The 100 acres of land that the government would provide for the project would also be taken back unconditionally. A high-level team from DIC is expected to visit the state next week to sign the agreement.
Smart City Mission has unleashed an unprecedented enthusiasm and expectations both within and outside the country.
On Monday, the US delegation met Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu.
SmartCity project is in advanced stage.
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A Special Purpose Vehicle would be set up to implement the project.
Among the cities that have fully implemented their projects are Agra, Varanasi, Madurai, Coimbatore, Udaipur, Pune, Surat, and Vadodara
Smart city projects to be launched in June, other housing schemes to follow.
A wedding held at a 200-year-old temple in Madhya Pradesh's Indore has kicked up a row, prompting the authorities to order a probe into the matter, officials said on Monday.
Government had declared the mission of creating 100 Smart Cities.
The new real estate hubs could typically take between 5 and 10 years to develop depending on the state of economy of the city and the state.
The 'Smart city' programme is in danger of becoming cosmetic - creating showpieces instead of addressing endemic urban problems.
IBM has chosen Surat, Allahabad and Vizag among 16 global locations for its smart cities programme.
The Kerala government on Thursday signed a lease deed with Tecom of Dubai for the commencement of the civil work of Smart City Kochi.
A top Madhya Pradesh government official, however, said on Saturday that no such plan has been finalised.
Maharashtra, Gujarat discussions progress faster than other 4 states in Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor scheme
'Even for operational buildings, we are looking to smarten them in various ways.'
Chennai is one of the cities where works have been completed for almost 62 per cent of the money lined up -- Rs 599 crore of the Rs 959 crore has been utilised so far. Despite this, there was no respite for the people in the city this time either, with North Chennai being the worst affected.
The Church located near the Chest Diseases Hospital on the foothills of the Shankaracharya hillock in Dalgate area of the city here will officially be thrown open for the public on Thursday, but the prayer was held on Wednesday, officials said.
'There is a conscious move by the BJP to distance itself from the current state leadership.'
The company aims to be part of all smart city programmes in the country directly or indirectly and has come up with a host of India-specific products. Karan Choudhury reports.
The project will see remote management of all the utilities from a single city command.
States to give choices, Centre to decide by year-end.
Chairing a review meeting of Agra division, the chief minister made it clear that his government 'always nurtured nationalist ideology and anything which smacks of subservient mentality will be done away with', the UP government said in a statement.
UP will be followed by Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has rejected the Aam Aadmi Party government's proposal for chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's Singapore visit to attend a summit on August 1.
'Fixing accountability in the Congress must be addressed on a war footing.' 'It is impossible for Sonia Gandhi to know each and every party worker, so she has to rely on advisors.' 'If they guide or misguide, the blame should go to them.'
Surat had bagged the fourth rank under the Smart Cities Mission based on its proposal.
15-20 cities are expected to get selected for development.
The neighbour to help in development of 100 smart cities project announced in the Budget.
Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir seek more time.
Four children died on December 30 while five on December 31, all mainly due to low birth weight, hospital superintendent Dr Suresh Dulara said.
The NDA government announced making of 100 smart cities.
The Rail Land Development Authority has invited online bids from private players to redevelop the station into an integrated commercial, retail, and hospitality hub.
The export of buffalo meat from India to Russia has commenced while the shipment of milk products is expected to begin soon.
The Kerala government's budget for 2010-11 also proposed to extend the ambit of welfare schemes like employment guarantee and food subsidy, reduce taxes on tourism, beer and wine and impose fresh ones on direct to home services and jewellery shop owners.
Prince of Qatar, Hamad Bin Nasser A A Al-Thani, is looking at investing Rs one trillion in India.
Around Rs 2 trillion will flow in over the next five years for development of urban areas across India.
The government had received several proposals to provide better infrastructure facilities at Kochi, the state's comemrcial capital. Though the chief minister did not mention any particular project, Sky City and Metro railway proposals are among those pending before the government.
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