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Govt. launches 'Housing for All', okays interest relief for urban poor

The Union Cabinet has approved a substantial increase in interest relief on loan for the urban poor to promote affordable homes under its mission to provide 'housing for all'

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Govt raises solar power target five-times to 1,00,000 MW by 2022

With this ambitious target of generating 1,00,000 MW of solar power by 2022, approved by Union Cabinet, India will become one of the world's largest green energy producers

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Indian launches Urdu mobile app for Haj pilgrims

Soon to be launched in English, the Urdu mobile app allows users to copy and share any information related to Umrah and Haj pilgrimages through mobile messaging service WhatsApp, Facebook, e-mail and mobile SMS

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IEA warns of 4.3C temperature jump from climate change

The International Energy Agency has warned that the global temperatures could jump by as much as 4.3 degrees Celsius by the end of the century and urged countries to improve their pledges on reducing emissions

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ADB to increase India lending by 50 percent to $12 bn by 2018

India's track record in repayment of loans was very clean and ADB would be looking forward to increasing its exposure in infrastructure, skill development and urban services, said Asian Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao

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The Internet of Things and Smart Cities

IoT can be a powerful tool to help reduce physical monitoring in areas like traffic management, remote health services, building automation, security provision and asset tracking

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Urban areas facing shortage of 2 crore houses: Venkaiah Naidu

Of the total housing shortage in urban areas, 95 percent is of Economic Weaker Sections (EWS) and Lower Income Groups (LIG)

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The Era of the Safe City

Urban areas around the world are moving beyond traditional municipal security to embrace the ‘safe city’ approach

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Centre to come up with waste-to-energy policies

Centre will soon come up with policies on waste into energy or composite materials besides formulating a strategy on reuse of debris, the Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu has said

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Ease of doing business: DIPP initiates survey in states

With an objective to improve the business climate of the country, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has circulated a set of 285 questions to all the states of which the state governments have to submit the final responses by June 20

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