AMRUT SCHEME
- Va Tech Wabag looks to touch Rs 3000 crore in the next fiscal
Covid-19 has played spoilsport this year but the company is looking to further consolidate and expand its position as a total solutions pro...
View: India’s urbanisation challenges and the way forward
The political economy of development in India has always leaned rural. It was not until 2005 when the JNNURM was launched to reform cities ...
Nitish assures PM timely completion of all central govt schemes in Bihar
Prime Minister inaugurated two sewage treatment plants (STP)- one each at Beur and Karmalichak in Patna- which would treat the water before...
Budget stocks! How to make quick buck from FM’s sops and schemes
Farm distress would be a key focus area for the upcoming Budget, says Pankaj Murarka.
VA Tech Wabag gets EPC contract worth Rs 555 crore from Qatar
The company will be carrying out rehabilitation of Doha South Sewage Treatment Works by treating sewage generated by the football stadium w...
Congress neglected development of cities accuses PM Modi
"The development of civic amenities and infrastructure in cities did not match the growth in population.Under the previous Congress rule, c...
No safe drinking water, public transport: Why urban and not rural should be government's focus
Given the cities' contributions to overall macroeconomic growth due to their scale and agglomeration economies, India needs to showcase urb...
Diplomat Hardeep Singh Puri to spearhead Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry
While Puri is mostly known for his expertise in foreign policy and national security, he has never spearheaded urban governance initiatives...
Venkaiah Naidu’s information yatra to state capitals takes Centre’s schemes to people
Doordarshan’s regional channel in Chhattisgarh, a Mann ki Baat-type programme in Jharkhand and PIB website in Tamil are some outcomes of hi...
Punjab minister Sidhu accuses Badals of siphoning off funds
Pointing out "misutilisation" of funds under the AMRUT scheme, aimed to provide basic civic amenities, Sidhu said funds were also allegedly...
UP gets another AMRUT gift from Modi: Projects worth Rs 4,239 crore for urban development
AMRUT aims to provide drinking water, sewerage and drainage networks and non-motorised transport, among others, in the selected 500 cities ...
Government slashes expenditure on AMRUT, crop insurance schemes
As per the Budget document, funds for AMRUT and Smart Cities have been slashed to Rs 9,000 crore for the next fiscal year, from Rs 9,559 cr...
Govt approves investment of Rs 266 cr for Delhi under AMRUT
With this approval, the Urban Development Ministry has given nod to total investments of Rs 489 crore for improving urban infrastructure in...
Government decides to approve action plans for three years under AMRUT
J&K got investment approvals worth Rs 225 cr, Goa Rs 80 cr, Tripura Rs 64 cr, Mizoram Rs 53 cr, Chandigarh Rs 62 cr and Meghalaya Rs 31 cr.
Rameswaram included under AMRUT as tribute to Kalam: Centre
Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said the Centre has decided to include Rameswaram in Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Ur...
Government tweaks funding pattern of 17 key central schemes
In a major decision that could adversely affect social sector schemes, funding pattern of 17 centrally-sponsored schemes have been brought ...
100 Smart Cities, AMRUT, HRIDAY scheme to cover almost every city, town across India
The financial assistance from the Centre to improve infrastructure and other facilities in these urban zones will cover almost 75% of India...
Venkaiah Naidu meets top US firms, explains new schemes like Smart Cities, Housing for All by 2022
Naidu interacted with leaders from business groups such as iTECH, IBM, Genworth, UTC, Apple, AT&T, Dell, Qualcomm, Cognizant, Moody's, and ...
Launching of smart cities, AMRUT, housing schemes an event management exercise: Congress
Creation of new smart cities will not solve the problem. We need to make all our existing cities smart.," Ajay Maken told reporters.
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