A parliamentary panel has noted that Yamuna river seems "dirtier" than before despite Rs 6,500 crore having been spent on its clean-up even as a project to lay interceptor sewers along the three major drains of Delhi suffers delays.
It said 33,510 slums were estimated to be in the urban areas of the country of which 41 per cent were notified.
Modi pitched for revamping urban governance while linking it to the 'Digital India' mission and 'Swachh Bharat' campaign.
The government will give a final shape to its proposed flagship scheme on developing '100 smart cities' next month.
'Why do politicians ask for votes if they cannot rehabilitate us? Where do we go -- to the footpath?'
The government's vision of "housing for all by 2022" may turn out to be an uphill task with developers keeping off low-cost housing projects citing regulatory hurdles, high land cost and low returns making such projects "unaffordable".
There are some 20-odd schemes with this default provision, or something close to it.
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Chairman Anand Mahindra spoke to Business Standard on affordable housing.
None of the political parties in UP has any effective plans to create jobs.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday registered eight more preliminary enquiries in connection with issues related to intercepted phone calls of lobbyist Niira Radia against former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, Reliance Industries Limited and others in separate cases.
Right now the challenge before the government is to double the speed of construction in order to complete the remaining 6.6 million houses before March 2019.
The Centre will grant Rs 500 crore for each of the smart cities.
The Gomti Riverfront Development project, the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, the Jai Prakash Narayan International Centre and the efforts towards the beautification of Old Lucknow are some of Akhilesh Yadav's initiatives that are the subject of investigation.
'There is no difference morally between politicians scoring points amid the rubble and non-politicians who assume that politics and corruption necessarily had something to do with it,' says Mihir S Sharma. 'Both are twisting a tragedy to their own ends.'
However, independent economists are not as gung-ho as the finance ministry over the likelihood of deficit target being met this time around, says Indivjal Dhasmana.
Sensex hit a record high of 27,225.85 and Nifty hit a record high of 8,141.90 in the intra-day trades today.
Smart cities must be very well equipped with technology and security systems alike.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana envisages housing to 20 mn households by 2022.
Implementation of the reforms through a special purpose vehicle is a way to seek greater accountability.
The move is aimed at reflecting the diversity of India and highlighting the contribution of prominent personalities.
The challenges authorities face in cleaning Ganga and other holy rivers in Varanasi.
'Nature doesn't bother even if the Supreme Court says it is legal!' 'If something is in the wrong place, it will be damaged or destroyed by nature.'
With nearly a million identified slums, UP urgently requires housing for the poor
Since many of Modi's urban policies were initiated in Ahmedabad, the city may act as a template to examine what can be expected in a country that is witnessing the biggest migration from rural to urban areas in the world
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