NITI Aayog only a facilitator in smart city mission: Member

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 2, 2015, 21:43

States would have to plan themselves on urban development and smart city mission, and NITI Aayog would be a facilitator to them, a Member of central think tank said Wednesday.

Land acquisition a difficult task in India: Panagariya

Last Updated: Saturday, August 1, 2015, 14:48

Terming land acquisition as one of the "difficult acts" in India, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya on Saturday said it can easily take up to 5 years for acquiring land for a large project including building of cities.

Smart City project not 'elitist', says Naidu

Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015, 16:51

Rejecting Congress's criticism that the 'Smart City' project was "elitist" in nature, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that the NDA government's ambitious plan was aimed at benefiting "the poor who are forced to live on the fringes of growing urbanisation."

Smart cities to be decided by citizens: PM Modi

Last Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2015, 14:16

Smart cities will be selected through a bottom-up rather than top-down approach, where the decision would be made by the citizens and municipalities concerned, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday.

PM Narendra Modi launches three ambitious schemes for transforming urban India

Last Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2015, 08:48

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched three ambitious schemes aimed at developing cities and towns as new engines for growth.

PM Modi to launch three ambitious schemes to develop cities, towns

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 24, 2015, 13:51

Modi will unveil the criteria and guidelines for the smart cities and other schemes.

Smart Cities is the solution to rapid urbanisation: expert

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 15:18

Experts worldwide point out there will be a need to cope with changes in lifestyles, work, study along with time and location constraints, he said.

Moody's says securitisation can resolve infra funding issues

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 4, 2015, 21:47

International rating agency Moody's has said securitisation is the key to solve the country's funding issues for the longer gestation sectors like housing, infrastructure and urbanisation projects.

Smart cities progress to hinge on power, infra and others

Last Updated: Thursday, January 22, 2015, 17:09

A successful development of proposed smart cities across the country will depend on five critical elements such as power, infrastructure, funds, technology and social capital, property consultant Cushman & Wakefield said Thursday.

India ranked 155th in global environment performance list

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 21:43

India has been ranked at a low 155th position in a global list that evaluates countries on how well they perform on high-priority environmental issues.

India to be top infrastructure goods importer by 2020: HSBC

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 12:21

India will topple the United States as the world's biggest importer of infrastructure goods by 2020 and is expected to hold this position till 2030, a report by HSBC said.

Survey confirms sparrow decline in cities

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 13:52

A survey has confirmed for the first time the widely believed theory that rapid urbanisation has taken a toll on the population of tiny sparrows in the cities all over the country.