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 Odisha government has decided to take away land allotted to industries, which are just sitting on the property without setting up their projects for years together. Land leased out for any project will now go back to the government if it remains un-utilized for three years, as per a …
New Delhi: Buckling under party pressure, the ruling BJP in South Delhi Municipal Corporation has decided not to increase parking rates in the city. Of the three corporations, South corporation was the only corporation to propose a steep hike in parking rates. Sources say BJP, which is hoping to return …
At a time when environment clearance procedures are blamed for delaying infrastructure projects, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said protection of the environment and promoting development need not be a zero-sum game. He pitched for transparent regulatory regimes so that both could be pursued in tandem. Inaugurating the Delhi …
With proper forethought, climate finance could cut gender inequity and consequentially become more economically efficient. But the opposite may happen if funds ignore the issue, warns Anna Petherick.
This study estimated the adoption rate of integrated aquaculture-agriculture (IAA) technologies in Bangladesh and their impact on poverty and fish and food consumption in adopting households. The analysis used baseline and end-of-project survey data from the WorldFish Center-implemented Development of Sustainable Aquaculture Project (DSAP), promoting IAA. This dataset was used …
The project, “Developing Financing Strategies for Implementing the State Action Plans on Climate Change,” aims at developing strategies to raise funds in order to assist the Central and State Governments in India to implement the State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCC) in an effective and efficient manner. This report …
Says pressure on natural resources real challenge in pursuit of economic growth Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today pitched for transparent regulatory regimes to ensure that environmental and economic objectives are pursued in tandem. Stressing that protection of the environment and promoting development need not amount to a zero sum game, …
Identifies 266 Projects In 12th Year Plan Jaipur: Assessing the critical infrastructure gaps in the state, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has identified 266 projects under the 12th Five Year Plan, entailing a financial outlay of Rs 5,028 crore. However, for the financial year 2013-2014, the …
There is something that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has in common with US diplomats—or at least the intellectual property (IP) attachés posted at various diplomatic missions: a dislike of NGOs. Both, the leader of the world’s most populous democracy and the diplomats of the most powerful democracy, make no bones …
INDORE: The World Bank Group has announced the launch of 2013 India Development Marketplace in Madhya Pradesh and pledged $1 million in grants to be awarded on a competitive basis to social enterprises for their development solutions. Development Marketplace, supported by the World Bank, is a competitive grant-based program. It …
The 2012 Global Go To Think Tank Rankings marks the sixth edition of the annual report. As in previous years, the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania’s International Relations Program has relied on the indexing criteria and process developed by James G. McGann for …
The Punjab government approved on Thursday nine development schemes of various sectors of the economy. The Punjab Irrigation System Improvement Project (PISIP) PK-P59 (2nd revised), with an estimated cost of Rs12,007.240 million, was approved in the 29th meeting of Provincial Development Working Party of 2012-13 financial year. Presided over by …
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved 'School Feeding Programmes in Poverty Stricken Areas' project incorporating the provision of supplying nutritious food among 2.64 million primary school children involving Tk 1,578 crore, reports UNB. The approval was given at an Ecnec meeting held at the …
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has launched forty-nine projects including across the province for uplift of the agriculture sector. According to radio Pakistan quoting official sources, two billion rupees have been allocated under the Annual Development Programme of the current fiscal year for development of agriculture sector. Similarly, 550 tube-wells and …
The Punjab government on Friday approved schemes for industries sector with an estimated cost of Rs19.63 billion including government of Punjab’s interest-free self-employment scheme. Six other development schemes of various sectors of the economy were also approved worth Rs7.43 billion in the 28th meeting of Provincial Development working party of …
Wapda started on Friday four development schemes worth Rs645 million in the vicinity of Mangla Dam Raising Project as confidence building measures, besides spending a hefty amount of Rs70 billion on compensation of land and resettlement works for affectees of the project. Addressing the foundation stone-laying ceremony of dualisation of …
The Union Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned Rs 2.43 crore to the state under the scheme “Hunar Se Rojgar Tak” for skill development. Director, Tourism, Subhashish Panda said the amount would be used for imparting training in driving skills to 3,900 youth of the state. The state government would soon …
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Excise and Taxation and Provincial Secretary Information PPP, Liaquat Shabab said Tuesday that a gigantic sanitation project costing Rs. 170 million in Nowshera district has been launched to provide better services to people. Talking to residents of the area after inspecting various development projects and progress …
Beijing: Public anger in China at dangerous levels of air pollution, which blanketed Beijing in acrid smog, spread on Monday as state media queried official transparency and the nation’s breakneck development. The media joined internet users in calling for a reevaluation of China’s modernization process, which has seen rapid urbanization …
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Excise and Taxation and Provincial Secretary Information PPP, Liaquat Shabab said Tuesday that a gigantic sanitation project costing Rs170 million in Nowshera district has been launched to provide better services to people. Talking to residents of the area after inspecting various development projects and progress on …
