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Govt notifies 1.03 crore square metres land in South Goa as No Development ZoneGoa has declared over a crore square metres of ecologically sensitive land in Salcete taluka as a No Development Zone. This move, encompass...- 65,000 trees, 3 degrees cooler: How Karnataka man brought relief to over 1000 villagers from scorching summer temperatures. 1 sapling at a time, year after year.A village in North Karnataka was once a barren wasteland. Sadashiva Hydra inspired over 1000 residents to plant 1 lakh trees. Their relentl...
- Ludhiana MBA graduates ditch corporate jobs to grow Kashmir’s ‘red gold’ saffron, sell it for Rs 12 lakh/kg. Here's how they did itTwo MBA graduates from Punjab's Ludhiana are making headlines for achieving a remarkable feat, cultivating premium Kashmiri saffron indoors...
- Unclog our cities, fiscally, in planningIndia's urban landscape stands at a decisive crossroads. Visionary real estate mogul K P Singh champions the need for a shift from temporar...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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: 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.
- Jitendra Gohil of Credit Suisse focussing on these 3 broad themes"If a person moves from villages to urban areas, his consumption pattern changes"
- 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...
- 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 .
- Mahashtra govt to implement river conservation schemeIn view of growing urbanisation and industrialisation, Maharashtra government will implement a river conservation scheme, under which sewag...
- Asia’s other Kejriwals: Thaksin Shinawatra, Joko Widodo's rise to powerKejriwal’s advent is one sign among many that, contrary to received wisdoms of the 20th century, the urbanised villager may turn out to def...
- Rs 631 crore for unauthorised colonies in DelhiDelhi government today proposed Rs 631 crore for development works in unauthorised colonies.
- BJP wants tax exemption for rural areas, unauthorised coloniesSubhash Arya demanded that the Delhi govt should take immediate action for implementation of pending resolutions of the BJP-ruled MCD seeki...
- Gujarat tops in pace of urbanisationThe latest National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) report, ‘Migration in India’ , has found Gujarat to have the highest rate of urbanisa...
- IT towns could change the face of IndiaThe proposed IT town policy can boost India’s urbanisation programme.
- Urban in name, a burden to bearMaharashtra may be the most urbanised state in India, but ironically, it lacks an urban development policy.
- India lives in villages? Not for longThree-fourths of Tamil Nadu’s population will live in urban areas in twenty years, according to Newsweek.
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