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 …
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is looking to redefine "Zone O", under which falls the Yamuna riverbed, so that colonies like Sonia Vihar and Jaitpur, which have come up on the floodplains, can be excluded from the zone and regularised. This exercise has been undertaken after directions from L-G's office. …
New Delhi:The finance ministry has relaxed norms for appraising and approving highway projects up to Rs 500 crore by the road transport and highways ministry, a move that will boost awarding of public-funded projects. The decision comes at a time when the road ministry is aiming to award more projects …
BJP, JD(U) now ask for leasing instead of takeover; Jairam, Sharad Yadav to discuss on Friday. The revised land acquisition Bill, which Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh wants to table in Parliament in the ongoing session, seems to face too many hurdles in the shape of objections from various opposition …
Around 72 villages from Maharashtra’s Raigad district have started a sit-in demonstration in front of the tehsil office in Mangaon against the multi-billion-dollar ambitious Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC). The villagers who began the agitation on Wednesday will hold dharna against the acquisition of 67,000 acres of land from these 72 …
In election year, the Congress-party ruled Delhi Government has announced a slew of measures to strengthen the Capital’s roads with close to Rs. 2,000 crore to be invested in rebuilding roads including those taken over from the municipal bodies. In the first phase, 107 roads in West Delhi are being …
Lucknow: Exactly a year after chief minister Akhilesh Yadav mooted a proposal to set up the 100-acre Information Technology City to boost the IT sector in the state, the Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Thursday stayed its construction. The HC’s order restrains the state government from removing trees, …
BHUBANESWAR: The state government is targeting to spend Rs 2,000 crore under the centrally-sponsored Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in 2013-14. About 5,000 km of roads has been planned to be constructed. As per the new plan, hamlets having more than 250 population in 18 identified Integrated Action Plan …
The annual plan of the state for 2013-14 has been finalised at Rs 4,100 crore, which is Rs 400 crore more than the last year’s plan. The plan was given its final shape during a meeting between Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, at …
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) — a bank set up by 56 Islamic nations — has approved financial assistance worth $617 million (approximately Rs 54.16 billion) for development projects in different countries including Nepal. The board meeting of the bank has decided to support education projects in Nepal, Botswana, Thailand …
In January, NASA revealed satellite images showing dramatic visuals of air pollution over China. Consequently, a new analysis is reporting that more than 1 million people are dying prematurely every year from air pollution in China alone. We reported earlier that air pollution, especially around Beijing has greatly been influenced …
According to a study by researchers from the Stimson Centre, a US-based think tank, the Observer Research Foundation in India and Sustainable Development Policy Institute in Pakistan, ‘‘water shortages could hit the subcontinent in a few years because growing populations and increasing development are placing rising pressure on the Indus …
In line with its policy to encourage low-cost housing projects, the government is considering allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in such projects, subject to a host of conditions, including a lock-in period and minimum capital requirements. Currently, FDI is prohibited in the real estate business but 100% FDI through the …
In a first, the state government has decided to come up with its own science and technology policy. The policy is aimed at giving a push to the socio-economic development of Uttar Pradesh. It will also conduct a study on the possibility of production of bio-fuel in the state. This …
The National Green Tribunal has stayed the construction of the Aranmula airport project in Kerala. It has objected to the conversion of wet land and paddy fields in to industrial land, marking a major setback to the project, in which the Kerala Government has a 15 per cent stake. The …
Following is the text of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh's address at the CII National Conference and Annual General Meeting, in New Delhi on Wednesday: "I am delighted to be here today to inaugurate the CII annual meeting for 2013. I have always believed that both government and business …
World Development Indicators is the World Bank’s premier compilation of cross-country comparable data on development. The database contains more than 1,200 time series indicators for 214 economies and more than 30 country groups, with data for many indicators going back more than 50 years. World Development Indicators 2013 is organized …
Bangladesh is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that by 2050, 17 per cent of Bangladesh will have been claimed by rising seas, forcing 20 million people to relocate. In order to reduce the level of vulnerability the country …
One of the greatest challenges facing governments and policymakers in Africa today is how to provide opportunities for the continent’s more than 200 million youth so that they can have decent lives and contribute to the economic development of their countries. According to the United Nations (2012), Africa’s 2011 population …
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways C.P. Joshi on Friday announced that toll on the Mumbai-Baroda national highway would be collected electronically from April and the speed of commercial vehicles on national highways regulated to reduce accidents. Responding to queries on Google Plus Hangout, Dr. Joshi said the Radio …
USAID announced a landmark grant for a four-year $ 15 million programme by signing an agreement between Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) and USAID at LGED Bhaban on Sunday. The overall goal of this agreement, the Bangladesh Agricultural Infrastructure Development Project, is to upgrade critical infrastructure that will enhance agricultural …
