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Arunachal rolls out major deregulation drive to boost investmentArunachal Pradesh has significantly eased business regulations. The state has streamlined processes across 51 areas, including land, enviro...
No new Khata for revenue land acquired through partition deed in Bengaluru? Expert explains the available optionsBengaluru property owners face a new hurdle. The city's e-Khata portal does not allow new Khata creation for revenue land acquired through ...
Centre betting big on Brahmaputra as economic lifeline: Minister Sarbananda SonowalThe Indian government is developing the Brahmaputra river into a major economic corridor. This initiative focuses on transport, trade, and ...
The power turnaround of Uttar Pradesh: Infrastructure, reform and energy securityUttar Pradesh has transformed from a state plagued by prolonged blackouts to one meeting record electricity demand with near round-the-cloc...
Six yrs later, migrant workers still trapped in a cycle of exploitationMigrant workers are again facing hardship. Protests erupt over low wages and poor conditions. Government policies lag behind rising costs. ...
Single-window system, project dashboard accelerate industrialisation in Odisha: IPICOL MDReforms streamline processes without diluting safeguards, says Aboli Sunil Naravane, MD, IPICOL
Finance Ministry permits 4 states to borrow additional Rs 5,034 crore post ease of doing biz reformsWith this, 12 states, including Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Telangana, have undert...
Finance Minister allows Andhra to borrow additional Rs 1,515 crore for undertaking power sector reforms"Successful implementation of the reform has made the State eligible to mobilise additional financial resources equivalent to 0.15 per cent...
Telangana completes urban local bodies reforms; gets nod for Rs 2,508 cr additional borrowingsThe permission for mobilising additional financial resources of Rs 2,508 crore through Open Market Borrowings was issued by Department of E...
FinMin allows Rajasthan to borrow Rs 2,731 crore more post ease of doing business reformRajasthan has now joined the five other states namely, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana, which have comp...
Finance ministry extends deadline for states to implement reforms linked to additional borrowing limitsSo far, 11 states have implemented at least one of the reforms, making them eligible for a portion of the additional borrowing limit of 2% ...
Is privatization a panacea for reforming DISCOMs?The Ministry of Power intends to privatize DISCOMs, starting with Union Territories, as a key intervention to resurrect the power distribut...
Rajasthan gets $500 million loans from ADB for urban servicessian Development Bank (ADB) today signed two agreements for $500 million loans with the government for the management of urban services in ...
Delhi tops the list of under-users of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission fundNaidu said 668 small and medium towns reported better utilization of JNNURM funds with an overall utilization of 76 per cent of central ass...
Globalisation: Building inclusive cities must be the goal of growthUrban planning helped the growth machine to shuffle land uses to achieve economic growth agendas.
A new urban reform agendaAll said and done, the NNURM was instrumental in introducing one of pioneering changes in the way our urban governance functions.
- Law ministry proposes 20-yr term for babus as part of governance reforms
The law ministry has prepared a 10-point governance reforms agenda which envisages capping a bureaucrat's term to 20 years and seeks reform...
- Panel wants survey to identify the urban poor
The Administrative Reforms Commission has recommended a nationwide survey of the urban poor so that they can avail benefits under all pover...
- One for the road: State grants BMC Rs 17.8cr
Desperately trying to implement the Bombay High Court’s stringent directive to fill potholes on city roads, the BMC on Monday got some resp...
- Cut subsidies to increase investment in infrastructure: RBI
RBI Deputy Governor Rakesh Mohan on Friday said drastic reduction in subsidies on power, railways and water supply in urban areas was requi...