A 1992 batch IAS officer of the Kerala cadre, he was previously handling financial markets in the Department of Economic Affairs in the Finance Ministry
Read MoreIt is estimated that a whopping Rs 62,000 crore is required to improve basic amenities in the 4,041 urban areas in the country
Read MoreThe government will develop these and is identifying property through a GPS system, as it does not want to sell land to builders and developers, according to Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari
Read MoreMachine data collection, remote management and engineering analytics of parameters from 'Things' will help OEMs, industries and consumers alike
Read MoreThough transport is a concurrent subject and falls under the ambit of both the Centre and the states, the Minister feels such taxi aggregators are not merely technology companies as they provide transport facilities
Read MoreResearchers in Barcelona, Spain, equipped more than 50 school children with smartphones that could track their location and physical activity
Read MoreThe National Urban Housing Scheme, aims to provide houses for all by 2022, where the construction of affordable houses would be done on public-private partnership model
Read MoreThe new ‘Urban and Regional Development Plans Formulation and Implementation Guidelines’ seek to promote local and area level planning, investment planning, special purpose planning like in the case of city sanitation and mobility plans
Read MoreVIDEO: Daniel Eriksson, Country Manager -India, Hill & Associates, spoke to BW|Businessworld's Sapna Bhardwaj on his budget expectations and the security industry of India, smart cities and G4S. Hill & Associates is the Risk Consulting wing of G4S, a British multinational security services company
Read MoreVIDEO: Ashok Bajpai, Managing Director, G4S Corporate Services (India) spoke to BW|Businessworld's Sapna Bhardwaj on his expectations from the Union Budget 2015 and the present security scenario in India. He emphasised the importance of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and the role of G4S. Robust economies need to keep their defenses up, he asserted. He was talking on the sidelines of the BW|Businessworld Urban India Conclave
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