Unspent funds of up to ₹75,000 crore may help Centre meet FY26 fiscal deficit targetThe Indian government is poised to save ₹70,000-₹75,000 crore this fiscal year as several key ministries and welfare schemes underutilize t...
Half of country's population will be living in cities in few decades: Union minister Kaushal KishoreMinister Kaushal Kishore said that India's swift urbanisation may lead to half of the population residing in cities soon. Presently, 30% in...
Over 3 cr houses built under Pradhan Mantri Awas YojnaAs many as three crore houses have been built under the PM Awas Yojna for rural and urban areas. The scheme will provide housing for the po...
1.15 crore houses sanctioned under PMAY-Urban; scheme ending this month: Hardeep Singh PuriThe original demand assessment for PMAY-U was up to 1 crore houses and subsequently the state governments revised their demand assessment e...
NHRC expresses concern over living conditions of slum dwellers in MumbaiThe Centre, on its part, responded that out of the 2.24 lakh houses in Maharashtra, 2 lakh were sanctioned for Mumbai alone, out of which 5...
UP BJP reaches out to 'beneficiaries' of govts' schemes as 'vote bank'Ujjwala has been a game changer for the BJP as it played an important role in BJP's victory in 2019. The BJP also plans to reach out to the...
Modi's 'Swamitva Yojna' will empower villagers: Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister Kamal PatelPatel said despite the country getting Independence 70 years back, there was still a "big divide between the urban and rural areas" in term...
UP, Gujarat, Andhra lead PMAY (U) homes construction by 2019-endA total of 32 lakh homes completed by 2019-end across all states and union territories and these 3 states accounted for 35% of the overall ...
Chhattisgarh govt renames 5 schemes, BJP irkedThese schemes of the urban administration & development department have now been named after former PMs Indira Gandhi & Rajiv Gandhi.
Nearly 2.67 lakh more houses sanctioned for urban poor in 10 states under PMAY(U)The approval was given in a meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee of PMAY(U), which was held under the chairmanship o...
Government would complete its PMAY target much before 2022: Hardeep PuriUnion minister Hardeep Singh Puri informed Parliament regarding the progress of the flagship scheme, under which 4.5 million houses would b...
20 lakh houses for urban poor approved under PM Awas Yojna: M Venkaiah NaiduThe scale of housing activity has picked up in the three years of the Modi govt, the minister said while participating in a foundation layi...
Rs 1,800 crore advance extended under Mudra scheme: Gujarat CM Anandiben PatelGujarat CM Anandiben Patel today said Rs 1,800-crore advances were extended to small and big industrialists during a camp under the 'Pradha...
PM Narendra Modi asks for Cabinet inputs to better rural lifeIt's learnt that the Prime Minister has asked some of the key Cabinet ministers to give their inputs to improve life and economic activitie...
Haryana women to own 3.5 lakh affordable houses, says CM Bhupinder Singh HoodaHooda today said that 3.5 lakh affordable houses would be registered in name of women of beneficiary families.
- 33 per cent reservation to women in co-operative societies, Himachal CM PK Dhumal
The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to provide 33 per cent reservation to women in co-operative societies to strengthen the co-oper...
- Orissa levies 5% tax to DTH, announces a slew of measures for urban poor
Direct to Home [DTH] operators will have to cough up five per cent of their gross receipt as entertainment tax to Orissa government’s coffe...