Delhi's 'urban oasis': 90-acre Lodhi Garden turns 90Lodhi Garden, Delhi's cherished green sanctuary, marks 90 years since it was established as Lady Willingdon Park in 1936. This 90-acre expa...
09 Apr, 2026, 07.52 PM IST
Delhi Master Plan 2041 to be implemented soon, 48 villages to get urbanised: MinisterDelhi's Master Plan 2041 is nearing implementation, promising urbanization for 48 villages, according to Minister Parvesh Verma. The plan a...
17 May, 2025, 08.08 PM IST
Delhi LG VK Saxena streamlines land ownership transfer in urban villages; launches development initiativesLieutenant Governor V K Saxena has announced the reopening of inheritance-based land mutation for agricultural land in over 174 urban villa...
18 Sep, 2024, 12.54 PM IST
Policy needed for issues arising due to urbanisation of villages: Sharad PawarThe 81-year-old former state chief minister also said though he never contested the Zilla Parishad election, he had been to a local body me...
01 May, 2022, 02.38 PM IST
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 ...
23 Feb, 2021, 11.21 PM IST
View: Social security has to be a whole lot more than writing cheques for beneficiariesEvery citizen should be eligible for social security, for social security to yield meaningful social cohesion.
04 Sep, 2019, 06.09 AM IST
Jitendra Gohil of Credit Suisse focussing on these 3 broad themes"If a person moves from villages to urban areas, his consumption pattern changes"
28 May, 2018, 08.08 PM IST
Need to make farming lucrative in India: Sadhguru Jaggi VasudevSadhguru expressed optimism that this is "very much doable", adding that if irrigation is aggregated, there will be no debt burden on the f...
25 Mar, 2018, 01.26 PM IST
Haryana villages to get star rating based on social indexAgriculture minister Om Parkash Dhankar said Rs 2.5 crore each would be given to Panchayat Samitis and Rs 10 crore each would be given to Z...
20 May, 2017, 08.21 PM IST
China bans cities from encroaching farmlandsFor the first time in two decades, China has banned cities from encroaching nearby farmlands, scaling down its massive urbanisation push .
03 Nov, 2014, 07.48 PM IST
Mahashtra govt to implement river conservation schemeIn view of growing urbanisation and industrialisation, Maharashtra government will implement a river conservation scheme, under which sewag...
18 Feb, 2014, 08.01 PM IST
Stop blaming rural migration for urban ills: StudyRapid urbanisation of villages and expansion of urban areas pose a challenge than migration of people from rural areas to the cities.
30 Nov, 2011, 09.47 AM IST
- BJP wants tax exemption for rural areas, unauthorised colonies
Subhash Arya demanded that the Delhi govt should take immediate action for implementation of pending resolutions of the BJP-ruled MCD seeki...
25 Nov, 2010, 06.17 PM IST
- Gujarat tops in pace of urbanisation
The latest National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) report, ‘Migration in India’ , has found Gujarat to have the highest rate of urbanisa...
14 Nov, 2010, 11.38 AM IST
- IT towns could change the face of India
The proposed IT town policy can boost India’s urbanisation programme.
25 Jul, 2008, 05.00 AM IST
- Urban in name, a burden to bear
Maharashtra may be the most urbanised state in India, but ironically, it lacks an urban development policy.
17 Dec, 2007, 12.01 AM IST
- India lives in villages? Not for long
Three-fourths of Tamil Nadu’s population will live in urban areas in twenty years, according to Newsweek.
08 Aug, 2006, 12.20 AM IST