Articles for Governance

Mumbai Metro One launches multi-purpose smart card

It will enable commuters to have one card to act as both debit/credit card and metro smart card and prior consent of applicants will be obtained by the banks and credit card issuers for the facility before the issuance of the card

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Shell group teams up with world cities on urban planning

The energy giant is at present working with three major cities - Surat in Gujarat, Jakarta in Indonesia and Marikina City in the Philippines

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With higher funds, states can design schemes as per need: PM

In a letter to all chief ministers, PM Narendra Modi has said the states are free to change Centrally-sponsored schemes and plan the course of their development

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Govt okays record increase in devolution of resources to states

Centre accepts 14th Finance Commission report that takes states' share in Union taxes up to 42 percent and will give the states an additional Rs 1.78 lakh crore in 2015-16

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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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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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