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Funding to be a challenge for smart city project: Study

As per a report by Equirus Research, government grants will be leveraged to attract funding from internal and external sources but need to be supplemented by viable business models or guarantees from the Centre

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Ease of doing business: where do Indian states stand?

A first-of-its-kind assessment has been conducted to take stock of business reforms implemented by states from Jan-June 2015 based on the 98-point action plan agreed between DIPP, states and UTs

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TN Govt to offer internet services; to implement BharatNet

Tamil Nadu will implement the Centre's broadband project 'BharatNet', linking more than 12,500 rural local bodies in the state, at an investment of Rs 3,000 crore

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Communicating LED bulbs could create 'smart' environments

Disney researchers have demonstrated that light bulbs could communicate with each other, with objects and with the Internet to create 'smart' environments

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Smart Cities rank low in Swachh Bharat ranking

Only three of the 98 cities selected so far under the Smart Cities Mission are among the top ten clean cities, according to data prepared by the Urban Development Ministry for 476 Class-1 cities of the country

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DMRC bags Vijayawada metro rail project

The chief minister of AP has set year 2018 as the deadline for completion of the Vijayawada metro rail project, estimated to cost Rs 6,769 crore

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Rajasthan gets $500 mn loans from ADB for urban services

Asian Development Bank and GOI have signed two loans to help the Government of Rajasthan better manage essential urban services and finance water supply and wastewater upgrades

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Augmented City Surveillance and Response Capability launched

Launched in partnership with Tata Steel by the Jharkhand police, Augmented City Surveillance and Response Capability is a police-public partnership initiative for better policing in the state

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IT City project vital for UP, to start soon: Akhilesh

The investment arm of HCL will set up a 100-acre IT CIty as per the MoU signed with the state government, which would create job opportunities for 25,000 people

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Hawkers, eateries, vendors to be penalised for littering

The National Green Tribunal has directed local bodies in Delhi to take stern action for penalising such offenders by levying fines on them

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