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Delhi-NCR plans Tokyo-like growth: 8 new towns proposed, nearby city travel to reduce to just 30 minutesDelhi Master Plan 2041 Latest News: Delhi-NCR is planning for significant growth with up to eight new townships and a 30-minute commute goa...- Twin takeoff: Noida Airport set to give Delhi-NCR a second engine of growthDelhi-NCR, rapidly expanding and soon to be the world's largest urban agglomeration, will gain a second aviation hub. The Noida Internation...
- Asian Development Bank approves USD 400 million loan to IndiaAccording to a press release by ADB, this initiative is part of a broader strategy to support the Indian government's urban reform agenda, ...
- Coronavirus: India’s worst-hit city by share of population is NashikIn absolute numbers, Mumbai has added 3.7 lakh cases between March 16 and April 15, much higher than any other city, while Delhi seems like...
- View: 15th FC support for urban local governments must deliver better, by giving them more autonomyOf Rs 4,36,361 crore grants recommended for local governments (LBs), Rs 8,000 crore are performance based incubation grants for 8 new citie...
- View: Million-plus challenge fund provides an excellent opportunity for states to reimagine metropolitan governanceAn urban centre is a relatively large, dense and permanent settlement of heterogenous individuals. Such centres provide a large market for ...
- View: India’s urbanisation challenges and the way forwardThe political economy of development in India has always leaned rural. It was not until 2005 when the JNNURM was launched to reform cities ...
- Ahmedabad has India’s highest coronavirus deaths/m populationAt 115 deaths per million, Ahmedabad is much worse than Mumbai in second place with 80 deaths per million.
- 13 urban centres account for 2/3rd of India’s cases, deathsAs of Sunday morning, the number of cases reported from these 35 largest urban centres added up to 28,761, which was 72% of the 39,980 case...
- Entire West Bengal brought under lockdown till March 31"After assessing the situation, it has been decided that the ongoing lockdown will be extended to the entire state from 5 pm today," Banerj...
- India will have seven mega cities by 2030: UNThe UN report has not relied on the administrative boundaries of cities but has, instead, preferred to use the concept of "urban agglomer a...
- Cabinet approves Lucknow Metro project at an estimated cost of Rs 6,928 croreThe project will be implemented by Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation which will be reconstituted into a 50:50 jointly owned company of the Cen...
- Delhi and Mumbai in world’s top four urban sprawlsDelhi, which was not even among the world's top ten urban sprawls by population in 1990, is already the second largest behind Tokyo and wil...
- Urbanisation will be an emerging challenge in sustainable developmentA smaller event held in Hungary threw the spotlight on another equally pressing aspect of development: the challenges of urbanisation.
- How to avail benefits after new tax amendments in property transactionsAll tax payers are advised to carefully enter into property transactions in particular and not to make any unexplained investment in the Re...
- Planning Commission rejects JNNURM proposal on citiesThe proposal to include 28 cities having a population of five lakh and above under the flagship JNNURM has been rejected by the Plan Commis...
- Indian cities should remain 'national' in character: Hamid AnsariCalling for a national debate on urban governance,Hamid Ansari said India's urban centres should remain 'national' in their character.
- A good idea for Posco and SailPosco , the South Korean steel major, deserves a medal for perseverance. Instead, it might get a joint venture with India’s biggest steel p...
- Govt employees to get enhanced HRAEmployees of the territorial government will be entitled to enhanced House Rent Allowance from this month, with the central government upgr...
- Real estate MF can invest in million-plus cities: SEBIThey cannot invest in properties under construction, vacant land, deserted property, land for agricultural use among other things. Ways to ...
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