill
Planning
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Water toolbox: a contribution to Rio+20
As a contribution to the Rio+20 process, this water toolbox is an output from the UN-Water conference on ‘Water in the Green Economy in Practice: Towards Rio+20’. The objective of this document is to provide
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Planning exceptionalism?: political economy of climate resilient development in Bangladesh
Underpinning the new approach was the recognition that climate change posed a serious threat to Bangladesh's desire to become a middle income country by 2021i. Central to the post 2007 efforts was the
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Remove The Poor
Where slumdogs lived, millionaires will come for recreation. Avalok Langer reports on how Delhi is following Mumbai’s deplorable redevelopment policy Uprooted Slum-dwellers in Delhi collect their belongings
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Low-Carbon Plans Key to ‘Liveable’ Cities
Experience from around the globe suggests that environment is one of the biggest casualties of breakneck urbanisation. India’s rich ecosystem looks vulnerable because the country is in the throes of expanding
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Space Based information for planning
Bhubaneswar: With Space Based Information Support for Decentralized Planning (SIS-DSP), a new space-based technology providing useful data, the Odisha government has planned to use it for micro-level planning
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Water resource management: integrated planning and management at community level
This training manual is intended to help to WaterAid in Nepal’s partners and stakeholders train community leaders in developing integrated plans for managing water resource at community level.
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Planning as if people mattered
Planning Commission has reached out to citizens through civil society groups and a Facebook page for their inputs while framing the 12th plan. An insider explains the intricate process which has been like
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Role of gram sabha vs gram panchayat in panchayat plan - Experiences
The 73rd Amendment recognizes Gram Sabha as a constitutional body. This means that all the development plans of the panchayat have to be approved by the Gram Sabha.
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Jairam wants common master plan for zoo, Purana Qila
NEW DELHI: Union minister for environment Jairam Ramesh has proposed a common master plan for the Delhi zoo and adjoining Purana Qila. In a visit to the zoo on Monday to inspect Municipal Corporation of Delhi's work on sewer rehabilitation, the minister said both the places would benefit tremendously if they were integrated. "Both places have common visitors.
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Govt seeks suggestions on Master Plan 2025 for 4th time
JAIPUR: Rising discontent on the Master Plan 2025 forced the state government on Thursday to seek public and expert suggestion on the blueprint for the fourth time. "Many citizens and experts have criticized the Master Plan 2025. To make it better, we now welcome suggestions from the citizens. If the suggestions are valid, we will incorporate them in the plan.