Urban Development

Haryana govt allocates Rs 5,893 crore in FY24 Budget for urban development

The state's overall budget allocation was Rs 1.83 trillion

India, Mauritius discuss cooperation in area of urban development

India and Mauritius on Friday discussed cooperation between the two countries in the area of urban development and to strengthen it further.Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri met his Mauritian counterpart Louis Steven Obeegadoo and vowed to strengthen cooperation between the two countries."Received the Deputy PM and Minister Housing & Land Use Planning of Mauritius HE Louis Steven Obeegadoo in my office today. We discussed the ongoing cooperation between our two countries in the area of urban development & strengthening it further," tweeted Puri.India-Mauritius relationship is very significant for India's geostrategic policies in the Indian Ocean Region.Recently, India and Mauritius jointly inaugurated an India-assisted social housing units project in Mauritius virtually as part of India's development support.In recent years, India has stepped up its engagement with Africa. Mauritius is an important partner among the Indian Ocean littoral .

Strengthening urban local bodies

The emphasis on making urban areas liveable and sustainable for its people is what should guide our understanding of urbanisation in today's world

Works under SBM to attract GST if not done for govts, authorities: AAR

Work done for State Urban Development Agency under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) and Mission Nirmal Bangla would not be exempt from GST, according to the state Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR)

Urbanisation without chaos: How to plan and govern our cities

A governance ambiguity widens the gaps between the core of a city and peri-urban areas, resulting in a highly scattered and unorganised urbanisation

Finance ministry releases Rs 1,764-cr grant to four states for MPC/UAs

The finance ministry on Wednesday released Rs 1,764 crore grant to four states. The states to which grants were released are Andhra Pradesh (Rs 136 crore), Chhattisgarh (Rs 109 crore), Maharashtra (Rs 799 crore) and Uttar Pradesh (Rs 720 crore). "The Department of Expenditure today released an amount of Rs 1,764 crore to 4 states for providing grants to million plus cities/urban agglomerations," the ministry said in a statement. The grants released are meant for Million Plus Cities/ Urban Agglomerations (MPC/UAs) of Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh; Durg Bhilainagar and Raipur in Chhattisgarh; Aurangabad, Greater Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, Pune and Vasai-Virar City in Maharashtra. It is also meant for Agra, Allahabad, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut and Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The 15th Finance Commission in its report for the period from 2021-22 to 2025-26 has divided the urban local bodies into two categories: (a) Million-Plus urban agglomerations/cities (excludi

Urban woes and construction catastrophe

The logic of developing a city should be to foster ease of living for its people and not profits for its developers

Govt inks $61 mn loan pact with ADB for development projects in Agartala

The project will build and upgrade 48 kilometres of new or existing stormwater drainage and construct 23 km of climate-resilient urban roads

FinMin reviews Capex plan of urban development, railways ministries

The finance ministry on Wednesday reviewed the progress of capital expenditure (Capex)

Chandni Chowk's motor-free transport corridor gets Centre's honour

Delhi has been awarded for the 1.4-km long corridor in the congested Chandani Chowk

Step forward for cities

Municipal bonds can help push local development

The spreading panic of incarceration

What the extended lockdown has brought into harsh view are the precarious levels of urban existence

Architect Channa Daswatte on how to avoid an urban apocalypse in India

Daswatte tells it is time to radically rethink zoning laws and heighten protection for water bodies to save our cities

Tale of two cities: On urban connectivity, Delhi races ahead of Mumbai

The capital has an edge over Mumbai with its new expressways. Mumbai's shape doesn't lend itself to inter-city expressways

Urban ministry for 6-fold hike in reform-incentive fund

In 2016-17, Rs 400 cr was distributed for those who pursued reforms