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Sanjeev Kaushik takes over as Executive Director of IIFCL

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

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Civic bodies must share financial status with citizens: Naidu

It is estimated that a whopping Rs 62,000 crore is required to improve basic amenities in the 4,041 urban areas in the country

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12 smart cities to come up at ports with Rs 50K-cr investment

The 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

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L&T Technology Services and ThingWorx partner for IoT apps

Machine data collection, remote management and engineering analytics of parameters from 'Things' will help OEMs, industries and consumers alike

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Taxi aggregators need to be regulated, says Gadkari

Though 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

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Smartphones to monitor real-time air pollution

Researchers in Barcelona, Spain, equipped more than 50 school children with smartphones that could track their location and physical activity

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National housing scheme put on hold

The 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

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New urban planning guidelines released

The 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

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Budget 2015, smart cities and the Indian security industry

VIDEO: 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

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100 smart cities should be secure, technologically sound

VIDEO: 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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