Articles for Governance

Urban local bodies in Maharashtra collect Rs 914.35 cr in old currency

Urban local bodies in Maharashtra have collected Rs 914.35 crore in the form of taxes and arrears from citizens in the demonetised currency notes.

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Haryana launches VDS for power consumers

Haryana government today launched a Voluntary Disclosure Scheme (VDS) 2016 for declaring tampered or defective meters for all categories of consumers having sanctioned load up to five KW.

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Bhubaneswar inks MoU with UNFPA on New Urban Agenda

The Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited has signed an MoU with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to take forward in Odisha the 'New Urban Agenda' adopted a month ago by the UN member states at Quito, Ecuador.

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Scheme to construct 1 cr house in 3 years on: Govt

The government has approved a scheme to construct one crore houses in next three years under Housing for All by 2022', Lok Sabha was informed today.

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Maharashtra, Canada to work on urban infra, smart cities

Maharashtra government today signed an agreement with Canada to implement a joint action plan on urban infrastructure development in the state.

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Lot of opportunities for Sweden to invest in Smart City: Naidu

New Delhi, Nov 9 (PTI) India and Sweden should have frequent bilateral meetings to explore possibility of cooperation in urban development, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu today said as he underlined that lot of opportunities are available for investment in Smart City projects.

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UK Smart Cities delegation to showcase solution at Tech Summit

More than 30 of the UK’s most innovative companies will be showcasing their high tech smart city solutions at the India UK Tech Summit in New Delhi. It is one of the largest business delegation for smart cites so far.

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Govt looks to halve time for environment clearances

Government is looking to reduce the time by half to 50-60 days for granting forest and environment clearances to industrial projects, Union Environment and Forest Minister Anil Madhav Dave said.

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