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 was passed by voice vote, with the opposition Congress walking out of the House due to insufficient discussion. The bill was introduced …
KARACHI: Adviser to Chief Minister Sindh on Culture Sharmila Farooqui has said that the Sindh government would bring a new population policy in the next four months, which is in process by the Sindh Population Welfare department in collaboration with United Nation Population Fund. While speaking on a seminar, organised …
The National Green Tribunal today sought response from the Centre on a plea requesting a stay on commercialisation and redevelopment of East Kidwai Nagar area here being undertaken by the Ministry of Urban Development. A bench headed by U D Salvi sought response from Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of …
The BJP-led NDA government today paid back the North Eastern States with a slew of attractive proposals for sending the highest number of nine MPs, with Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announcing allocation of over Rs 53,000 crore for the region out of the 10 per cent mandatory budgetary allocation …
KANDY: Defence and Urban Development Ministry has planned a development project for Kandy with a World Bank credit line of USD 100,000,000. The project would be launched before the end of August 2014, an official representing the Ministry Defence and Urban Development told a meeting held at the Kandy District …
Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Transport Kumar Welgama says that about 40 percent of the funds allocated for development of rural roads are wasted. Addressing the coordinating committee of his electorate, Matugama, the Minister explained how the wastage occurs. According to the Minister, when a contract of a rural development …
TO help pull poor African nations out of the poverty trap in line with its shared prosperity principles, the World Bank Group has announced the release of $15.3 billion lifeline to be lent out on concessionary terms for the current 2014 fiscal year. The development, which is contained in a …
The association of five major emerging national economies, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) has a special responsibility towards helping the world achieve its goal of ending extreme poverty, reducing inequality and achieving sustainable development, as they collectively represent some of the world’s greatest challenges and achievements. Despite …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has been carrying out a Wind Resource Assessment (WRA) Programme in the country through the Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET), Chennai in association with State Nodal Agencies. The Ministry has initiated a new scheme on implementation of Wind Resource Assessment in …
BAJURA: Deforestation in the name of road construction in Bajura, as well as haphazard use of dozers in most under construction roads has triggered rapid tree felling. Logging is taking place in more than a dozen road projects including Martadi-Kolti, Dab-Khaptad, Tourism and Agriculture Road, Pandusen-Jaggannath, Martadi-Badimalika, Sera-Aatichaur, Wai-Jaggannath road …
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has released Rs2.3 billion for starting construction work of the Swat Expressway. In this regard, Chief Minister Pervez Khattak chaired a meeting at the CM Secretariat here on Wednesday and asked the authorities concerned to ensure transparency in the project at all costs. The meeting …
Sub-Saharan African nations will miss the deadline to achieve most of the development targets they aimed to reach by next year, according to the United Nations. The UN in 2000 established the Millennium Development Goals, a 15-year plan to reduce poverty, lessen hunger, cut child mortality and boost access to …
Crores of rupees also earmarked for improving water supply and make the Yamuna navigable Delhi’s infrastructure is expected to get a fillip with the Centre planning to allocate almost Rs.4,000 crore for the development of Ring Road here. Funds running into crores of rupees have also been earmarked for improving …
Khartoum - The Khartoum State land authority has made a new compensation offer to inhabitants of old Omdurman neighborhoods whose housing areas will be affected by re-planning. The state ministry of planning said compensation against one meter ranges between SDG 700 to SDG 2343, apart from compensations against removed constructions …
The recent meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec), which approved 12 mega projects worth Rs440 billion, left people of Chakwal shocked after it dropped the Chakwal-Sohawa Road project that had been launched by the former prime minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf, along with Mandra-Chakwal Road project. …
Fourteen years ago, the Millennium Declaration articulated a bold vision and established concrete targets for improving the existence of many and for saving the lives of those threatened by disease and hunger. There has been important progress across all goals, with some targets already having been met well ahead of …
ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approved on Thursday 12 development projects with an estimated cost of over Rs440 billion, including Rs310bn for the Karachi-Lahore motorway. Presiding over a meeting of the council, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar asked the departments concerned to devise a mechanism to …
The Executive Committee of National Economic Council on Thursday approved a dozen development schemes worth Rs428 billion including projects related to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and raising of Balochistan Constabulary. Under the chair of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, the ECNEC also approved the construction of Karachi-Multan-Lahore Motorway Project’s Sukkur-Multan leg. The …
Prakash Javadekar assures of bringing down clearance timeline Prakash Javadekar, who is the first environment minister to function out of offices in the new ecologically friendly Indira Pariyavaran Bhavan, is focusing his energies on improving the ministry's image. Javadekar, who doesn't want to get into blame game mode, says he …
The Punjab government has approved 4 development schemes of different development Sectors with an estimated cost of Rs. 1997.48 million. These schemes were approved in the 1st meeting of Provincial Development Working Party of current fiscal year 2014-15 presided over by the Punjab Planning and Development Board Chairman, Muhammad Irfan …
Five development projects of Tk 3,445.17 crore got nod from the government’s top economic policy making body on Tuesday, including a Tk 2,600 crore project seeking to improve urban governance and infrastructures. The approval came from the meeting of Ecnec held at the NEC conference room in the city with …
