According to a press release by ADB, this initiative is part of a broader strategy to support the Indian government's urban reform agenda, ...

SBM-U 2.0 envisions to make all cities 'garbage free' and ensure grey and black water management in all cities other than those covered und...

Addressing an event of National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO), secretary in the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry Durga Shanke...

The prime minister tweeted, "As India enters August, which marks the beginning of the Amrut Mahotsav, we have seen multiple happenings whic...

The AMRUT scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June 2015 to establish an infrastructure that would ensure robust sewage n...

"We remember their sacrifices. We remember their valour. Today, on Kargil Vijay Diwas we pay homage to all those who lost their lives in Ka...

Addressing the media, the culture and tourism minister said the government has decided to organise a series of events to commemorate the 75...

Given the cities' contributions to overall macroeconomic growth due to their scale and agglomeration economies, India needs to showcase urb...

Delhi has been cold shouldering almost all big urban development initiatives of Narendra Modi.

It needs a scientific plan and a systematic approach with a clear goal and vision. Sadly, this is missing, despite huge amounts being alloc...

Ministry sources indicated that the biggest problem in implementation of urban development programmes is the response of non-BJP ruled stat...

Under the smart cities projects, names of the first 20 cities, including Bhubaneswar, Pune, Ahmedabad, Chennai and Bhopal, were announced l...

The apex committee approved a project outlay of Rs 4,646 crore for UP under Atal Mission for 2015-16. Of this, Rs 1,519 crore is for water ...

The minister stated that AMRUT is a time bound programme to be implemented over a period of five years from 2015.

While Rs 48,000 crore have been earmarked for 100 smart cities, Rs 50,000 crore are marked for the Amrut scheme for 500 cities.

The key announcement at the launch will be the much-awaited decision on which state gets how many smart cities and the coveted central gran...

Smart City is PM Modi's ambitious project. Each selected city would get central assistance of Rs 100 crore per year for five years.