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LC Goyal takes over as Home Secretary

An IAS officer of the 1979 batch from the Kerala cadre he takes over from Anil Goswami

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Indian Railways concludes first bilateral power purchase agreement

The beginning of energy cost reduction measures being taken up by the Railways, such contracts at key load centers will enable it to generate significant savings

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Home Ministry to launch 'MySecurity' web portal

The platform is being created for individuals, companies, students, NGOs and others to develop and deploy security applications that may be useful to people

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New web-based system to make payments for national highway works

The new monitoring system will also facilitate easy communication between various offices and allow a user to track the status of a bill

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US and India to formulate smart city action plans in three months

The two countries held extensive talks on smart city development and agreed to set up city-wise task forces for making Vizag, Allahabad and Ajmer smart cities

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Venkaiah Naidu to states: ‘Are you ready?’

The Urban Development Minister says that building smart cities is a daunting a task but doable; seeks to motivate states

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States show the way forward on building smart cities

At end of two-day consultation, suggest two-stage selection of cities, fixed tenures for Mayors, municipal cadres and diverse financing models

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Big Data & Smart Cities

Cyber-resilient smart cities can be created through security intelligence and big data

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Madhusudhan Prasad takes over as new Urban Development Secretary

The 1981 batch Haryana cadre officer takes over from Shankar Aggarwal

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In a first, CPWD ‘Maintenance Charter’ seeks to enhance service delivery

The public sector construction major has committed to time frames to attend to complaints in 53 cities

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