Articles for Cities & Local Government

LED streetlights, free Wi-Fi in 'Smart City'-focused NDMC budget

A chain of Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plants are to be set up in various NDMC areas and the Solar City project would also be taken up

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Sebi clears Muni bonds; to boost smart cities, infra projects

In a move that will help raise funds for infra and smart cities, regulator Sebi has approved new norms for issuance and listing of municipal bonds on stock exchanges

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Shiv Nadar University organises Bilbao-Delhi workshop on urban rejuvenation

A delegation of experts from the Spanish town of Bilbao, which was ravaged by floods in 1983 and has since been rebuilt, shared its views on urban rejuvenation with the recently-appointed Delhi Dialogue Commission

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ISB to develop Smart City Index for Indian cities

The index would be rooted in the Indian context though it has been modelled after some of the best international indices to allow comparisons among cities and rank them on performance

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A unified system for daily updates on Delhi's air quality

At present, Delhi's air quality is being monitored by three different agencies - Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi Pollution Control Committee and IMD

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Task forces for three smart cities set up

This follows the signing of three separate MoUs by state governments on US cooperation in developing Ajmer, Allahabad and Visakhapatnam as smart cities in January

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Bring local bodies under cooperative federalism: Eco Survey

The government had recently decided to increase the state share in taxes from 32 percent to 42 percent as recommended by the 14th Finance Commission

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QR codes and 'smart' signages for heritage sites in Delhi soon

This will enable the visitors to use their smart phones as a guide, as detailed information will be available on scanning the Quick Response (QR) codes printed on new sign boards

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