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 …
With a long-term vision of 100 years, the government is formulating a holistic and cross-sector plan on how to manage natural resources and reduce negative impacts of natural disasters for ensuring sustainable socio-economic development of the country. The Netherlands government is providing technical and financial support to Bangladesh to formulate …
The Asian Development Bank on Wednesday unveiled a two-year $2.5billion lending programme for around two dozen development projects in Pakistan. ADB’s Pakistan Director Werner E Liepach said the ADB would not provide financial help to Pakistan to finance the budgetary deficit. Interacting with the media here, Liepach said the ADB …
Sri Lanka Supreme Court Wednesday withdrew an order preventing the re-development of Colombo's crowded residential Slave Island area. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Mohan Peiris, Justice P. A. Ratnayake and Justice Priyasath Dep vacated an earlier order issued on September 13, 2012 that allowed the status quo of an …
In a bid to drive out the highways sector from a severe financial crunch, the Economic Survey proposed to ease exit norms for developers to free up equity for new projects. “In current market conditions, these firms are unable to raise new equity. Exit route needs to be eased so …
The cabinet on Monday approved a draft bill proposing a maximum punishment of five years’ imprisonment and a fine of Tk one lakh for cruelty to children. The bill seeks enactment of a new law to replace Children Act of 1974. The social welfare ministry placed the draft of Children …
Gujarat government has spent about Rs 796 crores for constructing 17,148 houses in Ahmedabad city for the rehabilitation of slum dwellers. Revenue, urban development and housing minister Anandiben Patel while replying to a query from Dariapur MLA GyasuddinShaikh told the state assembly that the cost of houses constructed had shot …
International aid for health may be in billions of dollars, but it is a fraction of what most recipient country governments spend on healthcare for their people. For instance, the $775 million that India got as development assistance in health (DAH) in 2010, though not a small amount by any …
JOWAI: Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi expressed concern over illegal immigration and unscientific mining in Jaintia Hills even as she assured that her party, both at the Centre and State level is committed to resolving the issues plaguing the area. Gandhi was addressing a public rally here ahead …
Presenting a please-all R60,303 crore Budget, Orissa finance minister Prasana Acharya doled out largesses to the voters keeping the assembly election, due in May 2014, in mind Pocket money for youth, free mobiles for farmers, pre-paid sim cards for fishermen, blankets to aged people are what the government has promised …
As primitive tribes continue to be in a state of acute poverty, ‘schedule area’ status for settlements of evicted tribals from Nagarahole National Park will favour their development. The status will also solve the problem of representation of tribals in political institutions, which will help them benefit from the welfare …
Tenders Skipped; KRIDCL To Upgrade Roads & Sewerage Bangalore: It’s raining goodies for Bangalore city. With assembly elections round the corner and the city constituting the largest segment with 28 seats, chief minister Jagadish Shettar has quietly approved Rs 300 crore to develop and improve Bangalore’s roads and drainage. Each …
China will step up efforts to develop energy-saving internal combustion engines and promote their use in coming years to reduce emissions, according to a guideline issued by the State Council. Energy-saving internal combustion engines will account for 60 percent of the total engines in use by 2015, the guideline issued …
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has opposed the Forest Advisory Committee recommendation to divert over 500 hectares of land in Saranda forest division of Jharkhand for iron ore mining. He said this will negate all that has been done in the region in the last one year. "Over the …
BDA, Govt Abusing Sec 14A: Plea Bangalore: The Karnataka high court on Thursday directed the government not to grant permission for change of land use for properties situated in the metropolitan area of Bangalore city. “There shall be an interim order of stay of any further proceedings relating to change …
Days after the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) dragged the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to the apex court alleging delays in granting of forest clearance, the ministry has granted forest clearance to the 555-km Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahmedabad National Highway widening project that had first sparked the conflict. While the …
Two Four-Lane Highways Connecting Karimugal & MC Road Planned Kochi:With work on the longdelayed SmartCity gathering steam, areas east of Kochi, including Kizhakkambalam, Muvattupuzha, Perumbavoor, Kolenchery and Kothamangalam, among others, will get a huge development push. Three four-lane highways have been proposed by the public works department (PWD) from the …
In a move that will bring down the city's green cover to a mere 3%, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has decided to reclassify several green zones as industrial zones in the suburbs. Noombal village in Ambattur and several areas in Thiruverkadu that are under threat from rampant real …
Aaron D’Souza, a Coca-Cola bottler, was on a different errand. D’Souza was not selling, distributing or merchandising the cola major’s wares, part of his regular routine, but was instead raising funds for the upliftment of rural school children. Part of the 13 franchise bottlers of the cola major in the …
Agroforestry is a dynamic, ecological based, natural resources management system that, through the integration of trees on farms and in the agricultural landscape, diversifi es and sustains production for increased social, economic and environmental benefi ts for land users at all levels. Yet it is still considered a peripheral activity …
The environment ministry's 'No-go' areas for miners are back on the government's agenda. However, the forbidden regions will get a new name and be determined by rigorous and objective criteria, unlike the previous instance when the demarcation precipitated a raging controversy. The government has set up a nine-member Group of …
