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ministry of housing news

Prices of residential plots appreciated by 7pc annually since 2015: Report 

In the Gurugram market of Delhi-NCR, the prices for residential plots grew by 15 per cent during 2018-2021.
Published on Jan 12, 2022 04:36 pm IST

'By 2047, at least 100 cities to have their own Metro networks'

Delhi Metro (File Photo/Used only for representation)
Published on Oct 07, 2021 09:37 am IST

Swiggy to onboard nearly 30,000 street food vendors under PM SVANidhi scheme

Representational Image.
Updated on Dec 10, 2020 02:30 pm IST

Metro guidelines under Unlock 4 likely to be announced today: Here’s what to expect

Stickers pasted on seats for adherence of social distance as commuters are seen inside metro during a mock drill, at Sector 51 metro station, ahead of resumption of metro services in Noida.
Updated on Sept 02, 2020 07:10 am IST

4,242 cities, 92 Ganga towns and 1.87 crore citizens: All you need to know about Swachh Survekshan 2020

A worker sweeps an area near a statue of Mahatma Gandhi inside the Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra, an interactive experience centre on the Swachh Bharat Mission, at Rajghat in New Delhi.
Updated on Aug 18, 2020 06:37 pm IST

Centre shortlists consultants for National War Museum

The construction of the project is expected to cost around 450 crore, according to officials aware of the development.
Updated on Aug 11, 2020 05:03 am IST

PM Modi reviews implementation of PM-SVANidhi Scheme, 2.6 lakh applications received

The Prime Minister stressed that the scheme should not be just seen from the perspective for extending loans to street vendors.)
Published on Jul 25, 2020 07:59 pm IST

Housing for govt officials gets costlier with hike in licence fee

Government accommodation allotted to officials under the General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) category is set to get costlier starting in July.
Updated on Jul 02, 2020 02:50 pm IST

To govern smart cities, data is no more than a tool | Opinion

India’s Smart Cities Mission has now refocused itself on data collection
Updated on Dec 11, 2019 07:45 pm IST

Centre blames Delhi govt, fire services for violating laws after 43 killed

A narrow lane leading to the manufacturing factory where the fire broke out in Anaj Mandi in New Delhi on Sunday morning.
Updated on Aug 03, 2020 01:30 am IST

New law aims at speedy eviction of ‘illegal occupants’ in govt houses

The Centre on Monday notified the newly amended Public Premises (eviction of unauthorised occupants) Act, 2019, aimed at ensuring speedy eviction of “illegal occupants” from government accommodations
Updated on Sept 17, 2019 12:24 am IST

Developers told to ensure solid waste management rules are followed before handing over projects

Maheshwari, who was the district magistrate of Ghaziabad before becoming Noida CEO, said Ghaziabad significantly improved its Swachh Survekshan ranking from 300 to 13 in two years.
Updated on Aug 18, 2019 02:39 am IST

Ensure Delhi child-friendly spaces in master plan draft: Rights body

The 125-odd children homes in the city, a majority of which are run by NGOs, have become overcrowded, the child right’s body said.
Updated on Jun 25, 2019 05:05 am IST

Home Minister Amit Shah may be alloted Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s bungalow

Amit Shah, as a member of Rajya Sabha, Shah was allocated 11, Akbar Road in central Delhi.
Updated on Jun 07, 2019 07:08 am IST

Past experiences should guide us in rolling out electric vehicles

the biggest learning would come from looking at the funding of buses under the erstwhile Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNRUM) scheme.
Updated on Apr 17, 2019 08:45 am IST

Urban areas should be given fair representation in political economy

City residents and local governments don’t have much of a say in how the cities are run or managed and a lot of it is due to their underrepresentation in the political scenario. This is causing political neglect.
Updated on Apr 03, 2019 07:57 am IST

29-yr-old woman jumps on Metro track in Noida, dies

A Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) official said service on the Blue Line between Noida’s Electronic City and Dwarka was resumed after seven minutes.
Updated on Mar 23, 2019 12:55 pm IST

Maharashtra topmost solid waste generator in India in 2018

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Updated on Jan 07, 2019 11:00 pm IST

2 lakh more units to be built under PM’s housing scheme

Taking the cumulative number of houses sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) to 6.5 million, the ministry of housing and urban affairs on Wednesday approved 205,442 houses to be added under the Prime Minister’s scheme.
Published on Nov 28, 2018 11:26 pm IST

20 smart cities may be ready only by 2021

The physical progress of the NDA government’s Smart Cities Mission, aimed at developing 100 citizen-friendly and self-sustainable urban settlements, will be measurable only by 2021.
Published on Nov 12, 2018 08:26 am IST

Six million toilets constructed under Swachh Bharat, 30k can be seen on Google Maps

Universal access to clean water and sanitation is one of a raft of development targets that world leaders are due to endorse later this month.
Updated on Nov 03, 2018 07:58 am IST

Amritsar’s 600 crore BRTS project misses deadline yet again

UMTCL had purchased around 93 fully air-conditioned (AC) buses for the project and around 70 buses have been gathering dust at a depot near the Verka Chowk for more than a year.
Updated on Oct 18, 2018 12:21 pm IST

Why Swachh Bharat Mission needs to go beyond 2019

Residents of east Delhi along with BJP workers clean the Yamuna river as a part of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
Updated on Sept 20, 2018 07:57 am IST

PM & CM photos on PMAY (U) houses Centre says its advice was for logo, not photo

A tile bearing photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan to be used in Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY) (Urban)
Published on Sept 12, 2018 04:00 pm IST

On Independence Day, Gurugram residents seek the freedom to be

Cities across the country are bathed in the Tricolour on the occasion of Independence Day, and Gurugram is no different.
Updated on Aug 15, 2018 07:27 am IST

Ease of Living Index is welcome but flawed

The large scale movement from smaller to bigger cities in search of better opportunities is best described by the IT boom which has virtually created new cities such as Gurugram.
Updated on Aug 14, 2018 06:46 pm IST

Pune municipal commissioner Kunal Kumar transferred; to join central government

After Srikar Pardeshi, Kunal Kumar is the second IAS officer from Pune to be moved to thee centre to man Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet smart city project.
Updated on Mar 08, 2018 01:04 pm IST